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Vanessa Sasson is a professor of Religious Studies in the Liberal Arts Department of Marianopolis College where she has been teaching since 1999. She is also a Research Fellow for the Institute for Studies in Race, Reconciliation, and Social Justice at the University of the Free State, as well as adjunct professor of Comparative Religion at McGill University. She has a strong publication record, with books, edited volumes, and a number of academic journal articles in her name.
Academic Reflections is published occasionally.
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Money Makes the COVID World Go Round
Rethinking our priorities and changing direction
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Wrestling with the Big and the Small
Finding space in our lives for the littler things
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Where Do Buddhas Go After they Die? A Lesson on How to Waste One’s Time
Mulling the metaphysical
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Staring at a Street Corner: And the Breathing Room that Comes With It
Disconnecting for a more mindful life
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Education Versus the Employment Factory
The wisdom of learning
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Medical Torture and Why We Do It
On life, death, and suffering
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Tales of the Emerald Buddha: Simplicity and Splendor
Perceptions and preconceptions of Buddhist…
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Truth and Consequences: Capitalism, Climate Change, and the World We Created
Responding to our new reality
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How to Become a Writer: Combine Orientalism with a Divination Master, and Stir
Encounters on a Buddhist path to writing