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Yoga from the Inside Out
For Christmas a few years ago, my partner, Teja, gave me a round yoga mat about six feet in diameter. When I spread it out and began to practice—by the twinkle of the Christmas tree lights—I was amazed at the way my asanas transformed.
New York Times on Jack Kornfield: “one huggable ex-monk”
On Wednesday, T Magazine, the New York Times’ style magazine, ran a profile on Jack Kornfield, the co-founder of Insight Meditation Society and Sprit Rock Meditation Center.
Books in Brief November 2014
A roundup of reviews including Sam Harris’s <em>Waking Up</em>, Thich Nhat Hanh’s <em>How to Eat</em> and Karen Speerstra and Herbet Anderson’s <em>The Divine Art of Dying</em>.
Understanding reincarnation at the Lincoln Center
In celebration of its new play about reincarnation, Manhattan’s Lincoln Center is hosting two talks on Tibetan Buddhism. The play, by Sarah Ruhl, is called, The Oldest Boy. It tells the story of an American toddler recognized as the reincarnation of a great Buddhist teacher. On Tuesday October 28th, the Lincoln Center will host “Life…
Business’s compassionate awakening?
According to Ryan Honeyman, the world’s biggest consultants are trying to persuade corporations be more socially and environmentally mindful.
Ruth Ozeki’s musings on herself — and no-self
Andrew Sullivan, prolific blogger and former editor the The New Republic, gave a shout-out to award-winning novelist, filmmaker, Zen priest (and, Shambhala Sun contributor) Ruth Ozeki on Sunday. Sullivan noted how Ozeki weaves Buddhism into her writing in natural, subtle ways, and also her “shifty” concept of self. The interview, from the LA Review of Books,…
Tsewang Dorji crafting new Buddha statue for Palyul Foundation of Canada
Palyul Foundation of Canada has commissioned Toronto-based Bhutanese artist Tsewang Dorji to craft a new Buddha image, now in progress.
If you see the Buddha on 11th Avenue…
Via Chip Johnson of SF Gate comes an especially sweet little story out of Oakland, California: Dan Stevenson is neither a Buddhist nor a follower of any organized religion… The 11th Avenue resident in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood was simply feeling hopeful in 2009 when he went to an Ace hardware store, purchased a 2-foot-high stone Buddha…
Mobilizing for People’s Climate March
With less than a week remaining before the People’s Climate March in NYC, Bhikkhu Bodhi speaks to the urgency of the problem and the need for us to take action.
Thich Nhat Hanh’s new translation of Heart Sutra
Thich Nhat Hanh on Sept. 11 released a new English translation of the Heart Sutra, titled “The Insight That Brings Us to the Other Shore.”
Anonymous: Contemporary Tibetan art at Queens Museum
Anonymous, an exhibit by modern Tibetan artists exploring self-expression, attribution, and identity in contemporary Tibet, will open at the Queens Museum Sept. 21 and run through Jan. 4, 2015. An opening reception will be held on opening day, 4-7 pm. In her review in the summer issue of Buddhadharma, Kay Larson explains the exhibition’s title:…
All the Rage: Buddhism Wisdom on Anger and Acceptance — Read the intro and Sylvia Boorstein’s contribution, “No Blame”
You would never peg me as someone who’d get in a fistfight, and you’d be right. But all the same, there was this one time more than a decade ago.
Watch: “Hector” (aka Simon Pegg) goes to Tibet
If a good-natured, fun-loving film is your cuppa tea, you know Simon Pegg; think Hot Fuzz, Paul, Shaun of the Dead, and so on. Pegg’s latest star turn is in the title role of Hector and the Search for Happiness, in which he plays a psychiatrist who’s trotting the globe in search of, yes, happiness.…
Buddhist singing bowls: lighting the way for better solar panels?
Via Business Insider Australia: “Niraj Lal, of the Australian National University, found during his PhD at the University of Cambridge, that small nano-sized versions of Buddhist singing bowls resonate with light in the same way as they do with sound. He’s applied this shape to solar cells to increase their ability to capture more light…
Check out The Melanthium Band, featuring the piano stylings of Zen teacher Lewis Richmond
The work of Lewis Richmond has been featured a number of times here, but now we’re looking at a different kind of work from the author and Zen teacher. “I have recently become part of a new music group called The Melanthium Band,” he writes. “Many people who know my books and teaching may not…
Are you trying to “settle the score”? Try “choosing peace” instead
There is a key moment, says Pema Chödrön, when we make the choice between peace and conflict. In this teaching from her program Practicing Peace, she describes the practice we can do at that very moment to bring peace for ourselves, for others, and for the world. If we want to make peace, with ourselves and with…
“Beyond Thought”: Ram Dass on how we arrive at spiritual understanding
Ram Dass shares his essential teachings for living in the here and now.
On Track with Paul Newman
Between movies, car racing, and salad dressing, Paul Newman was one of the world’s most recognizable celebrities. But he could still still and watch the rain fall.
Muslim organization offers meals and robes to Buddhist monks
Earlier this month, the Muslim Social Welfare Group of Mandalay made a powerful gesture of peace by offering robes and meals to about fifty monks at Ma Soe Yein Monastery.
Journeys: Putting on My Oxygen Mask
When faced with caring for her aging mother, Ann Potter struggles to practice both compassion for others and compassion for herself.