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Scholar, Buddhist author, and advocate for a compassionate, sustainable future Robertson Work. Image courtesy of Robertson Work

Creating a Compassionate Civilization: An Interview with Robertson Work

Justin Whitaker 9 February 2018

Author of A Compassionate Civilization offers a vision of…

Untitled © 2017 Colleen Martin

Modern-day Ghandarva – Hans Schumacher’s Journey Through Music

Sarah C. Beasley 6 February 2018

Music as a conduit for meditation

In the Sallekha Sutta, the Discourse on Effacement,* MN 8, (1988) translated from Pali by Venerable Nyanaponika Maha Thera, Maha Cunda visits the Buddha at Jetavana and asks him how to get rid of false views about self and the universe, and we are told what the Buddha said about the skillfulness of replacing harmful actions with harmless actions:

Harmfulness and Harmlessness

Prof. David Dale Holmes 5 February 2018

Getting rid of false views about self and the universe

Three Dynasties. 2008–11. 74” x 144”. This triptych shows the Ashokan Mauryan Empire at center, built on martial strength, Buddha was a shining light to come from it, to re-define India. On the left, the Mughal Empire shows India becoming strong by uniting. On the right, the British Empire, with the Hindu goddess of destruction, Kali, approaching Queen Victoria. Image courtesy of the V&A Museum

Civilization in Equipoise

Joseph Houseal 3 February 2018

Form, movement, and narrative in the art of M. F…

Members of the Angami tribe, one of the Naga tribes of Nagaland, in ceremonial dress for the Sekrenyi Festival. From responsiblevacation.com

The Iconography of Nagas, Part Three: DNA in History

Nachaya Campbell-Allen 31 January 2018

The personification of the naga

Photo by Pauline Hall

Moving Beyond Sectarianism

Anam Thubten Rinpoche 29 January 2018

Healing division and nurturing unity

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Awareness and Compassion: The New Frontier in Business Leadership

Dr. Ernest Chi-Hin Ng 24 January 2018

The wisdom of compassion in the workplace

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Parable of the Two Rivers and a White Path, Part One

Alan Kwan 22 January 2018

On a crucial Pure Land allegory

Right Action in Systems Design

Paola Di Maio 19 January 2018

Applying the principles of the six paramitas to systems…

Maia Duerr. Image © Genevieve Russell

Maia Duerr: Zen, Life, and Livelihood

Justin Whitaker 18 January 2018

Living with intention and meaning

A still from the film To Each His Own (2017), which presents a protagonist who is abused and harassed by his employer. From movie.mtime.com

Meaning in the Face of Transience: Reflections of Socially Engaged Buddhists in Japan

Gereon Kopf 17 January 2018

Finding solace in impermanence

Giuseppe Tucci, whose astonishing intellectual vigor embraced Tibetan culture with wonder and intuition, seated at the base of an ancient stone pillar in Tibet, transcribing the carved inscription. 1948. Photographer unknown

An Orgiastic Aha! Epilogue: Tucci in His Own Words

Joseph Houseal 13 January 2018

The unique legacy of a scholar and an adventurer