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Gary Gach

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Gary Gach is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism (Nautilus Award) and editor of What Book!? Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (American Book Award). His work has appeared in such magazines and anthologies as AsianArt.com, BuddhaDharma, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, Inquiring Mind, Language for a New Century, The New Yorker, Shambhala Sun, Technicians of the Sacred, Tricycle, Veterans of War Veterans of Peace, Whole Earth Review, and Yoga Journal.

Works by Gary Gach

"I should have told her to divorce him": The Rob Porter...

Gary Gach | February 10, 2018

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Remind me why Mormons hang out with the Religious Right?

Gary Gach | December 10, 2017

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Mia Love Is Running Scared

Gary Gach | December 09, 2017

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The Evening Redness in Alabama: Roy Moore and Cormac...

Gary Gach | December 07, 2017

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Elders Ballard & Anderson Confront the Nationalist Plague

Gary Gach | October 02, 2017

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Elder Cook's Anti-Trump Smackdown

Gary Gach | September 30, 2017

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What Elder Oaks Didn’t Say: The Role of Spouses and...

Gary Gach | September 30, 2017

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Trump’s Pharisaical Flag Fetishizing

Gary Gach | September 24, 2017

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Trump Disrespects the Flag More than Kaepernick

Gary Gach | September 24, 2017

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"When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong". . . at Church

Gary Gach | September 22, 2017

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Fahrenheit 2016

Gary Gach | September 15, 2017

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Trump Cabinet Meeting: Rameumpton Edition

Gary Gach | September 14, 2017

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“They Were [Not] Still His Brethren in the Lord”

Gary Gach | September 13, 2017

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Sayyid Qutb in America: An Unwitting Fusion of Sartre and...

Gary Gach | September 11, 2017

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Is Christianity a Violent Faith?

Gary Gach | September 10, 2017

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When Americans Forced Muslims to “Immigrate” to the U.S.

Gary Gach | September 04, 2017

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A Standard for Removing Offensive Statues: A Resort to...

Gary Gach | September 04, 2017

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Want to Defeat the Alt-Right? Embrace Cultural...

Gary Gach | September 01, 2017

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“Men Will Be Punished for Their Own Sins”

Gary Gach | August 31, 2017

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Cliven Bundy and Mosiah 9: “Overzealous to Inherit the...

Gary Gach | August 29, 2017

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Terminating NAFTA: Lessons from Ninth-Century Nuns

Gary Gach | August 28, 2017

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Trump Fiddles While Texas Floods

Gary Gach | August 27, 2017

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The Overlooked Victims of Trump’s Arpaio Pardon: Police...

Gary Gach | August 27, 2017

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Far from the Tree: George Romney’s Granddaughter Forsakes...

Gary Gach | August 25, 2017

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Trump’s Middle Finger to a Mormon Judge

Gary Gach | August 23, 2017

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Steve Bannon, Meet Amlici

Gary Gach | August 19, 2017

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Trump's Confederate Nostalgia: Rooted in Georgia History?

Gary Gach | August 18, 2017

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Confederate Treason is Not My Culture

Gary Gach | August 17, 2017

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Wrestling with Hate in the Church

Gary Gach | August 16, 2017

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President Trump to James E. Faust – What’s in It for Me?

Gary Gach | August 15, 2017

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Once There Was a Snowman . . . in the White House

Gary Gach | August 15, 2017

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People of the South, Tear Down Those Statues!

Gary Gach | August 13, 2017

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The First Mormon(ish) Prime Minister?

Gary Gach | August 10, 2017

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Hands Off That Red Button: Mormon Views of Nuclear Weapons

Gary Gach | August 09, 2017

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The Mormons Who Tortured and the Perils of “Patriotism”

Gary Gach | August 08, 2017

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The One-Marshmallow Presidency

Gary Gach | July 07, 2017

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Confederate Symbols and the Black Flag of ISIS: Two Sides...

