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February 2014

February 02, 2014

A Dharma Talk that You Have to See…

...and I'm proud to say that it's by one of our students in the Buddhist...

February 01, 2014

I’m a Lebowski

My wife Steph and I learned recently that our neighborhood Ralph's is the very same...

February 01, 2014

No, *Let’s* Worry about Social Security: Or, On Language, Privilege, Responsibility, and Dharma Teaching

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review recently posted on its a website a piece adapted from Andrew Holecek's...

February 01, 2014

How “the Mindfulness Movement Uses Buddhism to Prop Up the White-Supremacist-Capitalist-Cishet Patriarchy”

Yesterday, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review posted on their Facebook page these two TIME Magazine covers (one from...

February 01, 2014

Registration Begins Today for the University of Hamburg’s Online, English-Language Course on Women’s Buddhist Ordination

This news courtesy of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online: ...The University of Hamburg will be accepting...

February 01, 2014

An Important Mea Culpa

There was quite a lot in the news today about Nick Kristof's Sunday column for...

January 2014

January 26, 2014

Great Stuff This Week at Sweeping Zen

I don't know how he's doing it, considering the fact that he's hard at work...

January 22, 2014

Five Steps for Buddhist Leaders Willing to Accept Mandela’s Challege

"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. It is...

January 21, 2014

Meet My Newest Writing Tool…

This bittersweet BBC piece reminded me that I haven't yet mentioned here my first foray...

January 20, 2014

On MLK Day, Go and Do Likewise…

The entire "Epilogue" from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the...

January 20, 2014

The International Dharma Teachers’ Statement on Climate Change

I signed, and I hope you will too. In addition, as previously mentioned, I am a...

January 09, 2014

My Five Favorite Dharma Books of 2013

Continuing the end-of-the-year lists for 2013, here are five of my favorite dharma books from 2013....

January 08, 2014

My Five Favorite Films of 2013

Last year, I began a tradition at this blog of naming my favorite films of...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

Learn the Address

...Then share yours at learntheaddress.org.

December 04, 2013

I’m a #LoveMore Ambassador!

I'm a #LoveMore Ambassador -- very proudly so, given the vision of the project and...

December 01, 2013

“Mindfulness or Mindlessness?”

This video of a talk by noted Buddhist scholar Robert H. Sharf comes to us...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

Do Archaeological Discoveries at Lumbini Really Change the Estimated Date of the Buddha’s Birth? [UPDATED]

Though this story doesn't yet seem to have an angle relevant to the social justice...

November 24, 2013

Buddhist Global Relief’s 2013 Los Angeles Walk to Feed the Hungry

Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of participating in Buddhist Global Relief’s “Walk to Feed...

November 18, 2013

Calling All Funny Buddhists…

This from our friend, the great Buddhist scholar Charles Prebish: Dear Colleagues and Friends: John...

November 17, 2013

“Cambodia’s Marching Monks”

Al Jazeera English has wonderful, in-depth reporting and photography about the "Buddhist monks from Phnom...

November 16, 2013

A New Interview with Shodo Spring about her “Compassionate Earth Walk” from the Tar Sands of Alberta to Nebraska

Between the Lines has a new interview with Soto Zen priest Shodo Spring about her...

November 15, 2013

The 5th Khoryug Conference on Environmental Protection for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries and Nunneries in the Himalayas

This past week saw the 5th Khoryug Conference on Environmental Protection for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries...

November 10, 2013

The International Network for Engaged Buddhists and Dr. Maung Zarni on Buddhist Islamophobia in Sri Lanka and Burma

The Star reported recently on the International Buddhist-Muslim Forum on Peace and Sustainability, held recently at...

November 03, 2013

Día de Los Muertos at University of the West

Recently, at University of the West, the Buddhist-inspired institution of higher education where I direct...

October 2013

October 25, 2013

Please Support My Fundraising Campaign for Buddhist Global Relief’s 2013 “Walk to Feed the Hungry”

This year, I'm once again participating in Buddhist Global Relief's "Walk to Feed the Hungry"...

October 18, 2013

Roshi Joan Halifax Addresses the International Buddhist Confederation on Engaged Buddhism in Delhi

This via the Upaya Newsletter: Find out more about the work of the International Buddhist...

October 14, 2013

A Picture of Me and My Wife at Homeboy Industries…

My wife Steph and I were tickled pink to discover ourselves in the above picture...

October 13, 2013

The Shutdown and the “Empathy Gap”

As I write this, the U.S. government shutdown is in its 12th day and 12th hour....

October 11, 2013

It’s International Day of the Girl…

...and if you're looking for a way to mark the occasion, I strongly suggest supporting the...

October 07, 2013

INTERVIEW: Brad Warner, Author of There Is No God and He Is Always with You: A Search for God in Odd Places

At his Wikipedia page, Brad Warner is described as "an American Sōtō Zen priest, author,...