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September 2015

September 09, 2015

Buddhist Blessings for Dolls, Thailand’s new luck charms

"Anywhere from $44 for cheaper dolls, and up to nearly $1500 for top-of-the-line models..." Who...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Top 5 Reasons to Study Buddhism

As college classes start up this time of year, many people will find themselves debating...

August 29, 2015

Life shifts and karmic momentum

Or, "On submitting a PhD thesis, and going back to school." This week I saw,...

August 17, 2015

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche on how us lazy people can start meditation

Mingyur Rinpoche, founder of Bodhgaya's giant Tergar Monastery and author of numerous widely praised books...

August 08, 2015

Rubin Museum hosts Sharon Salzberg: Mindfulness and Art

The Rubin Museum of Art in New York City is hosting Sharon Salzberg and other...

July 2015

July 14, 2015

Thich Nhat Hanh comes to USA for further treatment, funds sought to cover costs

In their latest update, Plum Village of France, Thich Nhat Hanh's home monastery, informs us...

July 09, 2015

Buddhist monastery serves meals to fasting Muslims in Ramadan

Agence France-Presse reported today that Dharmarajika, a Buddhist monastery in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka,...

June 2015

June 28, 2015

Thich Nhat Hanh’s remarkable recovery shows that “everything is possible”

In their most recent update, the Monks and Nuns of Plum Village have great news regarding...

June 26, 2015

Pope Francis “Beaming” as he leaves meeting with American Buddhist leaders

In a meeting hosted by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue and the United States...

June 18, 2015

Buddhist funerals for… robot dogs? In Japan, yes.

When we think of weird new robots and robot-human relations, what place comes to mind?...

June 18, 2015

Buddhism and Modernity: Conversations at the Edge, all three panels [Video]

Today the Mangalam Research Center posted video of a post-conference seminar following the June 3-7 Mindfulness...

June 16, 2015

Understanding Buddhist-Muslim relations in Burma (Myanmar)

This post is part of the Interfaith Ramadan: Shared Vision of Inclusion & Co-Existence series, cross-posted there...

June 13, 2015

UK Tibetan Community issues a statement on Shugden

Partially in response to increasingly vocal protests by Shudgen practitioners, the Tibetan Community UK has...

June 04, 2015

Daniel Clarkson Fisher interviews Brent E. Huffman, director of Saving Mes Aynak [Video]

Mes Aynak (meaning “little copper well”) is a desert region 25 kilometers southeast of Kabul....

June 04, 2015

Dalai Lama biography: “Man of Peace” seeks crowdfunding

The Dalai Lama is the subject of a five-part illustrated biography, currently seeking funding. As scholar...

June 02, 2015

Happy Saga Dawa Düchen – Tibetan Buddhism’s holiest day

[updated and reposted from June 2014] Saga Dawa is the fourth lunar month of the...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Phenomenology as a doorway into Indian Philosophy

The Journal of the British Society of Phenomenology has announced a selection of free articles from past...

May 26, 2015

All Good Intentions: But does Sam Harris have what it takes to be Buddhist?

A guest post by Marek Sullivan: The recent email scuffle between linguistics professor and political...

May 19, 2015

Dalai Lama’s ‘Sexist’ Snafu?

Over the weekend, the Dalai Lama spoke about his prospects for reincarnation, telling the UK's...

May 15, 2015

Buddhist mindfulness, morality, and Protestant presumptions

In case you've been living under a rock, mindfulness is all the rage these days....

May 12, 2015

At least one dead in Tibet and dozens more in Nepal after new earthquake [Video]

A second major earthquake, measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, has struck Nepal. This one...

May 10, 2015

Remembering Kindness: Happy (all) Mothers Day

Throughout the day I've seen messages of gratitude, comfort, and joy, as well as discontent, despair,...

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 27, 2015

12 Buddhist Organizations Working in Nepal

Devastation continues in Nepal where the death toll from Saturday's quake is now over 4000....

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...

April 18, 2015

Žižek points us to the dark side of Buddhism, again

This week The Guardian published a selection of short essays titled, "I watch therefore I...

April 16, 2015

Buddhists: Sit for $15, fighting for higher minimum wage

In major cities across the country today activists rose up (and sat) to protest our...

April 01, 2015

Vote for the Dalai Lama in this year’s TIME 100

As of right now (5pm MST), the Dalai Lama has received 73% YES votes...

March 2015

March 20, 2015

Dharma Punx teacher Josh Korda on Buddhism, psychology, mindfulness, and his upcoming retreat

This month I had the pleasure of interviewing Josh Korda, a fascinating Buddhist teacher and...

March 19, 2015

Actor Bill Murray’s Dharma talk: “What’s it like to be you?” [Audio]

Call it a Dharma talk, a guided meditation, existential philosophy, or just a bit of...

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