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June 2019

June 07, 2019

Intersections between Buddhism, Health, and Diversity in an American City

A guest post by Pierce Salguero Lately, the topic of diversity in American Buddhism has...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Can Western Appropriation of Buddhism, Mindfulness, and Yoga be Good?

As Buddhism continues to mature in the Western world, we are currently seeing an explosion of one...

October 2016

October 20, 2016

What is Attention? Can Mindfulness Help? See “The Science of Meditation” Summit

I am fortunate enough to have a tiny bit of spare time now to tune...

August 2016

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...

July 2016

July 04, 2016

“Health” in the Buddhism and Science Dialogue

Guest post by Kin Cheung In the current dialogue between Buddhist traditions and the sciences—an...

June 2016

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...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

Buddhism and Health: Illuminating the Spectrum of Therapies

A guest post by Pierce Salguero About two months ago, we began to notice a...

February 2016

February 11, 2016

Pain and Freedom: A Buddhist’s Meditation Journey

January 2016

January 08, 2016

What is Buddhist Medicine?

By Pierce Salguero Recently, I invited my Facebook friends to submit questions on the topic...

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...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

World Compassion and Vegan day – via the Jain eLibrary

One of my favorite non-Buddhist religions to teach and to study is Jainism, which is...

January 2014

January 01, 2014

16 Guides to a healthy, eco-consious, non-harming 2014 from the Jain eLibrary (Videos)

Members of the Jain Education Committee (www.jainelibrary.org) have suggested the following list as a guide...

September 2013

September 22, 2013

Two more must-reads on Buddhism and Aaron Alexis/the Navy Yard Shooting

As with any human tragedy of this kind, there are countless angles or perspectives from...

September 18, 2013

Mea culpa? On “Buddhist Terrorist?” and Reactions

In blogging, as in academia, and in life, one of the great things we have...

September 17, 2013

The First American Buddhist Terrorist?

Thirteen people are dead as of this writing. Our understanding of what happened is still...

May 2013

May 21, 2013

Buddhism and Mental Illness

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

December 2012

December 02, 2012

Are you a Buddhist Wanker (Jerk)? – (Humor)

Self-described Spiritual Wanker Mark Walsh takes us through diagnosing a spiritual wanker and some potential...

June 2012

June 22, 2012

Share this if you’ve ever lost someone…

to a smoking-related death: My family breathed a big sigh of releaf last fall when...

May 2012

May 27, 2012

A Buddhist Perspective on World News

For Sunday, the 27th of May, 2012 Yesterday the Japan Times reported that monks there...

May 19, 2012

Eat Well, Live Well – the green smoothie

I have long been interested in 'eating right', though not always the best practitioner. As...

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