Lama Rod Owens: Challenging Identity through Vulnerability
On vulnerability, identity, and Buddhism in America
On vulnerability, identity, and Buddhism in America
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
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
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
Aspiration and vocation on the path of a healer
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
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,
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
I was introduced to the Chan Meditation Center in New York in 1997, when I came to work as a volunteer for almost a month.
Los Angeles-based Indian artist Kruti Shah creates imagery that celebrates the exquisite details and patterns of our natural world and the many powerful symbols that
It was 1959. A young housewife was driving across America, from the open fields of the Midwest to the rugged Pacific Coast. Angie Boissevain and
Sharing the Dharma and bringing communities together