Taking Refuge: Kaira Jewel Lingo
Caitlin Dwyer
13 May 2016
“Since I was 14, I’ve been looking for community,” says Kaira Jewel Lingo. A former Zen Buddhist nun, Lingo is now a lay teacher living
Buddhistdoor View—How the Zeitgeist of Greed and Materialism is Destroying our Ecology and the World
Buddhistdoor Global
13 May 2016
What was it about the Panama Papers that made people so angry? Leaking of classified information and geopolitical deceit aside, it is because the public
From the Gobi to the Getty: Buddhist Art from Dunhuang on View in Los Angeles
Meher McArthur
13 May 2016
The Mogao Caves, located near Dunhuang in the Gobi Desert in northwest China, comprise nearly 500 Buddhist cave temples dating from the 4th to the
Mindrolling Monastery and the World Peace Stupa
Dharma Eye
6 May 2016
For the last three years, I have been conducting a photographic investigation of the life, culture, circumstances, traditions, and the new homes, settlements, and monasteries
Remembering Sayadaw: A Tribute to the Life of Ovadacariya Sayadaw U Panditabhivamsa
Tara Frances
6 May 2016
My teacher, Sayadaw U Pandita, one of the great contemporary meditation masters of Theravadin Buddhism, died on 16 April. Sayadawgyi,* born on 28 July 1921
An Eye Doctor’s Vision
Shuyin
6 May 2016
With slow, clumsy movements, Chandrika reaches for the pencil held in front of her. She misses, and narrows her gaze. After three attempts she manages
Korea’s Great Buddhist-Confucian Debate – Book Review: The Most Influential Ideological Conflict in East Asian History
Raymond Lam
6 May 2016
“In their treatment of other living beings, whether the beings are fierce animals like leopards and tigers or insignificant bugs like mosquitoes and flies, [Buddhists]
One Year On: Restoring Quake-damaged Heritage Sites in Nepal
BD Dipananda
6 May 2016
A year has now passed since the first of two devastating earthquakes struck Nepal, killing thousands of people, displacing a great many others, and damaging
Stick Dance, Devil Dance, Part 1: The Rockettes
Joseph Houseal
29 April 2016
A dance by any other name . . . would probably be better described, when looking at ancient and Asian dancing, including the dances of
The Compassion of Guanyin in Carmel, New York
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
29 April 2016
At Chuang Yen Monastery, a traditional Chinese Buddhist monastery in Carmel, New York, I watch the nuns performing the daily evening puja to Guanyin (Wade-Giles:
The Wisdom of Not-Knowing: essays on Psychotherapy, Buddhism and life experience – Book Review
John Del Bagno
29 April 2016
Each evening, I make a cup of tea and sit out on the small balcony in front of my San Francisco apartment and try to
Buddhistdoor View—Self-Sacrificing Patricians: Buddhism’s Moral Message to the Powerful and Privileged
Buddhistdoor Global
29 April 2016
The word “inequality” is one of the most provocative catchphrases of our post-2008 Financial Crisis world. While living standards have been rising globally, wealth distribution