Kunze Chimed is a Mongolian yogini with a divine voice and considerable experience practicing and teaching Vajrayana Buddhism. In June, I was fortunate to have
A collection of 100 Zen koans that bring Buddhist women to…
A narrative of Buddhism’s political wisdom in early…
As Buddhism has grown in popularity in North America, one aspect that has come to increasing prominence is its potential affinity for secularism. Books such
A conversation with an icon of Canadian Buddhism
When I was five years old, my grandmother gave me a shimmery red scarf with small silver charms attached along the edges. It was the
Sometimes, dance is what philosophy looks like. Only rarely in my long years of dance research has a painted image been so arresting with its
The Japanese Zen master Dōgen (1200–53) famously said, “To study the Buddha way is to study the self.”* A popular meditation manual known and used
Zaharr was a belly dancer from San Francisco who escaped a convent school in Minnesota, named herself Zaharr, and made a pilgrimage to Haight-Ashbury in
In the last few weeks, I have been teaching the Tale of Heike (Heike monogatari) to my students at Luther College. The Tale of Heike is central to Japanese
Music plays an integral role in the various traditions of Buddhism that exist in different parts of the world today. In Chinese Buddhism, scriptures and
It is a cliché to say that publishing an introductory textbook to a vast and philosophical subject like Buddhism is much harder than some writers
