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2019-02-27T18:18:51-07:00

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

Last updated on: February 27, 2019 at 6:18 pm By Justin Whitaker

Some time in the winter of 2017, Gary Gach reached out to a number of friends and colleagues about reviewing his -then in rough draft- forthcoming book. By mid-spring I replied that I would be very grateful to receive an advanced copy. And by June I was actually sitting down to read it over. As I told Gach by email early into my reading of the draft, “It’s direct, fluid, and wise; a beautiful mix of story-telling and dharma pushing.”... Read more

2019-02-19T13:51:59-07:00

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

Last updated on: February 19, 2019 at 1:51 pm By Justin Whitaker

I am sometimes happily reminded that Buddhism in the West or the world isn’t just quiet private practices punctuated by occasional scandals. It’s worth being cognizant of the idea, propagated by evolutionary psychologists, that we need about five good interactions with something or someone for every bad one. The idea is that we are hard-wired to over-react to negative stimuli because that is what we’ve needed in order to survive. So just one bad interaction with a person after one... Read more

2019-02-20T15:48:03-07:00

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Further abuse accusations against Sakyong Mipham, head of Shambhala Buddhism

Last updated on: February 20, 2019 at 3:48 pm By Justin Whitaker

A thirty-five page letter was issued yesterday by six of the closest attendants of Mipham Mukpo (Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche) detailing their experiences of verbal, physical and sexual abuse in vivid detail. Recollections include female students being “pushed to rationalize [sex] as a generous offering to their revered teacher”, stories of Mukpo hitting his attendants and forcibly biting people, students crying in a circle in their underwear, a culture of fear, and this is just the first of the six stories.... Read more

2019-02-17T17:02:59-07:00

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Valentines Day for Buddhists, a Warning

Last updated on: February 17, 2019 at 5:02 pm By Justin Whitaker

Or “Looking for Love (advice) in all the Wrong Places”* I once had the occasion to oversee a study on the topic of “Buddhism and Love.” The question, pondered my student, was “what is the ideal Buddhist romantic relationship?” At hand we had: books written by and for contemporary Westerners about Buddhist practice tons of historical material and scholarly works, and actual Buddhists from various backgrounds to talk with about the subject. The contemporary books had plenty of relatively good, if not platitudinous,... Read more

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2019-02-11T17:35:30-07:00

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Progressive Buddhism: An Australian Buddhist Nun Speaks on Tibetan Buddhism, Patriarchy, and India

Last updated on: February 11, 2019 at 5:35 pm By Justin Whitaker

In “Life in Red – A Journey from Sydney Suburbs to Nagpur Slums” Tibetan Buddhist nun (or Bhikkhuni in Pali), Ayya Yeshe speaks of her journey into Tibetan Buddhism, her disillusionment with what she describes as “internalized patriarchy, [not] just our bad karma [as nuns or females]”, and her move to India, where she found it easier than Australia to live as a monastic. In a beautifully filmed video, Yeshe offers us an insider’s view of what a woman might... Read more

2019-02-08T13:31:00-07:00

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Petition: Shambhala Buddhism Students seek to split from “authoritarian” structure

Last updated on: February 8, 2019 at 1:31 pm By Justin Whitaker

An online petition asking for local Shambhala Buddhism centers to be split from the inner circle of followers of Osel Mukpo (a.k.a Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche) has been created. It is directed to the Shambhala Interim Board, Shambhala International, Osel Mukpo, Local Shambhala Centers, Local Leadership, and the Shambhala Press Team. They cite the recently released investigation into Mukpo, which affirms likely sexual misconduct, as a “third strike” on the leadership after numerous alleged abuses on the parts of Thomas Rich and... Read more

2019-02-22T14:51:01-07:00

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Does this Comment Spark Joy?

Last updated on: February 22, 2019 at 2:51 pm By Justin Whitaker

Can we “Marie Kondo” our Facebook feed? Last month, my wife and I sat down to watch some of the Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. We made it about 60% through an episode before giving up. The premise, based on the practice of KonMari, is great, but the reality show format became a bit much. My sister worked in reality TV for a number of years and gave me some insight into the way that they ‘skilfully’ manufacture outrage and... Read more

2019-01-23T02:46:14-07:00

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Anonymous redditor shares troubling experience in Shambhala Buddhism

Last updated on: January 23, 2019 at 2:46 am By Justin Whitaker

A person who claims to know the inner workings of the current Shambhala leadership, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and his advisory board or “Kalapa Council” has opened up an ongoing AMA (Ask Me Anything) on the reddit site devoted to discussion of Shambhala Buddhism, saying, in part, “I know his teachings as well or better than anyone currently involved with shambhala” and “I am definitely trying to help others get out of shambhala. That is my only intention here. I wish... Read more

2019-01-17T18:13:16-07:00

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A wrap-up of 2018 life adventures (a short version)

Last updated on: January 17, 2019 at 6:13 pm By Justin Whitaker

Those who follow this space might have noticed a steady decline in posts in 2018. Part of this is due to very positive developments in my personal life (getting engaged and getting married), and a larger part has been due to the abundance of work I have taken on. In fact, I started the year with no stable job and little promising work on the horizon. But, as luck would have it, just two weeks after setting a fall wedding... Read more

2018-12-13T18:14:54-07:00

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Buddhists Need to Make More Room for Understanding Anger

Last updated on: December 13, 2018 at 6:14 pm By Justin Whitaker

Only then can they put it to rest. A guest post by Ayya Yeshe Anger is so demonized in Buddhism. I have felt quite angry myself over the years because as a Western nun I was completely abandoned by the Tibetan hierarchy and the lay community. I also started to understand the power of channeling moral outrage into social justice. But I now also see that there is a time when we must negotiate. If the energy that builds up... Read more

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