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May 2015

May 04, 2015

An Update from Buddhists working on the ground in Nepal

The situation in Nepal is still desperate. Aid and relief efforts have reached Kathmandu, though...

April 2015

April 22, 2015

David Suzuki, Force of Nature (reposted for Earth Day)

In 1.5 of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle observes that there are three types of life thought...

March 2015

March 10, 2015

100 Arrested in India in pro-Tibet Rally

Today is the 56th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 start of the Tibetan uprising...

March 09, 2015

Responding to Pat Robertson’s comment that a Christian could ‘get infected by’ Buddhism [Video]

Today Pat Robertson, on his well-known Christian Broadcasting Network show The 700 Club, told a viewer who...

March 02, 2015

Buddhist leaders: sign to raise awareness of the psychological, spiritual, and moral effects of climate change

The Resource Innovation Group (TRIG), a non-profit organization affiliated with the Sustainability Institute at Willamette University, has asked faith...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Mapping Buddhism in America

Just over a year ago, in "Buddhism dominates Western States behind Christianity," I wrote about the...

February 17, 2015

“Why am I here?” – an interview with Zen priest and interfaith dialogue participant, Rev. Dr. David Zuniga

Last week I caught wind of an event with a very intriguing title "Why Am...

January 2015

January 22, 2015

Proposals sought in Buddhist Studies and other fields for Bristol Postgraduate Conference

Paper proposals are being accepted for the Twentieth Annual Postgraduate Conference for Religion and Theology...

January 22, 2015

Studying Philosophy or Religion? Two articles you should read and share today

As winter break wraps up and spring semester starts at colleges and universities across the...

November 2014

November 23, 2014

Superscholar.org introduces an Infographic on Eastern Philosophy

Hmm... I almost put up scare quotes around 'Eastern Philosophy' - but then I thought...

September 2014

September 29, 2014

Ajahn Brahm’s Gender Equality in Buddhism petition nears 5000 signatures

As per a request on twitter, I'm reposting this with the hopes of driving the...

September 17, 2014

Notes on teaching Buddhist philosophy

I'm teaching Buddhist philosophy in Bodhgaya, India at the moment, so much of my blogging-life...

August 2014

August 17, 2014

Contentious Tibetan Buddhist deity worship discussed in London panel

In what may have been a first-of-its-kind event, representatives of the International Shugden Community joined...

August 14, 2014

Vegetarianism and Animals in Early Indian Buddhism

In this presentation, University of Toronto graduate student Sean M. Smith discusses the relationship between...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

That all-too-human urge to understand the heart of things

As I discussed in a recent post at the Indian Philosophy Blog, there is quite...

May 19, 2014

More Nazi Buddha space junk

Last month Nicholas Kristof provided a timely test of our religious literacy. It started out: Noah...

May 09, 2014

‘Best Article’: Buddhist Ethics and End-of-Life Care – available for free download

I am often asked "why study Buddhist ethics?" Sometimes people are simply curious, others actively...

May 03, 2014

Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week five, looking at meditation

Following the trend from the last couple weeks, I'm once again behind on notes (in...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

LSE Conference on the Decades of State-sponsored Destruction of Myanmar’s Rohingya – live tweets and video (UPDATED)

Perhaps the greatest human rights tragedy of our time is unfolding now in Burma (Myanmar)....

April 20, 2014

Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week four – “What is the *you*, anyway?”

I have slipped a bit further behind this week, I'm afraid, and with some upcoming...

April 17, 2014

Ethnocentric Buddhism continued…

Coming just off the heals of the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Rwandan...

April 13, 2014

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche speaks on Universal Responsibility at Harvard Divinity School

Earlier this month, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche gave a one-day seminar on the topic of Universal...

April 11, 2014

Coursera’s Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week three

I'm a bit later than usual posting on week 3 (week 4 lectures have just...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Coursera’s Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week two

It has been a busy week here, with a trip to Cheltenham to lead metta...

March 24, 2014

Encountering the 16th Karmapa and living Buddhism in the West today [UPDATED with contributors]

Shang Shung Publications, an Italian publisher founded around the teachings of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and...

March 24, 2014

Mary Midgely, a Philosopher you should know

She studied philosophy at Oxford and rubbed shoulders with greats like Philippa Foot, Iris Murdoch, Elizabeth...

March 21, 2014

Coursera’s Buddhism and Modern Psychology : week one

Buddhism and Modern Psychology, a free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), started yesterday. So far it...

March 17, 2014

Buddhism without Superstition: with Owen Flanagan, Julian Baggini, and Tim Lott

"Is it possible to take an ancient comprehensive philosophy like Buddhism, subtract the hocus pocus,...

March 13, 2014

Announcement: Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program and Journal

Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program Call for Academic Articles for the...

March 10, 2014

The Future of Tibet, a re-post in honor of Tibetan Uprising Day

The Tibetan Center in Kingston, New York, held a discussion last year of the six...

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