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Everything Is Enlightenment

by Joan Sutherland| November 18, 2020

Everything Is Enlightenment

Enlightenment is everywhere we look, says Joan Sutherland — we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are.

Our Traditions Can — and Must — Change

by Justin von Bujdoss| November 12, 2020

Our Traditions Can — and Must — Change

Even as we uphold tradition, says Justin von Bujdoss, we also have to leave room for it to grow.

Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Winter 2020

by Joie Szu-Chiao Chen| November 12, 2020

Buddhadharma Book Briefs for Winter 2020

Joie Szu-Chiao Chen reviews “Praise of Great Compassion” by the Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron, “America’s Racial Karma” by Larry Ward, “Reading the Buddha’s Discourses in Pali” by Bhikkhu Bodhi, and more.

What’s Daoism Got to Do with It?

by Livia Kohn| November 10, 2020

What’s Daoism Got to Do with It?

Livia Kohn reviews “China Root: Daoism, Chan, and Original Zen by David Hinton.”

Welcome to the Charnel Ground

by Choying Khandro| November 10, 2020

Welcome to the Charnel Ground

Chöying Khandro takes us on a tour of Chöd, where we visit the places we don’t want to go and offer ourselves up to the things that frighten us the most.

It Comes Down to Character

by Thanissaro Bhikkhu| November 10, 2020

It Comes Down to Character

We often look at Buddhist practice as a way of cultivating particular qualities; Thanissaro Bhikkhu reminds us, however, that the Buddha also spoke of qualities we must have to take up the practice in the first place.

The Promise and Peril of Spiritual Authority

by Gina Sharpe, Pilar Jennings, Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara and Melvin McLeod| November 10, 2020

The Promise and Peril of Spiritual Authority

Gina Sharpe, Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, and Pilar Jennings examine spiritual power, the roots of its abuse, and how we might learn to hold it differently going forward.

Ask the Teachers: How can I frame my practice in more positive terms?

by Valerie Brown, Harry Um and Satya Robyn| November 10, 2020

Ask the Teachers: How can I frame my practice in more positive terms?

Satya Robyn, Harry Um, and Valerie Brown discuss the “positive” and “negative” focuses of Buddhist practice.

Feeling Our Way to Awakening

by Jody Hojin Kimmel| November 10, 2020

Feeling Our Way to Awakening

The emotions we wish we didn’t have, that we’d like to just get over? Those feelings, say Jody Hojin Kimmel, are not obstacles on the path — they are the path.

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