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June 2021

June 22, 2021

For Pride Month: Our 2015 Interview with La Sarmiento on Intersections of Gender, Identity, and Buddhism

This year we mark Pride Month with a re-run of an article first published in...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

In the rush to return to normal, can we pause instead?

It's mid-July, nearly 6 months since the coronavirus outbreak began taking over front-page news around...

August 2019

August 04, 2019

A Buddhist Story for Troubled Times: Grief, Loss, and Heartbreak

Most Christians will know the Parable of the Mustard Seed, wherein Jesus describes the Kingdom of...

March 2019

March 10, 2019

Spend a month in a Chinese Buddhist Monastery this summer – Woodenfish HBMLP in China

In 2009 I traveled to China to experience Chinese Buddhist monastic life and learn about the...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

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

I am sometimes happily reminded that Buddhism in the West or the world isn't just...

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 27, 2018

The oldest datable depiction of the Buddha in Human Form, from the British Museum

Below is a rather extraordinary video featuring Dr. Sushma Jansari of the British Museum.* It...

September 2018

September 19, 2018

The psychedelic drug debate: why Buddhist ethics matters

Last month I covered the revived discussion amongst Buddhists in North America about psychedelic drug...

September 11, 2018

#MeTooGuru group, survivors of abusive Buddhist teachers, would like to meet Dalai Lama in Europe (petition)

In the ongoing rounds of Buddhist #MeToo work, survivors and allies of abuse at the...

September 10, 2018

China, Buddhism, and the new era of Globalization

Today I have some early thoughts on a topic that I hope I will return...

September 05, 2018

Buddhist economics: further resources

As I mentioned in a recent post, I'll be starting (today) a semester-long position as...

September 01, 2018

Two Documentaries examine the sexual abuse in the Tibetan Buddhist group, Rigpa

As allegations continue to surface against Sakyong Mipham and the leadership of Shambhala International, it is...

July 2018

July 20, 2018

The Three Jewels of Buddhism and Multi-faith Affiliations

The Three Jewels (triratna in Sanskrit, tiratana in Pali) represent what for many is the quintessential hallmark of...

July 06, 2018

Zen Training 101: with the help of an art studio manual

Every year for the last three years I've joined the Woodenfish Humanistic Buddhist Monastic Life...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Project Sunshine, home of #ShambhalaMeToo, approaches revised fundraising goal

The Project Sunshine Phase 2, discussed recently here, is completing its fundraising campaign today and...

April 26, 2018

Buddhists and Social Justice: Escaping this world, or our delusions about it?

Earlier this week Rev James Ford, who I find myself admiring more and more as...

April 13, 2018

Cut Military Spending: Fund Human Needs, a Buddhist Solution to Syria?

While yet another chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria has spurred both demand for...

March 2018

March 27, 2018

Violent Buddhists of the 20th Century (and beyond)

A difficulty I encounter time and time again when teaching Buddhism or talking about it...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

Buddhism, Burma, and Politics via Religion Dispatches

Religion Dispatches (RD) posted an interview last week with Matthew Walton discussing his book on...

February 11, 2018

Dalai Lama affirms, Prayers Alone are not Enough, we Need Action

His Holiness the Dalai Lama turned to twitter on Friday to restate a message which...

January 2018

January 30, 2018

4 Residential Buddhist Life Opportunities to Apply to Today

These four residential programs (Living the Practice at Dharma Realm Buddhist University; Guan Yin Sessions...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

Buddhists and Christians share a Saint: Barlaam & Josaphat

This was the proclamation made on June 3, 1870 by F. Max Muller, described by...

November 04, 2017

Similes for Buddhist Ethics: the traffic-light by Ven. Ajahn Brahm

In teaching and understanding Ethics in the West, it might be an apt generalization to...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Explore Buddhism (and more) in India this new year

Ring in the New Year in India My friend Valerie Hellerman and I will be...

August 2017

August 17, 2017

Buddhism and the afterlife with the Voice of Islam

Occasionally, I am invited to do an interview about Buddhism, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist philosophy, etc....

August 08, 2017

Dalai Lama Speaks Out on Buddhist Teacher Misconduct

In the video below, from his teachings in Ladakh on August 1, 2017 the Dalai Lama...

July 2017

July 24, 2017

Buddhism, Patriarchy, Abuse, and Violence: We Need to Talk

What may surprise some Western Buddhists is that many of the same beliefs and structures...

July 19, 2017

On the Death of a Teacher: A Buddhist Teaching

The early Buddhists texts contain a treasure trove of teachings. I have not read them...

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...

July 11, 2017

Buddhism, Christianity, and an Emerging Superpower: An Interview with Michael Wood from “The Story of China”

This month I have the wonderful opportunity to share with you a review of The...

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