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Bad Buddhist: That Time I Sold Guns
It took me weeks after the Buffalo shooting, a week after Uvalde to make the connection—once upon a time, I sold guns. I am a part of all this, too. I’ve known for a while that my temporary occupation...
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Celebrating Buddhism’s Inclusivity
Every June, the LGBTQ community and allies around the world celebrate Pride Month. The tradition has grown out of the June 1969 rebellion that ignited the gay rights movement, when gay clubgoers in New...
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Lawsuit Against Ezra Bayda and Zen Center San Diego Ends With Settlement
Ezra Bayda, the former teacher at Zen Center of San Diego, and two of his former students have settled a civil lawsuit alleging sexual assault and harassment out of court for an undisclosed amount of...
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DHAMMA TALK “220509 Your Full Attention,” Short Dhamma Talks by Thanissaro Bhikkhu If your cup (or mind) runneth over, then this very short dhamma talk from Thanissaro Bhikkhu, an American monk in the...
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The Jhana Underground
Earlier this year, as I was looking through an advance copy of Jhana Consciousness: Buddhist Meditation in the Age of Neuroscience by Paul Dennison, a name jumped out, first on the dedication page and...
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Calm Breath, Calm Mind: A Guide to the Healing Power of Breath by Geshe YongDong Losar Wisdom Publications, June 2022, $15.95, 200 pp., paper This is your plain English guide for harnessing the power...
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‘Dharma Vote’ Organization Meeting Weekly Until the Midterm Elections
Dharma Vote, a self-described “community of mindfulness practitioners dedicated to social political engagement,” is meeting every week until the US midterm elections on Tuesday, November 8. The Zoom...
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Buddhist Stories for Kids: Jataka Tales of Kindness, Friendship, and Forgiveness by Laura Burges, illustrated by Sonali Zohra Bala Kids, December 2022, $18.95, 76 pp., hardcover The Jataka tales are...
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GUIDED MEDITATION “457: What’s Going On When You’re Procrastinating?,” Ten Percent Happier What if procrastination isn’t something to overcome but an invitation to explore what’s causing us to...
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The Richest Vein in All of Buddhism
Dependent origination, writes Leigh Brasington in Dependent Origination and Emptiness, was the Buddha’s best attempt to describe what happened on the night of his enlightenment. But the great teacher’s...
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Karmapa Case Discontinued
According to New York State Supreme Court documents, in October 2022, former Buddhist nun Vikki Hui Xin Han voluntarily opted to discontinue what is known as a pre-action petition related to a...
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‘Buddhism: The Unspeakable Truth’ Elevates Victims’ Stories in Imperfect...
In September 2022, the French-German public access channel Arte aired Buddhism: The Unspeakable Truth (Bouddhisme: La Loi du Silence), a documentary by French journalists Elodie Emery and Wandrille...
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Chef Deborah Madison Thinks It Pays to Be More Tolerant
Many, even those in Buddhist circles, know Deborah Madison by “the book”—the New York Times best-selling Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, which was first published in 1997, with more than a thousand...
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‘The Trauma of Caste’ Is Essential Reading
“I stayed up at night thinking about it for weeks. I wondered what I could have done in a past life that was so bad that I would be convicted as filthy and unclean in this one. Was I a murderer, a...
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The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition by Thenmozhi Soundararajan. North Atlantic Books, November 2022, $18.95, 296 pp., paper While Buddhists in the...
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DHARMA TALK “Meditation and Problem Solving,” Zen Confidential, YouTube Former Zen monk Shozan Jack Haubner explains that while zazen (seated Zen meditation) shouldn’t be used only for problem...
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In Remembrance: Samu Sunim
Samu Sunim, a Korean Seon (Zen) Buddhist master who established temples throughout North America and in Mexico, died on August 6, 2022 at his temple in Toronto. Samu Sunim (“venerable monk”) had been...
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Shinran’s Engaged Buddhism
We really could use someone to look up to these days. In Living Nembutsu: Applying Shinran’s Radically Engaged Buddhism in Life and Society, religious scholar Jeff Wilson presents us with a radical...
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CHANTING Pali Chanting, Monks of the Metta Forest Monastery Chanting connects us to the aspirations and motivations of all the Buddhists who have come before us. But for nonmonastics or practitioners...
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Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg Flatiron Books, April 2023, 240 pp., $14.99, paper Real Life is insight meditation teacher and author Sharon Salzberg’s...
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