Maia Duerr: Zen, Life, and Livelihood
Justin Whitaker
18 January 2018
Living with intention and meaning
“Hyphenated-American”
Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke
28 December 2017
For the Buddhism in America column this month I have asked Harvard scholar and Buddhist practitioner Rutdow Tanny Jiraprapasuke to share in her own words some of
Lama Rod Owens: Challenging Identity through Vulnerability
Justin Whitaker
20 December 2017
On vulnerability, identity, and Buddhism in America
The Daily Practice of a Modern Chinese Buddhist Nun: Keeping the Precepts and Etiquette
Ven. Chang-Hwa, Ph.D.
13 December 2017
Years ago, during a fundraising gala for the Chan Meditation Center, I met Master Sheng Yen’s first Western monastic disciple, Paul Kennedy, and we invited
Josh Korda: Where Buddhism, Life, and Psychology Meet
Justin Whitaker
30 November 2017
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
The Compassionate Relief of Tzu Chi – Inspiring Great Love in the United States and Around the World
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
20 November 2017
The American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead famously said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it’s the only
Tracing the Roots of Tibetan Medicine in the United States: The Extraordinary Life of Dr. Keyzom Bhutti
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
24 October 2017
Aspiration and vocation on the path of a healer
An Olive Branch: Reaching Out to Those Affected by Abuse in Buddhist Sanghas
Justin Whitaker
23 October 2017
Sexual misconduct and abuse by clergy is a widespread problem, as news reports and newspaper headlines all-too-often remind us, and American Buddhist sanghas are just
The Daily Practice of a Modern Chinese Buddhist Nun: Facing the Discomfort
Ven. Chang-Hwa, Ph.D.
10 October 2017
The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.
Chan Practice Through the Heart of a Dharma Heir
Gilbert M. Gutierrez
6 October 2017
Many people have a romantic notion of what it must be like to be a Dharma heir. It reminds me of a Chan story about
Difficult Conversations: Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Caitlin Dwyer
29 September 2017
People in the United States seem to be having difficult conversations: about politics, about race, about the economy, and about the environment. For American Buddhists,
A Buddhist Garden of Peace in Rural Montana
Justin Whitaker
25 August 2017
The hills of rural Montana are not the first place one might go to find a sprawling Buddhist peace garden. But that is exactly what