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April 2016

April 23, 2016

The Souse Family and Buddhism’s Fifth Precept

April 20, 2016

“The Story of God” – A Buddhist Perspective on Creation

This week's episode (airing Sunday the 24th), brings us face to face with the question...

April 20, 2016

Happy Birthday, George Takei – American Buddhist, Actor, Author, Activist

Today is George Takei's 79th birthday. In honor of the occasion; and perhaps in horor...

April 16, 2016

Buddhist Ethics has a good day: on Philosophy, East and West

Almost 3 years ago exactly, 3 AM Magazine interviewed Jay Garfield, one of the best-known...

April 04, 2016

Mindfulness and Self-Care: Why Should I Care?

A guest post by Edwin Ng with Ron Purser Editor's note: this is the second in a...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

As North Carolina backslides on LGBT rights, we revisit our interview with the creators of transbuddhists.org

In spite of the many advances made in recent years in the United States and...

March 07, 2016

Princeton’s Robert Wright talks meditation, ethics, and awakening with Daniel Ingram

Readers here will recall Robert Wright from a series of lectures he gave two years...

November 2015

November 11, 2015

Shantideva: Buddhism and the delight of solitude

I've just completed teaching the Bodhicaryāvatāra (Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life) for the third...

November 01, 2015

Robert Thurman talks “Buddhist Ethics” at Google

In an entertaining and thoughtful talk, Columbia University's Robert Thurman discussed Buddhist ethics at Google...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

Compassion beyond boundaries: little girl asks why animals must be chopped up

Two years ago, 5-year-old Luiz Antonio stole the hearts of many around the world when he...

June 2015

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 11, 2015

The philosopher Kant might have been skeptical of modern Mindfulness

One of the great joys of doing philosophy is drawing the great minds of the...

May 2015

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 21, 2015

Buddhist Ethics for an Age of Technological Change

A guest post by Doug Smith: We live at the apex of a long era...

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 19, 2015

U.S. Campaign for Burma calls on Obama to help the Rohingya

Is Myanmar approaching genocide? This was the question, and in fact the headline haunting my...

May 16, 2015

Bhikkhu Bodhi on mindfulness, ethics, responsibility and justice with angel Kyodo williams

Mindfulness is the "pop-tune of the 21st Century." So suggests Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi with a...

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....

April 2015

April 29, 2015

In supporting same-sex marriage, Buddhists are #1 (sort of)

Today the Supreme Court heard arguments about gay marriage, and so, in a timely update...

February 2015

February 11, 2015

Practicing Compassion, a review

Frank Rogers Jr's book, Practicing Compassion, is a welcome addition to the field of books...

February 02, 2015

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche talks about Homosexuality and Buddhism

In this short video the Buddhist teacher and filmmaker, well known for his wit and...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Ethics in American Buddhist Groups: Free Webinars

Starting tomorrow, January 27, An Olive Branch will offer free online seminars "to increase awareness...

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...

August 2014

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...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Buddhist abbot Ajahn Brahm says that it is ‘Unacceptable’ that religion has been so cruel to LGBTIQs

Before a large audience in Singapore in June, the outspoken Theravadin Buddhist monk cited the...

May 2014

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...

April 2014

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...

March 2014

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,...

February 2014

February 21, 2014

Mindful of your immorality?

A contemporary Western Buddhist version of this would probably look something like this: In case...

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