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September 2016

September 30, 2016

Buddhist Politics: A Reader Survey (October)

With just over a month to go, this will be the second to last of...

September 13, 2016

Buddhist Political Preferences (Reader poll, September reporting)

This month our numbers are up a bit, with 178 (self-selected, online, non-randomized) respondents answering questions about their...

September 04, 2016

Buddhist Politics: A Reader Survey (September)

It's time once again for our monthly survey of Buddhist political affiliations. It has been...

August 2016

August 07, 2016

Buddhist Political Preferences (Reader poll, July-Aug reporting)

Last month I was too busy teaching, traveling, and doing a bit of meditation in...

July 2016

July 23, 2016

July Buddhist Political Affiliations and the 2016 US Presidential Race (Reader Poll)

I am currently in China, living in a Chan Buddhist monastery, just wrapping up a...

June 2016

June 29, 2016

Buddhist Political Affiliations and the 2016 US Presidential Race (Reader Poll)

It's time once again for another reader survey on US presidential politics. This one is...

June 10, 2016

A glimpse of Buddhism in Obama’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton

You'll see Secretary Clinton walking with President Obama and the abbot of Wat Pho monastery...

June 07, 2016

Slipping Support for Sanders, Buddhists turn to Trump, Stein, and Johnson in latest reader poll

Citing a recent survey of anonymous superdelegates, the AP last night said that Clinton has...

June 03, 2016

Buddhist Political Preferences Poll Extended to June 5

With just over 200 responses thus far, this month's Buddhist Political Preferences online poll is...

May 2016

May 28, 2016

Buddhist Political Affiliations and the 2016 US Presidential Race (Reader Poll)

Another end-of-the-month, and another sampling of Buddhist political leanings for the 2016 US Presidential race. This...

May 09, 2016

In latest self-selected survey, Buddhists still love Bernie Sanders, favor Hillary Clinton even less than 3 months ago

Bernie Sanders still lags behind Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates (1415 to 1705 according to...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Buddhists talk Trump, George Takei urges Democrats to #VoteBlueNoMatterWho

The Buddhist Peace Fellowship recently hosted a conversation on the phenomenon of Donald Trump and the...

April 27, 2016

Buddhism, Politics, and the 2016 US Presidential Race (April/May Poll)

As April comes to a close and the leading candidates from both major parties widen...

April 09, 2016

Universities are facing an “intellectual crisis”

Speaking at the annual conference of the European Universities Association in Galway, Irish President Michael D. Higgins...

April 02, 2016

Buddhists for Bernie: a breakdown of our March US Presidential Poll

Right off the bat, I should caution you that not much has changed since the...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

Buddhism, Politics, and the 2016 US Presidential Race

As I mentioned last month, a Pew Survey found that Buddhists in the US are...

March 21, 2016

Tibetans for Trump and other unintended consequences

Tenzin Pelkyi, a writer, law student, and editor at tibetanfeministcollective.org (and recent interviewee at this...

March 11, 2016

Buddhism and Politics: African American and Feminist icon bell hooks can no longer support Hillary Clinton

The celebrated author, feminist, teacher, and scholar said in a video uploaded last week: "I...

March 09, 2016

The Dalai Lama on Donald Trump, “personal criticism looks – a little cheap”

Sitting with noted psychologist Richard Davidson, the Dalai Lama answered questions from Dan Harris (author...

March 01, 2016

Buddhist political leanings in the American Presidential Race 2016 (Continued with Age and Gender)

Once again, yesterday we looked at a basic breakdown of the 350+ responses to a...

March 01, 2016

Buddhist political leanings in the American Presidential Race 2016 (Continued)

Yesterday we looked at a basic breakdown of the 350+ responses to a poll of...

February 2016

February 25, 2016

Pew Research: most Buddhists in USA are Democrats – Have your say here

As voters continue to go to the polls across the country in primaries and caucuses,...

October 2015

October 04, 2015

Gun Violence and the Paradox of our Time

This is a slightly edited version of a reflection I was asked to give at...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

[Watch] angel Kyodo williams talk race and Buddhism after Charleston on #MindfulMondays

Rev. angel Kyodo williams, who spoke last month with Bhikkhu Bodhi about mindfulness, responsibility, and social justice, has...

May 2014

May 14, 2014

New Kadampa / Shugden followers protest Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Prize

Last week the Dalai Lama made a three-day visit to Oslo, Norway, where he received...

April 2014

April 08, 2014

Tibet’s Self-Immolation Protests Reach Shocking New Levels, a film by Journeyman Pictures

This recently posted video gives a rare and direct look inside the Tibetan community in...

March 2014

March 10, 2014

The Future of Tibet, a re-post in honor of Tibetan Uprising Day

The Tibetan Center in Kingston, New York, held a discussion last year of the six...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

Thailand’s protests: An Op-Ed by Dr. Dion Peoples

I've been 'aware' of Thailand since I was an intelligence-analyst in the US Air Force,...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Guns, Race, and the Military: further Buddhist responses to the Navy Yard Shooting

This will most likely be the last I write on this topic. Discussions on my...

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...

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