Walking Together: Reflections from a Spring Retreat with My Daughter
Justin Whitaker
9 May 2025
Bringing a child on retreat changes everything, giving depth to the idea of practicing fully in life
How Buddhists Can Embrace the Degrowth Movement
Justin Whitaker
7 July 2023
As the climate crisis becomes more apparent and destructive, we need to explore all of our options for reducing suffering in ourselves and those around us
In a World of Human Ignorance, Can Artificial Intelligence Help?
Justin Whitaker
1 June 2023
As the latest technology craze sweeps over the world, let us not forget the grounding Buddhist practices that will guide us through and beyond our experiences with AI
The Buddha’s Dhamma as Both Beyond and Within
Justin Whitaker
10 June 2022
Understanding the Buddha’s Dhamma as both a reality and a moral lawfulness within each of us as we work toward awakening
A Conversation on the Householder Life Today
Justin Whitaker
28 April 2022
Defending the Buddha’s teachings to laypeople as an authentic and worthwhile part of the Buddha’s path
Mindfulness Made Real – A Review of Ratnadevi’s Bringing Mindfulness to Life
Justin Whitaker
17 February 2022
This new book from a masterful storyteller and teacher is not only about mindfulness, but also about living fully
The Closing of the Monastic-Lay Divide in Modern Buddhism
Justin Whitaker
29 December 2021
Navigating modern Buddhist life as a layperson
Book Review: Douglass Smith’s A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom
Justin Whitaker
15 November 2021
Making the path of the Mahāmaṅgala Sutta clear for a contemporary audience
Sitting with Sigala, a Modern Layperson’s Buddhist Ethics
Justin Whitaker
10 September 2021
Understanding how a key early text for laypeople can be relevant today
Responding to Politics with Equanimity
Justin Whitaker
28 October 2020
Finding calm as a basis for virtuous action
Buddhistdoor View: Our Buddhist Generations—the Zoomer Sangha
Buddhistdoor Global
5 September 2020
Projecting a dialectic future for Buddhism and young people
Buddhist Principles for a Just Economy
Justin Whitaker
25 July 2020
Recognizing common ideals and practices for turning…