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May 2014

May 03, 2014

New Documentary Secret Tribes: Bhikkhunis Now Available for Free Viewing Online

A tip of the hat to Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online, which recently brought us...

May 03, 2014

Missing Tibetan Monk Jigme Gyatso Recognized by Reporters Without Borders for World Press Freedom Day

This via Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online: A twice-jailed and still missing Tibetan Buddhist monk,...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

A Dharma Talk for a Departed Mentor: Roger Dorris (1947-2013)

Dr. Roger Dorris, Naropa University core faculty member; a former board member of the Buddhist Peace...

April 27, 2014

Watch the Video of My Buddhist Geeks “Practice and Life” Hangout

I had the pleasure of being the guest teacher for a recent Buddhist Geeks "Practice...

April 27, 2014

Be Sure to Watch Religion & Ethics Newsweekly‘s Report on Buddhist Violence in Burma

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly on PBS had a truly outstanding report this past week on...

April 27, 2014

Thai Media Releases Previously Withheld Interview with Monk Who Says, “Gay People Can Make Good Monks Too”

LGBT Weekly has the story: A Thai Buddhist monk who is gay and a former...

April 26, 2014

Don’t Miss Inquiring Mind‘s Special, Spring 2014 Issue on “War and Peace”

Inquiring Mind, the thirty-year-old biannual that is one of the longest-standing publications for Dharma practitioners...

April 26, 2014

Tricycle‘s Max Zahn Responds to Arthur Brooks’ Wily New York Times Op-Ed about the Dalai Lama

I had a lot of thoughts about Arthur Brooks' recent op-ed in the pages of...

April 26, 2014

Ajahn Sujato: “I Think We’re Doomed”

Ajahn Sujato -- the founding abbot of Santi Forest Monastery, resident of Bodhinyana Monastery, Sutta Central...

April 26, 2014

An Exchange of Letters Between B.R. Ambedkar and W.E.B. Du Bois

Tides, the online magazine of the South Asian American Digital Archive, in honor of Dalit...

April 26, 2014

The “Ethnocentric Buddhism” Conversation Continued

Our friend and Patheos colleague Justin Whitaker keeps the conversation going at his blog American...

April 23, 2014

Sulak Sivaraksa and Joanna Macy to Headline the 2014 Buddhist Peace Fellowship National Gathering

This coming August 29th-31st, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship will host its first national Gathering since 2006,...

April 20, 2014

The World Wildlife Fund’s Dekila Chungyalpa and “The Greening of Buddhism” in Spirituality & Health

Spirituality & Health has a terrific piece on Dekila Chungyalpa, who is the Director of...

April 20, 2014

CNN on Aung San Suu Kyi’s Silence Regarding the Rohingya: “Has ‘The Lady’ Lost Her Voice?”

CNN has a substantial feature online about Aung San Suu Kyi and the Rohingya in...

April 20, 2014

A New Interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi for Spirituality & Health

Our friend Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is interviewed in the latest issue of Spirituality & Health....

April 20, 2014

Reuters Journalists Win Pulitzer Prize for Reporting on the Persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Burma

I just wanted to take a moment to offer belated congratulations to Reuters journalists Jason...

April 20, 2014

The New York Times Editorial Board on the Human Rights of Tibetans in Nepal

This past week, the New York Times editorial board opined on Human Rights Watch's damning...

April 11, 2014

NEWS: Chinese Government Denies Entry Visa to Sulak Sivaraksa

Sulak Sivaraksa is one of Thailand’s preeminent social activist and one of the titans of the...

April 11, 2014

“Ethnocentric Buddhism?”

Buddhologist Paul Fuller (who blogs here) has a new piece at the Democratic Voice of...

April 11, 2014

David R. Loy Asks, “What Would the Buddha Do?”

And what he comes up with makes for absolutely essential reading. Here's a snippet: Interdependence...

April 11, 2014

Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche Teaches on Universal Responsibility at Harvard Divinity School

Rinpoche's organization, Mangala Shri Bhuti, has generously posted the entire teaching on their YouTube channel....

April 11, 2014

“Is Meditation Selfish?” Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and Elephant Journal’s Waylon Lewis Discuss…

Waylon Lewis offers yet another fun conversation through Elephant Journal, this one with Sakyong Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche -- son of the Vidyādhara, Chögyam...

April 11, 2014

Ha Vinh Tho Delivers Naropa University’s 6th Annual Bayard and John Cobb Peace Lecture

And you can watch the whole thing below! Here's the description from Naropa's YouTube channel:...

March 2014

March 30, 2014

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi Writes “Of Budgets, Values and Visions” for Truthout

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi continues to branch out from his wonderful op-eds at Tricycle‘s blog, with another outstanding,...

March 30, 2014

Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Announces New Journal and Master of Arts in Peace Studies Program

My buddy and colleague in Patheos blogging, Justin Whitaker, has the story at his American...

March 29, 2014

President Jimmy Carter Discusses His New Book A Call To Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power on the Charlie Rose Show

You can watch the whole interview here, and find out more about A Call to Action here....

March 29, 2014

The Guardian Asks Thich Nhat Hanh, “Is Mindfulness Being Corrupted by Business and Finance?”

With the subject being much-discussed (especially following the protest at Wisdom 2.0), The Guardian asks Thich Nhat...

March 29, 2014

Moyers & Company Ask Clair Brown, “How Would Buddha Organize Our Cutthroat Modern Economy?”

A few weeks ago, I brought you news about a sophomore seminar being offered this term...

March 28, 2014

Now You Can See the Tentative Schedule and Presentation Abstracts for the Upcoming Academic Conference on Buddhism and Social Justice

Last summer, I brought you news about the upcoming academic conference on Buddhism and social...

March 28, 2014

Hozan Alan Senauke Offers a Look at the Religious Violence in Burma for Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly Online

Hozan Alan Senauke -- founder of the Clear View Project, one of the founders of Think Sangha, vice-abbot...

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