CHRIS MOONEY COMMENTARY Speaking on the U.S. Senate floor in July, Oklahoma’s James Inhofe   – soon to head, once again, the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee – made a claim that has become quite prevalent among skeptics of climate change skeptics. “For the past 15 years,” Inhofe said “temperatures across the globe have not increased.”   Inhofe… Read More The world is still getting warmer

I think of the sangha as a very soft, open thing. I’ve got people I’ve practiced with in a deep way for many years, like my wife, and my dear friends. Right now you’re in my sangha. We’ve touched in that way. Everyone I meet is in my sangha. I don’t know if that’s the… Read More The Path of the Wandering Siddha

The whole concept of making people sit perfectly still without making any noise for hours on end is really a a form of social control practiced by the white western upper-class, not based on an authentic Buddhist spirituality. Read what Dilgo Khyentse has say to say about “sitting”: “When engaging in meditation practice, we should feel it to… Read More Dilgo Khyentse on “Sitting”

From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change —Peter Gabriel There is a new vision being born out of this pain, a vision that replaces perfectionism with liberation, a vision that bridges individual… Read More The Dalit Buddhist Revolution in North America

comment by etcetera23: I have long wondered how so many American Buddhists of my acquaintance, rather like the fundamentalist Christians I grew up with, managed to justify living relatively wealthy, peaceful lives, knowing that if they sold off their fairly expensive homes in exclusive, well-off Californian communities, they could then afford to feed several poor… Read More I have long wondered. . .

I went to the Vedanta Ashram Society this morning. The first thing I noticed was the huge figure of Durga on the main altar, riding a tiger, with all her weapons. I love Hindu Goddesses–they’re so fierce. The service was lovely. All the prayers were sung, mostly by the women, with harmonium, tabla, dohl (double-ended drum)… Read More Vedanta vs. Buddhist Services: An Enlightening Experience