Category: Dharma & Society
Profile: Won Institute
Andrea Miller profiles the Won Institute, an academic institution that teaches Won Buddhist studies, applied meditation and acupuncture.
Happy bEARTHday: Celebrate with “A Body Scan Through Geologic Time”
Jill S. Schneiderman proposes a meditative "Body Scan Through Geologic Time" practice to celebrate Earth Day.
The Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi on the recent meeting of the Center for Interfaith Action on Global Poverty
Danny Fisher speaks with the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi about a recent Center for Interfaith Action meeting he attended.
Earth Dharma: “First, Exhale and Rest”
Jill Schneiderman shares the following reminder for us to cultivate calm clarity so that we may work to create a just planet for all beings.
Why are some Buddhists sitting out the Islamaphobia debate?
Danny Fisher discusses the rising intolerance and Islamophobia in American, and calls upon Buddhist practitioners to step up as allies.
Earth Dharma: “The Conservation of Oily Matter”
Jill S. Schneiderman on the dangers of thinking that we can make our environmental mistakes just disappear.
The Art of Being Present
I’ve always thought that making art is like jumping from the edge of a cliff, writes Meredith Monk.
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.
How to celebrate Mindfulness Day on September 12
What is mindfulness? Celebrate Mindfulness Day on September 12th with this excerpt from Bhante Gunaratana's classic book Mindfulness in Plain English.
The Challenge of Other Religions
How do we reconcile religious pluralism, necessary in today’s world, with deep commitment to our own faith? The Dalai Lama offers a solution.
Earth Dharma: “Breathing with Dolphins”
Jill S. Schneiderman's Earth Dharma column on showing compassion towards animals who have been devastated by the BP oil spill.
Who Was Robert Aitken Roshi?
James Ishmael Ford tells the story of the great teacher Robert Aitken -- who died on August 5th at age 93.
Profile: Buddhist Publication Society
Andrea Miller profiles the Buddhist Publication Society, the most important publisher of Theravada literature in English.
Garth Stein on Billy Collins’s “I Chop Some Parsley….”
Garth Stein on Bill Collins poem, "I CHOP SOME PARSLEY WHILE LISTENING TO ART BLAKEY'S VERSION OF "THREE BLIND MICE".
Earth Dharma: “Blame Game in the Gulf”
After President Obama's address to the nation last night, Shambhala Sun "Earth Dharma" blogger Jill S. Schneiderman had mixed feelings.
Spin and the Gulf Oil Spill
It's time, says Zen teacher Ian Prattis, to examine our minds, consumption patterns, and personal culpability in the BP oil disaster.
Top chef Eric Ripert dishes up Buddhism
Eric Ripert is a Vajrayana Buddhist and an award-winning chef at the prestigious restaurant, Le Bernardin, in New York.
About a Poem: Taha Muhammad Ali’s “Revenge”
At times ... I wish / I could meet in a duel / the man who killed my father
Fundamental Faith: Lessons from Guantanamo
A kind and caring prisoner at Guantánamo makes Hannah Tennant-Moore rethink her attitude toward fundamentalism.