Bhikkhu Bodhi: “The major threat that I see today lies in the ascendency of a purely utilitarian worldview driven by a ruthless economic system that rates everything in terms of its monetary value and sees everything as nothing more than a source of financial profit. Thus, under this mode of thinking, the environment turns into… Read More Bikhu Bodhi: Conscientious Compassion
I’m back to that same place once again, but this time I figured it out. Yes, it’s “emptiness”, our old friend sunyata. I figured out what it is, for me. It’s a definition that works for me, and I think every Buddhist, if they are so inclined, has to figure out a definition that works… Read More Emptiness as Process
Speaking to his disciples, the Buddha said, “Whoever in this world overcomes this craving so hard to transcend will find that suffering falls away like drops of water falling from a flower.” —Surya Das, Awakening the Buddha Within: Eight Steps to Enlightenment, page. 84 (no sutta reference given). You know why AA 12 Step and… Read More Editor: Why 12 Step Programs Fail
First, I encourage you to read all the way to the bottom so you can be aware of the special announcement there. The 12 Steps are a powerful spiritual path that has lead millions of people out of the darkness of addiction and into the light of recovery. While this path is not the only… Read More Tommy Rosen: A Yogi’s View of the 12 Steps
Singhashri gives a talk for International Women’s Day 2015 at the Manchester Buddhist Centre. Question to the Dalai Lama: What is the most important meditation we can do? The most important meditation that we can do now, he said, is critical thinking followed by action, discern what your world is, know the scenario of this human… Read More Singhashri – Misogyny and the Potential of Women in Buddhism
Amazing news from Istanbul. Today we’ve seen a huge leap forward in the fight to build a better future, free from runaway climate change. These last two days Muslim scholars, politicians, leaders and activists gathered in Istanbul to agree the final wording of the biggest Muslim Declaration on Climate Change the world has ever seen.… Read More Istanbul: International Muslim Declaration on Climate Change
What am I Taking Refuge in? I’ve been over this about a million times since I made Refuge vows in 2011. What is the sangha, and what the hell am I Taking Refuge in? My bewildering experience with two Buddhist communities in 2013 and 2014 just added to the frustration and confusion. (See “My Year… Read More Sangha or Samsara?
