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February 2013

February 24, 2013

The Buddha on God, Part 1

Today's post will follow up from one last week: Would a Buddhist Affirm that belief in...

February 23, 2013

Two Videos you MUST see today

From the video: We are traversing a terrain, which we as a species and as...

February 19, 2013

Compassion, the world over

Compassion, empathy, and care for others seems to be a hot topic of late, at...

February 17, 2013

Would a Buddhist Affirm that belief in God is a Delusion?

Last month a handful of great minds met in Cambridge, England, for a debate. The...

February 13, 2013

The Buddha’s Social Action Sutra

Get up! Sit up! What's your need for sleep? And what sleep is there for...

February 09, 2013

A Pacifist Anarchist Catholic Saint

Watch The Life of Dorothy Day on PBS. See more from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly....

February 03, 2013

Violence, Optimism, and Dialogue

One of the most astonishing facts of the 21st century is the unprecedented rise in cosmopolitanism. Like...

February 01, 2013

Six Months given to Save the Buddhas of Mes Aynak

Breaking News from The Buddhas of Aynak (via facebook): I have some unfortunate news - archaeologists only...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Mindfulness of Body holds it all together

It's not that often that I post about practice these days. But last night, unable...

January 28, 2013

Robert Thurman on Tibetan Immolations

Professor Bob Thurman today released a statement on the issue of recent self-immolations by Tibetans...

January 25, 2013

Tibetan Language: more than you imagined

When many Western practitioners speak of learning Tibetan, they don't often realize that the Tibetan...

January 22, 2013

Two Buddhisms, Authenticity, Abortion, and Universal Love

These are a few of the topics, essays, and projects you should know about this...

January 21, 2013

In case you missed it: the full Mind and Life 2013

Below are the youtube recordings of this year's Mind and Life conference, "Mind, Brain and...

January 20, 2013

Rise of the non-religious: A Buddhist Perspective?

The Huffington Post has a great discussion posted online late last week on the topic...

January 19, 2013

The Dalai Lama Hosts Mind and Life (Live Video)

Via Lama Surya Das (www.surya.org): I hope you will join the Dalai Lama tonight through...

January 17, 2013

Is this the first ever Buddhist Social Media “Code of Conduct?”

The following was posted today on the Facebook page of the popular Bhutanese teacher and filmaker Dzongsar Khyentse...

January 15, 2013

A Buddhist view of human nature

Is humankind naturally good or evil? One might quickly sidestep the question, saying that in...

January 14, 2013

Young scholar seeks the experiences and perspectives of Asian American Buddhist youth

My thanks to Arun Likhati of the Angry Asian Buddhist for the heads up on this...

January 14, 2013

The philosopher Kant, a Buddhist Saint, and Happiness

In my regular bits of avoidance and procrastination tonight (I have a lecture tomorrow that...

January 13, 2013

Ten Minutes of Mindfulness

"We live in an incredibly busy world," begins Andy Puddicombe in this TED talk posted...

January 10, 2013

Nietzsche meets the iPhone

The BBC has a story this week titled "Can filming one second every day change...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Please check out and support “Present | The Voices and Activities of Theravada Buddhist Women”

Via the wonders of facebook, I've just come across a great journal based in California...

December 28, 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. Or, if you prefer: Happy Holidays. My friend Clarke Scott has a...

December 10, 2012

Rainer Maria Rilke & Allen Ginsberg

I have been busy slaving away (sometimes happily, sometimes not) on student essays and exams...

December 05, 2012

Mitt Romney seeks Buddhist Counsel (Video)

Mitt Romney has "invested in a high-paid soul-searching team to help him weigh his possibilities"...

December 04, 2012

Neuroscience and Buddhist Meditation

One of the very endearing aspects of Buddhism for many Westerners is the Buddha's encouragement...

December 02, 2012

Religious Experience in Early Buddhism – a lecture by Richard Gombrich

The Oxford Center for Hindu Studies has a lecture by Richard Gombrich very much worth...

December 02, 2012

Are you a Buddhist Wanker (Jerk)? – (Humor)

Self-described Spiritual Wanker Mark Walsh takes us through diagnosing a spiritual wanker and some potential...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Buddhist Political Action: Robert Thurman’s Meme (UPDATED with petition)

Watch Prof. Thurman's video below and then go here (the Whitehouse epetitions site) to add...

November 26, 2012

There has been an 82nd, an 83rd, an 84th and an 85th self-immolation inside occupied #Tibet. All today.

Such is the news from Joshua Eaton (website) today. Radio Free Asia states that "The burnings take...

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