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From The Under 35 Project: “The Case for Kindness”
There's another perspective of kindness that is so common it often goes unnoticed: a simple sense of being of the same kind.
Video: Experience ten minutes of an eight-week “Retreat”
By Canadian filmmaker David Cherniack, a new documentary film follows thirty-five Westerners as they attempt an eight-week, silent retreat.
Rapper/producer Born I Music shares a favorite dharma-song
Born I Music answers: Can you tell us about another musician's song, one that, for you, really captures something about Buddhist practice?
From The Under 35 Project: “The Space of Emptiness”
The gift a flash of emptiness can give, writes Leslie Gossett, is an opening to the world.
Buddha Would Probably Like Restorative Justice
A guest post by Lorenn Walker, public health educator and longtime meditator, on the compassion of restorative justice.
Buddhist tattoos: Not always a hit, especially below the belt
Rod Meade Sperry questions if getting a Buddhism-inspired tattoo is just another gesture of spiritual materialism, or disrespect.
How does loneliness happen if indeed we are all one being? — New from The Under 35 Project
Samuel Gentoku McCree on the contrast between the experience of loneliness and the felt reality of interdependence.
Why Bernie Glassman keeps going back to Auschwitz
Every year since 1994, Bernie Glassman and the Zen Peacemakers have traveled to Auschwitz-Birkenau for a Bearing Witness Retreat.
Every Day a Reprieve
Josh Korda knows he is not cured—and he never will be—but through honesty and diligence he enjoys a daily reprieve from depression and addiction.
You Don’t Have to Know
John Tarrant discovered that not knowing is the best—and maybe the only possible—response to suffering.
About a Poem: Roger Housden on Ellen Bass’ “If You Knew”
About a Poem: Roger Housden analyzes Ellen Bass’ poem “If You Knew”, from the March 2013 issue of Lion's Roar.
Books in Brief March 2013
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the March 2013 issue of Lion's Roar.
Mind Training for Today
Norman Fischer on why 52 sayings formulated almost a thousand years ago are more relevant than ever.
The Best Place
Rick Bass showed Scott the best places, the secret places, of Montana’s remote Yaak Valley. Together, they fought to protect the wilderness.
What’s Your Verdict?
Recognizing the judgments we all pass on ourselves, says Bonnie Friedman, is the first step to freedom.
This Whole World is a Poem
This oriole, this friend, this daughter, this fox—Michael Sowder on all the poems that are just waiting for us to write them down.
Buddhadharma Book Reviews March 2013: From the Editor’s Desk
In this installment of From the Editor's Desk, Review Editor Michael Sheehy looks at new books from Vajrayana, Korean poetry, and more.
Why you should take Andrew Sullivan’s Buddhism-and-sex “Dish” with a grain of salt
Are Buddhists hornier, or at least more promiscuous, than other religious groups?
Q&A: Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan talks music, depression, Adam Yauch, Buddhism, and Christianity
The Smashing Pumpkins founder and frontman Billy Corgan talks about where his music and spirituality has taken him, and where they lead.
From The Under 35 Project: “How May I Help You?
Sophia Aguiñaga transforms the wear and tear of customer service into compassion and love for both the worker and the customers being served.