Dzongsar: Meditation is butt rot if you don’t see the truth
“To see the truth is the most important [thing]; morality, discipline, even meditation, even so called meditation as precious as it sounds, if your meditation is not making you see the truth, … Continue reading
My Year In Institutional Buddhism
[Editor’s note: I began writing this article three months ago, but held back on publishing it until now. It has been revised several times, and I reserve the right to … Continue reading
READ: NON + X ejournal of Post-Traditional Buddhism
X- POST-NON Buddhism—welcome to the aporetic future of ancoric loss and aporetic dissonance in Buddhist thought. There is an explosion (pun) of great writing by multiple authors on post-traditional Buddhism … Continue reading
Zen Peacemakers and Climate Takuhatsu
I’m writing this as a part of my “climate takuhatsu”. Soon after we moved to Boulder last year, I started this practice. I go door to door in our neighborhood, knock, … Continue reading
Post-Traditional Buddhism Redux
Post-Traditional Buddhism Redux. [Editor: Please go to the Post-Traditional Buddhism blog and read Matthew O’Connell’s brilliant analysis of the state of Buddhism in the 21st century west, and his take on … Continue reading
Dear Hero in Prison
I don’t learn much from good people who are trying to be better. I learn more from bad people who are trying to be good. Like my best friend Buddy … Continue reading
Just Keep Meditating. . .
Driven To Tears How can you say that your not responsible? What does it have to do with me? What is my reaction? What should it be? Confronted by this … Continue reading
No Logo: The Post-Buddhism Buddhist
In 1974, Chogyam Trungpa began to introduce “Buddhism without credentials” to America. I wonder if Chogyam Trungpa ever considered what might be the strange, twisted outcome of bringing Buddhism to … Continue reading
The Soft Voices Carry
The most Buddhist thing I have done this year was go on a retreat with a bunch of people who aren’t Buddhists. I’m working with a group of mostly young … Continue reading
BPF & Climate Change: “The Mother of All Practice Opportunities”
Dig for Wisdom, Not for Oil: Buddhists Join Eco-Blockade Against Fracking by Katie Loncke Dig for Wisdom, Not for Oil Mindful of Environmental Racism Fracking Kills Precious Beings With Buddhist voices from Tricycle … Continue reading
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