Archives: BD Articles
Forum: Long-term Retreat—The Challenges and Benefits
In this Buddhadharma Forum, Guy Armstrong, Elizabeth Mattish-Namgyel, and Geoffrey Shugen Arnold explain what to expect from going on a long-term Buddhist retreat. Introduction by Christine Skarda.
The Upside of Money Troubles
Carolyn Rose Gimian reminds us that our difficulties with money are opportunities for working with our mind and strengthening our practice.
Does a Dog Have Buddhanature? Well, Yes and No
A review by Steven Heine on "The Book of Mu: Essential Writings on Zen’s Most Important Koan", edited by James Ford and Melissa Blacker.
Love Me, Hate Me
Praise and blame are like echoes that don’t ultimately exist, explains Rose Taylor. But we still have to know how to work with it.
Happy Together
When we stop focusing on ourselves, says Gaylon Ferguson, we begin to see that our happiness is dependent on the happiness of all beings.
From Teishos to Trident Missile Protests
Susan Moon remembers Robert Aitken Roshi’s lifelong commitment to the unified path of Zen and social justice.
Another Step Forward
Last August four women became fully ordained nuns in the Theravada tradition at a ceremony in California. Amy J. Boyer reports on this North American first.
A Successful Subculture
James Wilson discusses how Zen Buddhism in America has shifted from a counterculture religion to a institutionalized normality.
Am I practicing guilt or generosity?
The teachers tackle the question of guilt versus generosity as motivation for helping others.
Hard and Valuable Lessons
Review of "The Triratna Story: Behind the Scenes of a New Buddhist Movement" by Vajragupta.
Profile: Won Institute
Andrea Miller profiles the Won Institute, an academic institution that teaches Won Buddhist studies, applied meditation and acupuncture.
The Art of Being Present
I’ve always thought that making art is like jumping from the edge of a cliff, writes Meredith Monk.
Moment by Moment Nirvana
In his new translation of Dogen’s Shobogenzo, Kazuaki Tanahashi explores why even a moment of meditation is a moment of enlightenment.
Just Wholeheartedly Sit
A translation of Dogen’s Bendowa fascicle, from Kazuaki Tanahashi’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye.
Rigorous, Pious, and Poetic: Comparing the different English translations of Shobogenzo
Norman Fischer compared the different English translations of Shobogenzo.
Profile: New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care
Andrea Miller profiles New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, a hospice service center with Buddhist chaplaincy.
Does “no-self” contradict rebirth?
The teachers look at the possible contradiction between the concept of "no-self" and the idea of rebirth.
Visualizing Love
A meditation practice from Sangye Khadro on visualizing Maitreya in order to cultivate loving-kindness.
The Time Has Come
The “eight heavy rules” institutionalize women’s second-class status in Buddhist monasteries, and in most lineages women are denied full ordination.
That Was Then, This Is Now
The eight heavy rules are the result of historical and social circumstances, explains Buddhist scholar Janet Gyatso—and times have changed.