Gary Gach | June 16, 2017

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Trump and NATO: Lessons from Ancient Greece

Gary Gach | May 31, 2017

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America Needs Mitt Romney

Gary Gach | May 26, 2017

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First-Order Myopia: What Donald Trump Can Learn from...

Gary Gach | April 21, 2017

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Trump Should Learn from Andrew Jackson: Keep Church Out of...

Gary Gach | April 06, 2017

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The Anti-Trump General Conference

Gary Gach | April 02, 2017

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The Casual Sexism in Trump’s Condolences to Theresa May

Gary Gach | March 25, 2017

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A Hillbilly, a Professor, and a Mormon Mayor Walk into a...

Gary Gach | March 20, 2017

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Mormons and Free Trade

Gary Gach | March 11, 2017

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What Vox got wrong about Jon Huntsman

Gary Gach | March 11, 2017

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Oaks vs. Oaks: First Cousins and LDS General Authorities...

Gary Gach | March 06, 2017

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If Thomas Friedman were Mormon . . .

Gary Gach | March 05, 2017

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A Chastened Chaffetz Should Learn from Mo Udall

Gary Gach | February 12, 2017

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Why I'm Fasting for Hillary Clinton

Gary Gach | November 05, 2016

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Trump's Threat to Mormons

Gary Gach | August 13, 2016

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A Future Is Possible: Buddhism in the West

Gary Gach | July 01, 2015

As Buddhism evolves in the West, we might consider how invested in the past the East has......

NOTES FROM A TIDEPOOL : Mindfulness & Compassion

Gary Gach | June 20, 2015

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Quietude: 'Tis a Gift to Be Silent

Gary Gach | February 16, 2015

There's a slow, steady progression across the eight chapters — from noise to......

A Deep Bow and a Smile: for Thich Nhat Hanh

Gary Gach | December 02, 2014

From Thich Nhat Hanh I have learned that for there to be peace in the world, there must......

Like a Mother and Her Only Child: Gender and Inclusivity

Gary Gach | August 13, 2014

We need to back up to view gender beyond hierarchies or dualism, and thus consider......

A Zen Monk's Letter to Adam Lanza

Gary Gach | December 29, 2012

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OPEN LETTER : Taking a Stand Against Islamaphobia

Gary Gach | August 01, 2012

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Wake Up ! Tour : Mindfulness for Young People ( 17 – 35)

Gary Gach | April 12, 2012

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What If You Knew You Had Only 10l,000 Days Left To Live?

Gary Gach | March 24, 2012

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Updates to the Now

Gary Gach | April 12, 2011

Editor McLeod delineates Buddhism's uniqueness: nontheistic, concerned with mind rather......

Can Poetry Heal the Planet

Gary Gach | March 21, 2011

"As texts for spoken word, Stephen Levine's poems kindle higher consciousness. Aloud,......

The Morning Star

Gary Gach | December 23, 2010

At the moment of solstice, however it comes, with or without heavenly messenger, we hear......

Solstice : light in darkness

Gary Gach | December 22, 2010

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UNDER THE SAME SKY

Gary Gach | November 05, 2010

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To Be Continued: An Editorial Introduction to The Future...

Gary Gach | July 05, 2010

As preface or afterword, random notes from the editor of the Future of Buddhism....

Awakening from Violence

Gary Gach | June 17, 2010

Teachings of Vietnamese Buddhist pacifist Thich Nhat Hanh can awaken us to the nature of......

The Rite Stuff: Variations on the Theme of Ritual

Gary Gach | June 01, 2010

What role does ritual play in contemporary Western Buddhism? Might such understanding......

Coming of Age as Training for Life: Rites of Passage

Gary Gach | June 01, 2010

Mindfulness can furnish a trustworthy perspective on growing up, and a good tool for......

A Science of Body/Heart/Mind as One

Gary Gach | May 20, 2010

Cognitive science, like Buddhism, is an art of awakening to What Is....

Various Paths, One Dharma

Gary Gach | May 13, 2010

Here's a primer on some basic schools of practice popular in the West. Whether you drink......

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