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The Buddha is My DJ
Scott Mitchell is a Shin Buddhist practicioner and scholar from Oakland, CA, with a Doctorate in Buddhist Studies. He's the co-host of the podcast The Dharma Realm (with Rev. Harry Bridge) and also...
View ArticleBuddhist Warfare?
At Religion Dispatches is an article by Michael Jerryson, one of the editors of the just released book Buddhist Warfare. I haven't read the book yet, but the article has some interesting points that...
View ArticleThe Buddha at Work –“Beans, Beans, the Musical Fruit”
There's a tradition in Mali and Senegal called "joking cousins," or cousinage. Certain ethnic groups are considered cousins of each other, and as cousins, they're expected to make fun of one another....
View ArticleWhat would Sid do about the crisis in Haiti?
By Lodro RinzlerMany people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his...
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The Causes of Happiness
by Ellen ScordatoWhat makes us happy? Nicolas Kristof recently wrote a thought-provoking piece in the New York Times on what makes us happy: "Our Basic Human Pleasures: Food, Sex and Giving." Since we...
View ArticleA History of Mindfulness
by Greg ZwahlenIn our What are the Suttas? study course last Saturday at the IDP New York City center, we had a look at a translation from Pali of the Satipatthana Sutta, and a session of meditation...
View ArticleThe Buddha at Work –“Blame it on the A-a-a-a-a-alcohol”
Dharma is everywhere, if we look for it. This song seems to be about doing things we know are going to cause suffering to us and to others, with a ready excuse - blame it on the alcohol. Drink up!In...
View ArticleWhat would Sid do: I’m stuck in a rut
By Lodro RinzlerMany people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Each week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his...
View ArticleBuddha was a conservative
by Ellen ScordatoAt least, that's what this article in the American Thinker proposes. In "Tiger, the Buddha, and Me," writer Robin of Berkeley sets out to prove "Why the Buddha was more Mark Levin than...
View ArticleThe Buddha at Work –“All we are is dust in the wind, dude.”
"The only true wisdom consists of knowing that you know nothing." - Alex Winter, as Bill S. Preston, Esq. in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure"That's us, dude!" - Keanu Reeves, as Ted "Theodore"...
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