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Bedside hospice volunteer Stan Goldberg on offering forgiveness
Stan Goldberg on how doing bedside hospice volunteering has taught him the importance of offering forgiveness.
The Karmapa talks violent video games, hip-hop, and more
Can the playing of violent video games be skillful? Yes, says the Karmapa, the famous as the leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Buddhism.
Booze and drugs and dharma: What’s your stance?
Buddhism's Fifth Precept is to abstain from taking intoxicants. Does this mean a "real" Buddhist doesn't have a drink or a toke?
On Enlightenment – An Interview with Shinzen Young
Shinzen Young leads meditation retreats in the mindfulness tradition throughout North America and has helped establish several centers.
Talk about pest control.
Is there any creature more terrifying than the scorpion? They pack quite a lot of punch, despite their tiny bodies. And a lot of flavor, too.
The Revolutionary Lotus Sutra
Paul Copp reviews "Readings of the Lotus Sutra", edited by Stephen F. Teiser and Jacqueline I. Stone.
Book Briefs – Fall 2009
Brief summaries of Buddhist books from the Fall 2009 issue of Buddhadharma magazine.
Fearless Simplicity
An excerpt from “Fearless Simplicity,” by Tsokyni Rinpoche, from In the Face of Fear: Buddhist Wisdom for Challenging Times.
How Meditation Helps in Difficult Times
Pema Chödrön on four ways that meditation helps us deal with difficulty.
Erring and Erring, We Walk the Unerring Path
If we use them as opportunities to work with our mind, all our mistakes, confusion, and difficulties become an unerring path of awakening.
Google Searches
Hot-shot geeks at the world’s leading information company are taking a ground-breaking course called Search Inside Yourself.
About a Poem: Pico Iyer on a haiku by Kobayashi Issa
Pico Iyer on a haiku by Kobayashi Issa.
Love’s Legacy Lost
A child of one economic crisis, he died on the eve of another. His son James Kullander reflects on the sadness of a legacy lost.
The Mindful Society: Teach Our Children Well
Barry Boyce's Mindful Society column from the September 2009 issue of Lion's Roar magazine about educational mindfulness initiatives.
Any Last Thoughts?
Andrea Miller interviews Simon Critchley, philosophy professor at the New School and author of The Book of Dead Philosophers.
Hard Times, Simple Times
When you sit, teaches Norman Fischer, "noticing the breath and the body on the chair or cushion, noticing the thoughts and feelings in the mind and heart and perhaps also the sounds in the room and the stillness, something else also begins to come into view." Life.
Sylvia Boorstein on the meaning of “Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There”
"Don't Just Do Something, Sit There." Rod Meade Sperry looks at the popular phrase that Sylvia Boorstein gave to us.
Alan Senauke: Burma at the Crossroads
Hozan Alan Senauke of the Clear View Project concisely explains the conflict happening in Burma, and what you can do about it.
Shozan Jack Haubner: “The Pregnancy Test Koan”
Shozan Jack Haubner is funny, willing to be outrageous, but also tender and meaningful. See for yourself as Shozan takes on abortion.
Books in Brief: Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The Blooming of a Lotus”
Claire Heisler reviews the revised edition of The Blooming of a Lotus, by Thich Nhat Hanh (translated by Annabel Laity).