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2012-01-24T20:34:32-07:00

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Ruminations of a Buddhist SomethingOrOther

Last updated on: January 24, 2012 at 8:34 pm By Justin Whitaker

Last week a friend of mine, a fellow Buddhist Ph.d. student, emailed me with a question. She wondered if I might explain how I find being a Buddhist and an Atheist to be compatible. She sent me a link to an old debate on reincarnation published by Tricycle between Stephen Bachelor, author of Confession of a Buddhist Atheist, and Robert Thurman, the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Religious Studies at Columbia University. Both are brilliant scholars of the highest rank, so if... Read more

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2012-01-22T08:34:29-07:00

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Digital Dharma on Kickstarter

Last updated on: January 22, 2012 at 8:34 am By Justin Whitaker

UPDATE, 3:30am EST Jan 22: With just over 8 hours to go, the goal of 30,000 has been reached. The project will be funded and the movie completed! Update, 7pm EST Jan 21: Just 17 hours to go and now less than $3000 short of the goal. There are literally just hours left if you would like to help fund a movie about E. Gene Smith, the man devoted his life to the study of Buddhism and who brought us... Read more

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2012-01-19T18:14:42-07:00

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Buddhism in Contemporary China

Last updated on: January 19, 2012 at 6:14 pm By Justin Whitaker

There are many faces to Buddhism in China today. But this is surely one of the most astonishing, not only for one gets from seeing a monk praying over and holding the hand of a dead stranger in a public place, but for the faces of the curious onlookers behind him. What is the story of each of these people? What must their lives be like? And the man who had died? The monk’s face elicits a sense of calm... Read more

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2012-01-17T05:36:32-07:00

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SOLITUDE is out of fashion

Last updated on: January 17, 2012 at 5:36 am By Justin Whitaker

So begins a recent article in the NY Times called “The Rise of Groupthink” by Susan Cain, author of the forthcoming book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” It is an ideal article for me to read at just the right time: only a few hours away from ending my extended vacation with family and friends and returning to my little workspace in Bristol where I ostensibly toil for hours in solitude over a... Read more

2012-01-15T22:55:54-07:00

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Buddhism ebooks: the next big thing

Last updated on: January 15, 2012 at 10:55 pm By Justin Whitaker

Following up on my friend Danny’s recent post announcing Charles Prebish and Damien Keown’s new ebook offerings, I’d like to expand a bit and discuss ebooks more broadly. A few years ago, I bought my first ebook, Revisioning Karma, which compiled papers from the 2005 Journal of Buddhist Ethics online conference on karma. Interestingly, I had most, if not all, of the articles contained in the book, but the notion of having them all together in one source and the... Read more

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2012-01-13T07:30:35-07:00

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Farewell Montana

Last updated on: January 13, 2012 at 7:30 am By Justin Whitaker

Tonight was my last night in Montana for a while. Tomorrow, my sister and I drive to her place in Denver, CO, and then I’m heading back to the good ol’ UK on Tuesday the 17th. Five weeks in the US, with family, friends, and the most beautiful skies in the world; it just flies right by. After many hours spent playing cards, telling and hearing stories, and plotting out our own little hopes for the future, tonight’s sunset provided... Read more

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2012-01-08T00:52:19-07:00

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Tibetan Buddhism: Two more immolations, two more museums

Last updated on: January 8, 2012 at 12:52 am By Justin Whitaker

“As long as they aren’t waging war, the rest of the world just ignores what’s going on in post-occupied Tibet.” These were the sentiments of one scholar who recently posted yet another link to a news story discussing self-immolations in Tibet. Robert Thurman last month passed on the news that the self-immolation of Tibetan Monks reached the top of TIME magazine’s list of underreported stories of 2011. The image below, from the Telegraph, provides just a tiny glimpse into the... Read more

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2012-01-06T07:32:03-07:00

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Eel Wrigglers and Buddhist Practice

Last updated on: January 6, 2012 at 7:32 am By Justin Whitaker

They say the oldest profession in the book is… Well, you know. But if you had to put a bet on what the second oldest is, you would do well to guess that the title would be something like “smooth talkin’ salesman.” (or perhaps pretty-talkin’ product pimps) And salesmen aren’t always selling stuff. They’re often peddling views and spiritualities and hopes of this sort or that. Their particular manifestations are many: some are showy, some are cunning, some are charming,... Read more

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2012-01-02T22:38:35-07:00

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2012 Lessons in Patience

Last updated on: January 2, 2012 at 10:38 pm By Justin Whitaker

#1: a run around the neighborhood with a bird-dog puppy. As long as her head was up, she was fine. But once her instinct kicked in and her nose went down, there was little I could do to control her. She’s a hunter, a tracker, and a pointer, but most definitely not a heeler. Perhaps it was my funny shoes, but she didn’t seem to have any interest in hanging around me for long. We made one lap around the... Read more

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2011-12-22T00:19:31-07:00

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Happy New Year from Mingyur Rinpoche

Last updated on: December 22, 2011 at 12:19 am By Justin Whitaker

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