On Desire
Maia Duerr
18 December 2024
The Buddhist relationship with desire is complex and changes over time and across different historical, practical, and scholarly contexts
A Guide to Buddhist Hatred
Asa Hershoff
7 October 2024
Asa Hershoff examines spiritual practices and perspectives that help us to live mindfully, compassionately, and courageously
Buddhist-Inspired Naropa University to Sell Part of Campus
Justin Whitaker
22 August 2024
Naropa University, founded in 1974 by Tibetan Buddhist teacher Chögyam Trungpa, has announced plans to sell its main campus in Boulder, Colorado, after 40 years
Shambhala USA at Heart of Vermont Supreme Court Case Extending Abuse Survivor Rights
Justin Whitaker
19 September 2023
Vermont Supreme Court upholds a 2019 law allowing abuse survivors extended time to sue those responsible
In Search of the Buddhist Body
Asa Hershoff
8 January 2021
Investigating the elemental body
Addiction and Recovery: Buddhists on the Path to Sobriety in AA
Bill K.
17 April 2019
Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
The Art and Nature of Meditation with David Kimball Anderson
Sarah C. Beasley
10 July 2018
Observing the mind, the outer world, and the…
Seamless Stitches: From Emptiness, Springs Form – Helene Rein’s Crafted Works
Sarah C. Beasley
9 June 2017
A long-time Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner, Helene Rein moves seamlessly between contemplation and immersion in the natural environment of tactile crafts. As a child growing up
Rediscovering Lamaism — The Western Relationship with Tibetan Buddhism
Marion Dapsance
31 March 2017
In 1895, a British army officer published a book titled The Buddhism of Tibet: Or Lamaism, with Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in its
Freda Bedi: The Making of a Buddhist Nun
Andrew Whitehead
12 August 2016
Fifty years ago, an English woman, Freda Bedi, became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun some time after
Patience is Power
Sister Ocean
12 August 2016
Water falling, drop by drop, will fill even a large pot.Likewise, the wise (one), accumulating good, little by littleBecomes goodness itself. The Dhammapada (Maitreya 1995, 34)