Each Friday, we share three topical longreads in our Weekend Reader newsletter. This week, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly editor Tynette Deveaux examines Buddhism's #MeToo movement. Sign up here to receive the Weekend Reader in your inbox. Over the past year, the world has witnessed an unprecedented uprising against sexual misconduct and sexual assault. The [...]
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The People Who Inspire Us
Each Friday, we share three topical longreads in our Weekend Reader newsletter. This week, Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux talks about the people who inspire us. Sign up here to receive the Weekend Reader in your inbox. There’s a woman named Darlene who goes for long walks by my house most days, even when the weather is unbearably cold and stormy. She walks slowly, with [...]
About the art in the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma
We take a closer look at the art featured in the Spring 2018 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly. When we first saw Ode de la méditation, by Ru Xiao Fan (on this issue’s cover), we were both intrigued and challenged. Some of us found the work beautiful, even comforting, while for others it was unsettling. Ultimately, the work sparked intense discussion [...]
Commentary: Sexual Misconduct Is No Joke
To victims of sexual misconduct, writes Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux, "we stand with you." Here are some resources that can help survivors, allies, and bystanders cope with misconduct. I woke up the other day to a distressing Facebook post forwarded to me by a colleague. The post, by a well-known Rinpoche, makes fun of the issue of sexual misconduct and abuse by [...]
We’re Just Getting Started
Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux reflects on the past fifteen years of the magazine, and reveals the exciting changes to come. When the first issue of Buddhadharma went to press fifteen years ago, we had an important and heartfelt goal; to create a journal for committed Buddhists of different traditions who wished to delve deeper into their practice, study the dharma, [...]
Kagyu Thubten Choling addresses sangha about Lama Norlha Rinpoche’s sexual misconduct with students
On April 12, 2017, Kagyu Thubten Choling, the Wappinger Falls, New York-based monastery and retreat center in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, hosted a Sangha-wide Disclosure Meeting to inform their community that the founder and principal abbot of their monastery, Lama Norlha Rinpoche, had been involved sexually with a number of female students over the last three [...]
A response to critics of “We’ve Been Here All Along,” from the Winter 2016 Buddhadharma
Buddhadharma editor Tynette Deveaux on a "challenging but important" recent article that touched a nerve -- and a highly respected Buddhist monk/teacher's own response to it. Recently we published an article by Funie Hsu titled “We’ve Been Here All Along,” which explores how Asian American Buddhists have historically been marginalized in American Buddhism. The author — an [...]
It’s Our Journey, Too
Buddhadharma's editor shares her admiration for the varied voices of Buddhism in today’s world. This issue of Buddhadharma isn't intended as a "one-off" on racism and diversity. It's the start of a conversation we hope to continue with your help. It has emerged as the fruition of many discussions—recently and over the years—with people committed to addressing the issues [...]
The Lion’s Roar Retreat Experience
The other day I stumbled upon the group photo you see here, taken at the 2015 Lion's Roar retreat. I immediately felt a little tug on my heart as I recalled our time together. You get to know people during a meditation program—and I'm not talking about the usual resume stuff. A retreat provides a safe space for you to open your heart a little wider, to be a little [...]
38 nuns progress toward geshema degrees
This week thirty-eight nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition are undergoing exams toward their geshema degree, the monastic equivalent of a Ph.D in Tibetan Buddhist studies. Until a few years ago, the degree was only bestowed on monks (it’s known as a geshe degree when awarded to men). In 2011, German Kelsang Wangmo, who spent twenty-one years training in India, became the [...]
