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What Does Buddhism Offer the World?

A new essay by Jayarava (Compatibility Issues 3. Buddhism) is a brilliant analysis of the cultural role of Buddhism in the world, past and present. Jayarava argues that the Buddhist worldview … Continue reading

2017/06/21 · 4 Comments

The Dharma of Jean Paul Sartre

  Note: I’m very interested in Jean Paul Sartre’s existential phenomenology and its resonances with Buddhadharma. Sartre asked many of the same questions as Buddha and came up with remarkably similar … Continue reading

2017/06/16 · 1 Comment

The Upper Middle Way

Originally published in Shambhala Sun, 1997 and in Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly. Reposted in numerous Buddhist blogs. Kobai Scott Whitney The Upper Middle Way: Have North-American Buddhists Renounced Renunciation? Historians of … Continue reading

2017/06/14 · Leave a comment

Buddhism is Dead; Long Live Buddhism

Buddhism Was Only for Rich People—Until Now Dear David Chapman: I’ve read several posts in your series (“We Matter to Buddhism“) and you’re missing the fact that Boomer Buddhism is … Continue reading

2017/06/14 · Leave a comment

Buddhist Futures: The Void

I’ve decided to write a sci-fi thriller flick called ‘The Void’. It’s a spoof of Buddhist debates on emptiness, featuring a bunch of clueless Buddhist astronauts on an orphaned spaceship … Continue reading

2017/06/12 · Leave a comment

Integral Theory on the Dynamics of Social Groups

[Note: this article was pubished at Integral Life as a section of a longer article on civil society responses to Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. It’s a synopsis … Continue reading

2017/06/12 · Leave a comment

One community garden at a time

How New Yorkers are fighting for food justice Tanya Fields’ Libertad Urban Farm joins a city-wide movement to redistribute resources to poor communities that are systemically deprived of healthy food … Continue reading

2017/06/12 · Leave a comment

Let’s Get Personal for a Moment

I have turned to the work of Chris Grosso, aka the Indie Spiritualist, for some fresh inspiration. Chris blends several traditions and practices in a way that works for him. … Continue reading

2017/06/11 · Leave a comment

Beyond Bicycles: Ecology as Social Justice

Why the Fight for Environmental Justice Is Also a Fight for Social Justice Nityanand Jayaraman 05/06/2017 originally posted at The Wire  Let this World Environment Day be the day you take … Continue reading

2017/06/09 · Leave a comment

Yes Even the Trump Family Meditates

Two articles: the first on David Lynch’s TM charity in Washington, DC and the second on Ivanka Trump’s twice daily meditation practice, originally posted at Ivanka Trump’s Team blog. So let’s … Continue reading

2017/06/06 · 1 Comment

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