Jhamtse Gatsal: Fostering Seeds of Compassion
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
23 January 2018
The story of the Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community
Buddhistdoor View: Strengthening the Tradition of Women’s Leadership in Buddhism
Buddhistdoor Global
20 January 2018
Promoting lasting female leadership in Buddhist…
Maia Duerr: Zen, Life, and Livelihood
Justin Whitaker
18 January 2018
Living with intention and meaning
Upcoming TV Show About a Buddhist Detective Aims to Bring the Dharma to Prime Time
Anne Wisman
17 January 2018
Series will be an adaptation of the…
“Hyphenated-American”
Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke
28 December 2017
For the Buddhism in America column this month I have asked Harvard scholar and Buddhist practitioner Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke to share in her own words some of
Lama Rod Owens: Challenging Identity through Vulnerability
Justin Whitaker
20 December 2017
On vulnerability, identity, and Buddhism in America
Josh Korda: Where Buddhism, Life, and Psychology Meet
Justin Whitaker
30 November 2017
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
From Chamonix to Chenrezig and Thangkas to Mountain Landscapes – The Story of Neljorma Tendron
Sarah C. Beasley
27 November 2017
Exploring creativity and the teachings as a Serti silk…
The Compassionate Relief of Tzu Chi – Inspiring Great Love in the United States and Around the World
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
20 November 2017
The American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only
An Olive Branch: Reaching Out to Those Affected by Abuse in Buddhist Sanghas
Justin Whitaker
23 October 2017
Sexual misconduct and abuse by clergy is a widespread problem, as news reports and newspaper headlines all-too-often remind us, and American Buddhist sanghas are just
Chan Practice Through the Heart of a Dharma Heir
Gilbert M. Gutierrez
6 October 2017
Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about
Inner and Outer Landscape – Andrea Traber’s Painting Path
Sarah C. Beasley
1 September 2017
“Painting is my life’s inspiration. Through the act of being with an empty canvas. . . the fullness of infinite possibility . . .. .