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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...

February 2019

February 02, 2019

Does this Comment Spark Joy?

Can we "Marie Kondo" our Facebook feed? Last month, my wife and I sat down...

November 2018

November 15, 2018

Netizen Nastiness: Can there Be Compassionate Social Media Use in the age of Trump?

Remember the internet of the late '90s and early 2000s? Before Facebook, before Twitter? Back...

November 15, 2018

Buddhist economics in action: Bhutan

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

May 2018

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...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Psychologists test the Dalai Lama’s teaching on Compassion, and it works

Anyone in a relationship knows that it feels good to do something nice for your...

September 2016

September 05, 2016

A Tibetan Buddhist Nun teaches JOY instead of Willpower, Ego, and Guilt

Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche is one of the few female Tibetan lamas (teachers) in the world...

August 2016

August 27, 2016

Mindful education – teaching meditation to kids via Cartoon Network’s “Steven Universe”

"take a moment to think of just... flexibility, love and trust" Steven Universe is a coming-of-age...

August 17, 2016

The Dalai Lama’s Doctor – Buddhist advice on Forgiveness

Barry Kerzin is an extraordinary person. A medical doctor, a philosopher, and a Tibetan Buddhist...

August 15, 2016

For the love of running and mindfulness (my ON BEING interview)

When I was 15 or 16 I went to the hospital for a physical. The doctor...

June 2016

June 21, 2016

3 shirts, 4 pairs of pants, 150 total belongings: inspired by Zen philosophy

Years ago, a Buddhist teacher of mine told me that "you don't own stuff. The...

June 10, 2016

Unplugging, or “practicing mindfulness in the desert”

I'm off tomorrow for a week off the grid. Or, more truthfully, about 3.5 days...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche gives Morgan Freeman the Buddhist “shortcut” teachings for happiness

We need to care, love and respect each other, that's the source of happiness. ~Chokyi...

February 2016

February 22, 2016

Buddhism: mindfulness vs the “meditation romance”

This month I am returning to a classic in Western Buddhism: Insight Meditation, with Sharon Salzberg...

January 2016

January 01, 2016

Mindfulness: the single most impactful aspect of Buddhism in America

In an intriguing recent lecture, scholar of Western Buddhism Jeff Wilson makes the claim that...

April 2015

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 13, 2015

Dan Harris on mindfulness, meditation, and Buddhism

While mindfulness and meditation have taken off in the popular media in the last couple...

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...

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...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

A Very Buddhist Thanksgiving with VIDEO from Mary Grace Orr, Rev. Thich Hang Dat, Sensei Bob Oshita and Ajahn Brahm

These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who...

November 15, 2013

India, Pakistan, & a commercial to make you cry with joy

I'm a sucker for nostalgia, and growing ever more nostalgic for India myself (I can't...

July 2013

July 09, 2013

Thomas Merton: the Film

Anyone who knows me or has read this blog for long knows I am a...

June 2013

June 24, 2013

Sensual Pleasure Versus Spiritual Pleasure in Buddhism

This is Ajahn Brahmali, talking at the Buddhist Society of Western Australia about much of...

June 22, 2013

Buddhism’s Dalai Lama nods to Secular Ethics

While murder, bullying, exploitation and scandal regularly make news, when thousands of children receive their mother’s care...

June 14, 2013

Buddhism has the Rope and the Snake, Christianity has Jesus and the Pug

Well, they're not exactly equivalent, but bear with me. Who... or what, do you see...

June 09, 2013

Grabbing hold of life

Watching this video I heard Māra creeping up in the form of voices of naysayers, and...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Buddhism and Mental Illness

President Obama has declared May "Mental Health Awareness Month." At the announcement the President said...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Meditation and this Human Body: Two Recent TED Talks

These are two talks that are really about 'everyone' - everyone social that is. Everyone...

March 17, 2013

3 Reasons to Welcome the ‘tt’ in St. Patty’s Day

I'm not sure what it is. Perhaps something in my Irish-English-Polish(Jewish)-Scottish heritage and dirt-road, blue...

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