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June 2018

June 14, 2018

Memorializing a Buddhist Blog List

Back in the early days of blogging (this blog began in 2004), the bloglist was...

June 06, 2018

A Buddhist (re)Appropriation of Mindfulness Meditation

That is a mouthful. Let me unpack it a bit. When I first became interested...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Is a Sea Change Coming to Western Buddhism?

Zen teacher Barry Magid offered the following observation yesterday. It is a rich passage, a...

May 30, 2018

The Secret is In the Open: Shambhala Sexual Abuse Discussed on CBC Radio

Last week Andrea Winn, creator of Project Sunshine, was interviewed on Canadian Broadcasting Radio on...

May 14, 2018

In a Buddhist nation: another Muslim ‘Catastrophe’ Unfolds

Tomorrow, May 15, Palestinians and supporters around the world will mark Nakba Day, commemorating the...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Project Sunshine, home of #ShambhalaMeToo, approaches revised fundraising goal

The Project Sunshine Phase 2, discussed recently here, is completing its fundraising campaign today and...

April 26, 2018

Buddhists and Social Justice: Escaping this world, or our delusions about it?

Earlier this week Rev James Ford, who I find myself admiring more and more as...

March 2018

March 30, 2018

Americans “Duped,” Burmese “Brainwashed” About Ongoing Violence in Burma / Myanmar

Burma continues to be an enigma in the minds of most Americans today. With a...

March 05, 2018

Dalai Lama, Citing Progress, is Optimistic for Humanity

The Dalai Lama has many interests. As a child in Tibet's Potala Palace he studied...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

Buddhism, Burma, and Politics via Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches (RD) posted an interview last week with Matthew Walton discussing his book on...

February 15, 2018

“Buddhist villagers and Myanmar troops killed 10 Rohingya men”

That is the start of the recent Reuters investigative story, released late last week. Two...

February 08, 2018

Buddhist “Smart” prayer beads to be introduced by computer firm Acer

"Taiwanese computer and technology firm Acer is set to launch a new smart product: Buddhist...

February 06, 2018

Join the Buddhists Supporting the Rohingya of Burma

It can be difficult to keep up on the news coming out of Burma (Myanmar)....

January 2018

January 30, 2018

4 Residential Buddhist Life Opportunities to Apply to Today

These four residential programs (Living the Practice at Dharma Realm Buddhist University; Guan Yin Sessions...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

The Buddha on Prayer and other Secular Buddhist talks

I rarely follow podcasts, series, or youtube channels, but I have become fairly hooked on...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Buddhists and Christians share a Saint: Barlaam & Josaphat

This was the proclamation made on June 3, 1870 by F. Max Muller, described by...

November 15, 2017

A Storm is Coming: Tibetan Buddhism in the West

Even before the #metoo movement went viral last month, a bombshell - or at least...

November 12, 2017

Meditations on Communities and Gratitude

This has been a year of numerous shifts in my life: officially finishing my Ph.D.; submitted...

November 04, 2017

Similes for Buddhist Ethics: the traffic-light by Ven. Ajahn Brahm

In teaching and understanding Ethics in the West, it might be an apt generalization to...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Explore Buddhism (and more) in India this new year

Ring in the New Year in India My friend Valerie Hellerman and I will be...

October 23, 2017

The Buddha Spits on Old Age

The Buddha was a far more complex figure than we often give him (or tradition)...

October 19, 2017

In Wake of #MeToo, a Tibetan Buddhist lama Offers a Teacher-Student “Sex Contract”

The post, which was taken down after circulating for around 24 hours, caused anger, sadness,...

September 2017

September 07, 2017

Further Tibetan Buddhist thoughts on Sogyal/Rigpa

The following comes from the head teachers of the Aro community, a Nyingma lineage of...

September 06, 2017

The Dalai Lama on Secular Ethics and the Toppling of “Rotten” Buddhist Institutions

The Dalai Lama gave a talk today in India with students from the University of California...

September 01, 2017

Buddhists could be perpetrating a genocide in Burma (Myanmar)

Bangladesh: "They have come in their thousands, crossing hills and rivers, marshes and rice paddies...

August 2017

August 26, 2017

A Brief Meditation on Cosmic Wholeness: A Buddhist and an Eclipse

What can I say about the eclipse - the experience of totality? When I first...

August 24, 2017

A Montana Mindfulness Retreat

This October (6th-8th), you can join me and others at a beautiful lakeside retreat center...

August 17, 2017

Buddhism and the afterlife with the Voice of Islam

Occasionally, I am invited to do an interview about Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist philosophy, etc....

August 16, 2017

Dismantling Buddhist Patriarchy and Denial From the Inside

The Dalai Lama's message was clear: you defend Buddhism by calling out abusive people, not...

August 15, 2017

The merit of pointing out abuse in Buddhism: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche

A common teaching in Tibetan Buddhism suggests that, "if a lama or rinpoche says something wrong,...

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