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From The Under 35 Project: “Captain Hook and Indian #2: A Love Story Ruined by Epically Unrealistic Expectations”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project by Susan Yao, about the pain of attachment to unrealistic expectations.
From The Under 35 Project: “The Dharma is in the Medicine”
The Under 35 Project Stacy Chivers writes about working with sick people and offering them "love, patience, and compassion."
Something to Believe In
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyl on the power of belief to move us out of a small, self-focused world and into a bigger way of being.
An ICU for the Soul
When a friend is dealt a heavy emotional blow, Pico Iyer suggests to her that silence and stillness might be the best medicine.
Tara the Liberator
Lama Palden Drolma explains the significance of Tara,“she who ferries beings across the ocean of samsara.”
La Bienveillance
From the November 2012 issue of Lion's Roar, Trudy Goodman gives a short teaching on "la bienveillance", the French concept of metta.
Don’t Go There
As a Jew and a Briton, Henry Shukman had avoided all things German. But he said yes when asked him to teach at a zendo in the Black Forest.
Jolly Good
There is a natural healthiness and sense of goodness we can all experience personally, says Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche on the Shambhala teachings. "Then we will discover what kind of joy is needed to help the world. We find that the joy of warriorship is always needed."
From The Under 35 Project: “Into the Wild”
From The Under 35 Project: Jennifer Horton discovered Buddhism a little less than a year ago, and her world hasn’t been the same since.
Audio: San Francisco Zen Center at fifty
A recording of a discussion on the San Francisco Zen Center between Norman Fischer, Steve Stücky, Susan O'Connell, and Michael Krasny on California NPR.
From The Under 35 Project: “Out of Mind, Heart Grow Fonder”
Here's the latest from The Under 35 Project, by Angela Allan, on how Buddhist practice buoys a long-distance relationship.
Read and sign this open letter from the Buddhist community regarding Islamophobia
A group of Buddhists has issued this open letter expressing their concerns about Islamophobia from governments and the Buddhist community.
Video: See more of Samsara
There's a new trailer out for Samsara, director Ron Fricke's upcoming sequel, of sorts, to his 1992 masterpiece, Baraka.
The Road to Modern Buddhism
Annabella Pitkin review "Buddhism In the Modern World", edited by David L. McMahan.
Book Briefs Fall 2012
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Fall 2012 of Buddhadharma, by Michael Sheehy.
From The Under 35 Project: “No Cheating”
From The Under 35 Project: Michael Felberbaum on the harsh and difficult realities of meditation that don't get advertised in pop culture.
Zen Buddhist Temple in Pennsylvania Endangered by Natural Gas Fracking: An open letter to the American Buddhist community
Twelve prominent Buddhist teachers write an open letter to the American Buddhist community to stand and protect the Mount Equity Zendo.
Into Bright Relief
An inconceivable accident. For Marcelle Gilkerson and her community, compassionate togetherness would be the key to going forward.
The passing of Tibetan Buddhist master Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche
The Tibetan Buddhist master and onetime abbot of Thrangu Monastery, Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, died suddenly this morning.
From The Under 35 Project: “Peace, Redefined”
From The Under 35 Project, Kelley Clink explains how starting a meditation practice helped her to work with her grief after a family tragedy.