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July 2020

July 05, 2020

A Festival of Radical Awakening: Socially Engaged Buddhism Today

I am thrilled to be taking part in this online conference, taking place from July...

January 2020

January 04, 2020

Shambhala Buddhist Community Faces New Allegations in Chapman Student Investigation

In a video that should be seen by university students and professors across the country,...

August 2019

August 28, 2019

Sogyal Lakar, well-known Tibetan Buddhist teacher and alleged sexual abuser of his students, has died

He was a Tibetan man who found his way into a decent education. He used...

August 01, 2019

Bhikkhu Bodhi addresses the Climate Crisis at the UN (Video)

Watch below as Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi addresses the UN on the climate crisis. According to...

May 2019

May 27, 2019

The ongoing importance of Engaging with Buddhism

Nearly every week I encounter the idea that Buddhism should somehow be kept 'pure' and...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

pause, breathe, smile: awakening mindfulness when meditation is not enough, a Review

Some time in the winter of 2017, Gary Gach reached out to a number of...

February 19, 2019

Buddhist generosity: Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center in California raises over $5000 to repair storm damage

I am sometimes happily reminded that Buddhism in the West or the world isn't just...

February 17, 2019

Further abuse accusations against Sakyong Mipham, head of Shambhala Buddhism

A thirty-five page letter was issued yesterday by six of the closest attendants of Mipham...

January 2019

January 23, 2019

Anonymous redditor shares troubling experience in Shambhala Buddhism

A person who claims to know the inner workings of the current Shambhala leadership, Sakyong...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Buddhists Need to Make More Room for Understanding Anger

Only then can they put it to rest. A guest post by Ayya Yeshe Anger...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

Buddhist economics in action: Bhutan

Recently I have been turned on to ideas of "Buddhist economics" through a class I...

November 02, 2018

A 2-year-old solves the trolley problem (and a note on Buddhist ethics)

And horrifies everyone: (and 'solves' definitely isn't meant in the sense of 'resolves') The...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Watching the Kavanaugh hearings from a Dharmic perspective: two Buddhist women speak

If you're like me, your social media feeds have been on fire with discussions and...

September 19, 2018

The psychedelic drug debate: why Buddhist ethics matters

Last month I covered the revived discussion amongst Buddhists in North America about psychedelic drug...

September 11, 2018

#MeTooGuru group, survivors of abusive Buddhist teachers, would like to meet Dalai Lama in Europe (petition)

In the ongoing rounds of Buddhist #MeToo work, survivors and allies of abuse at the...

September 05, 2018

Buddhist economics: further resources

As I mentioned in a recent post, I'll be starting (today) a semester-long position as...

September 03, 2018

A Philosophy of Labor: Seeing the Unseen Forces in our Work Lives

The recently reviewed book, Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk...

September 01, 2018

Two Documentaries examine the sexual abuse in the Tibetan Buddhist group, Rigpa

As allegations continue to surface against Sakyong Mipham and the leadership of Shambhala International, it is...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

Shambhala Faces Most Damning Revelations to Date: Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 3 Report

A new report detailing widespread sexual abuse, criminal sexual assault, and community complicity in Shambhala...

August 15, 2018

Why can’t people just leave Shambhala Buddhism?

With a steady stream of abuse allegations against senior leadership and well-known teachers, many Shambhala...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

Ethics of Shame (and Shamelessness): Buddhist and Western

My friend Carissa Véliz from the University of Oxford has a great review up today...

June 20, 2018

Knowing Harm, We Must Oppose It

The Chronicle of Higher Education today reports on the many thousands of academics and academic...

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 09, 2018

Buddha’s advice for busy times, a layperson’s Buddhist ethics

Life in the 21st century can be overwhelming. Busyness seems to be the buzzword of...

April 2018

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...

April 18, 2018

Healing sexualized violence in the Shambhala Buddhist community

Andrea Winn, initiator and author of Project Sunshine (.pdf), is raising funds for a second...

March 2018

March 26, 2018

Citing Ethical Concerns, Ajahn Brahm Resigns as Spiritual Director of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia

Acclaimed Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahm (or Ajahn Brahmavamso) has resigned from his position as the...

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...

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