In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: Voting Rights Act as Process
President Obama wrote a ‘letter to the editor’ in response to a New York Times article on the campaign to roll back rights established under the 1964 Voting Rights Act. In … Continue reading
Aryaloka: the Architecture of Awakening
Back from retreat at Aryaloka, a Trirtana Buddhist Retreat Centre in Newmarket, New Hampshire. On retreat, it came to me that I’ve seen two versions of Buddhist community, as “containers”: … Continue reading
Imperfect Buddha Podcast: Buddhist Cults
The Imperfect Buddha podcast looks at Buddhist cults and dysfunctional Buddhist sanghas. Both Matt and Stuart have been personally involved with what they consider to be Buddhist cults, so they … Continue reading
Trust and the Sharing Exchange: A Buddhist Response to Kojin Karatani’s Modes of Exchange
Trust and the Sharing Exchange: A Buddhist Response to Kojin Karatani’s The Structure of World History: From Modes of Production to Modes of Exchange What will persuade you to share … Continue reading
Tommy Rosen: Dropping the Addiction Story
My definition of addiction is “any behavior you continue to do despite the fact it brings negative consequences into your life.” If you are stuck in addiction, you have an … Continue reading
24 Hours with the Hijras of Mumbai
This is a beautiful and intimate portrait of Hijras in Mumbai. I feel a great kinship with these women as a transgender person practicing Buddhism in a very straight Buddhist … Continue reading
Angry Rebels Are More Compassionate than Nice People
[Editor’s note: This article is based on an actual study that was published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Personality, so it’s worthy of consideration.] By Eileen Shim June 30, 2014 Psychologists Have Uncovered a … Continue reading
Friendship that’s Truly Unconditional
Kate Johnson continues her teaching on the true meaning of friendship in Buddhism. In this segment, she teaches on friendship that is truly unconditional. Friendship that is unconditional has the qualities of generosity, … Continue reading
Farewell to the Buddhist Rat Race
It is ironic that so many of the people who seek an alternative to the frantic competitiveness of North American secular life turn to Buddhist teachers only to find themselves … Continue reading
Black Serama: Post-Spiritualist Music
Rough Wood by Black Serama (on Reverb Worship Records) is the best example I’ve seen of music that comes from a deep spiritual ground, but is “post-spiritual”. It obviously draws … Continue reading
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