Category: Buddhist Wisdom
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.
Remembering Darlene Cohen
Friend, author and Zen priest and author Darlene Cohen has died, whose work focused on helping people with chronic pain.
Lessons from an old copy of “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”
Shunyru Suzuki's book Zen Mind Beginner's Mind has been leading people onto the path of meditation for forty years now. Here, Shambhala Sun friend and contributor Steve Silberman shares an intimate glimpse, via beautiful photos, of his personal copy of Suzuki's book, which continues to teach him after all these years.
Touch of Grey
There is a sacred dimension to growing old. In the face of aging and dying, we can call upon practice to sustain and inspire us.
The Charter for Compassion
The call to action that is inspiring people around the world to campaign for a more compassionate global community.
Discovering the Power of Basic Goodness
Through the practice of meditation, we stop wasting our energy on neuroses and discover windhorse, the never-ending power of basic goodness.
About a Poem: Elizabeth Namgyel on Naomi Shihab Nye’s “The Art of Disappearing”
Elizabeth Namgyel reviews Naomi Shihab Nye's poem: "The Art of Disappearing"
Rebel Buddha
Who is more radical than the Buddha, who overthrows all the conventional ways we see ourselves and our world?
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.
Frank Ostaseski on how to offer compassionate companionship to the dying
Danny Fisher interviews Frank Ostaseski about his work with the Zen Hospice Project and the upcoming Metta Institute program.
A Successful Subculture
James Wilson discusses how Zen Buddhism in America has shifted from a counterculture religion to a institutionalized normality.
Scorned, Pitied, and Triumphant
Review of "The Life of Milarepa" by Tsangnyön Heruka, translated by Andrew Quintman.
Hard and Valuable Lessons
Review of "The Triratna Story: Behind the Scenes of a New Buddhist Movement" by Vajragupta.
Batting Practice: On Buddhism and Baseball
There's one notable difficulty to being a Buddhist baseball fan: attachment to the outcome of the game.
Women ancestors document approved
The national teachers’ group, Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA), approved a document honoring the women ancestors in the Zen tradition.
Living in Mindfulness of the Vows of Amida Buddha
Is being mindful the same thing as meditating? Rev. Jundo Gregory Gibbs invites you to explore some Buddhist questions with him.
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.