The Lotus is a Form of Dance: Reverend Teijo Munnich
Caitlin Dwyer
15 April 2016
“When I was young, I either wanted to be a nun or a dancer,” says Reverend Teijo Munnich, who, now 69 and a Zen Buddhist
“Mind the Gap Between Appearance and Reality”—Barry Kerzin Offers a More Nuanced View of Happiness
Raymond Lam
24 March 2016
Barry Kerzin is a very busy monk with such a demanding schedule that we were lucky to even have time to meet. He is currently
Threads of Tranquillity in the Paintings of Trang T. Lê
Meher McArthur
18 March 2016
From 2006 to 2010, Vietnamese American artist Trang T. Lê undertook a monumental artistic and spiritual endeavor. On a series of seven horizontal canvases measuring
From Seoul to Somerville: The Founding of a Korean Won Buddhist Temple in Massachusetts
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
4 March 2016
In a charming three-story house on Hill Street in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston, Reverend Youngju Kim is showing a man how to balance
Building Bridges in New York: An Interview with Venerable Bhante Hennbunne Kondanna
Heli Rantaniemi-David
19 February 2016
Venerable Bhante Hennbunne Kondanna is the abbot of Staten Island Buddhist Vihara in New York City. He took novice ordination in Sri Lanka in 1968,
Curiosity and Doubt: The Spiritual Career of Judith Simmer-Brown
Caitlin Dwyer
19 February 2016
Small-town Nebraska is about as far from India as a person can get, but for Buddhist scholar and acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, who grew up there,
The Meditative Mosaics of Lee Kwanwoo
Meher McArthur
19 February 2016
From several yards away, the image is instantly recognizable—the head of the Buddha gazing downwards as if deep in meditation, floating on a background of
Approaching Vajrayana – Part Four: A Tale of Two Sciences
Jakob Leschly
5 February 2016
This final installment in our four-part series “Approaching Vajrayana”* addresses an issue common to all of Buddhism: how its science is perceived, and how it
Lama Palden Drolma: Transmitting the Teachings to the West
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
5 February 2016
Lama Palden Drolma never imagined herself a Dharma teacher. Authorized to teach in both the Karma Kagyu and Shangpa Kagyu lineages of Tibetan Buddhism, she
Airbrushing our Heroes
Sister Ocean
29 January 2016
Last month, we explored self-acceptance as the ground of making resolutions for the New Year. This month, I’d like to go deeper into self-acceptance by
Loving your Weeds: An Interview with Peggy Rowe Ward
Caitlin Dwyer
22 January 2016
“We get away with stuff sometimes, being American crazy laypeople,” says Peggy Rowe Ward, and then she starts to chuckle. It turns into a deep,
When the Dharma Came to Lowell
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
8 January 2016
Once known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution, the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, is now the site of a completely different form of