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Interdependence in the Statehouse
The truth of interdependence is as central to the dharma as the Four Noble Truths, emptiness, and impermanence. We can contemplate interdependence on …
New HampshireYou Are a Control Freak
<i>How far will your thoughts wander if you treat your mind like your best friend instead of an adversary? In the following excerpt from his newest …
MeditationAgainst the Stream Closes Doors as Investigation Finds Misconduct by Founder
Following a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the Against the Stream Meditation Society (ATS) has removed its founder, …
Los AngelesReport Reveals New Sexual Assault Allegations Against Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Buddhist Project Sunshine, an advocacy group that has exposed allegations of sexual misconduct at Shambhala International, has issued a new report …
Books in Brief
Pilgrimage is not an adventure to a foreign land, travel writer Pico Iyer has told us, but a “journey into reality.” In <i>Best Foot Forward: A Pilgrim’s</i> …
MeditationMeditation App Roundup
The three apps reviewed here offer a range of mindfulness experiences, from simple breath awareness to a soothing—if not formally …
Good Vibrations: A Buddhist Music Playlist
Music has long served as a bridge between the ordinary and the divine. And while the early vinaya [monastic code] required monks and nuns to abstain …
MeditationMy Teacher, The Tree
Driving home from a ski trip in 1983, vipassana teacher Joseph Goldstein had an idea. He turned to his pal, journalist Wes Nisker, and suggested that …
SpiritualityBuddha Buzz Weekly: August 10th, 2018
Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week.<p>Zen …
San FranciscoDoes Dispassion Belong in the Bedroom?
On one occasion, the Buddha was dwelling among the Bhagga people, near Sumsumaragiri. There, the married lay followers Nakulapita and his wife, …
SpiritualityWhat the Buddha Taught Us About Race
Thai forest monk <b>Thanissaro Bhikkhu</b> is a prolific translator of the Pali canon, the earliest complete set of the Buddha’s teachings. Than Geoff, as he …
SpiritualityViolence Against Rohingya Planned Months in Advance: Report
Months before a surge of genocidal violence forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the Burmese …
Samaya and the World of Shambhala
There are some very dangerous notions about what <i>samaya</i> is that are floating around the Shambhala community. These have caused, and continue to cause, …
SpiritualityBuddha Buzz Weekly: Aug. 4, 2018
Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week.<b>Helping</b> …
Human RightsIs Your Camera Part of Your Practice or a Hindrance to It?
It took me 38 hours to get there, but I was finally in Ladakh, India. Nestled in the lap of the Himalayas, at an altitude of almost 12,000 feet, its …
Review: Sadness, Love, Openness Is a Nondualist Gem in Self-Help Clothing
In the Buddhist world, a book with precisely 108 pages makes a statement merely with its size. The number signifies auspiciousness in Tibetan …
MeditationSame Old Story in a New World
In 1983, the journalist Katy Butler, then a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle, published an article about what is now a well-known scandal at …
Encountering the Shadow in Buddhist America
Following reports of sexual abuse by teachers at Shambhala International, members of the organization’s governing body have announced their …
Thai Soccer Players Ordain After Rescue
In Thailand the underground world of water and subterranean caves is believed to be inhabited by nagas, dragon-like spirit beings who can bring …
Buddha Buzz Weekly: July 28, 2018
Nothing is permanent, so everything is precious. Here’s a selection of some happenings—fleeting or otherwise—in the Buddhist world this week.<p><b>Thai</b> …
Psychedelics’ Buddhist Revival
Nearly ten years ago, in the middle of a monthlong meditation retreat, Spring Washam had a sobering experience. Far from entering the blissful states …
How Far Are You Willing to Go to Wake Up?
Some nights, after we close our eyes, we soar over vast, moonlit deserts or tiptoe through strange city streets slickened with ice. Other evenings, …
SpiritualityArtist Builds Larung Gar out of Incense as China Tears It Down
Larung Gar, the largest Buddhist academy in the world, has long been a reluctant theater for the unceasing struggle between Tibetan spirituality and …
Anne Waldman Takes on the Patriarchy One Poem at a Time
Anne Waldman is a giant in contemporary American poetry. Cofounder of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University and The …
Can Sensory Deprivation Tanks Help Your Practice? An Unscientific Experiment.
The use of sensory deprivation tanks, or flotation tanks, has grown more popular in recent years. The tanks are filled with a concentrated solution …
Transforming Negativity Through Fierce Feminine Wisdom
Women have a lot to be angry about. A history of inequality and violence in the Buddhist world and beyond persists to this day, and in some cases, …
The Brave Parrot: Being Small in a Big, Troubled World
<i>This story is from the Jataka tales, stories of the Buddha’s past lives.</i>♦The Buddha was once a little gray parrot.When lightning sets a tree ablaze …
New Accuser Claims Shambhala Head Cornered and Sexually Assaulted Her
Nearly two weeks after the release of a bombshell report alleging that Shambhala head Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche sexual assaulted members of his …
We’re Queer And We’ve Been Here
It’s no secret that many LGBTQ people have found refuge in the dharma, and it’s easy to see why. It helps us work with the wounds of homophobia, …
Shambhala Head Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche Accused of Sexual Abuse in New Report
Update (7/9): Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche has stepped aside from his teaching and administrative roles at Shambhala International amid an investigation …