Dharma In The Digital Age: Susan Piver
Caitlin Dwyer
27 January 2017
“It’s not a thrill a minute. You’re not seeing auras and jumping into other dimensions,” says Susan Piver. “Meditation is not a life hack. .
Where Peace Is a Living Presence: The Stupa Peace Parks of Kunzang Palyul Choling
Sylvia Somerville
6 January 2017
Kunzang Palyul Odsal Changchub Choling (usually shortened to Kunzang Palyul Choling or KPC), a Tibetan Buddhist center in the United States, has created two stupa
Solidity and Spirituality in the Works of Miya Ando
Meher McArthur
23 December 2016
Miya Ando’s painting Yugen Gold Blue is a Zen koan of sorts. The nocturnal seascape, lit by the hazy glow of a rising moon, is at once a portrait
Kim Cang Monastery – the Blossoming of an American Temple
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
18 November 2016
Sitting amid 11 acres of forest just 30 minutes outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Kim Cang Monastery is a gem of American Dharma and growing at
Exploring Buddhism’s Tensions With Modernity: An Interview with Prof. David McMahan
Raymond Lam
28 October 2016
David McMahan is professor of Religious Studies at Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania. In recent years he has offered the Buddhist Studies community a more
A Vote for Compassion
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
14 October 2016
With the US election on 8 November less than a month away, Americans are readying to go to the polls to elect the country’s next
Sneaking up on Shamatha: Lama Sangak Yeshe Tsomo
Caitlin Dwyer
10 June 2016
There was a time when Lama Sangak Yeshe Tsomo was bad at meditating. For years, she had tried to meditate daily without formal instruction. “I
The Compassion of Guanyin in Carmel, New York
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
29 April 2016
At Chuang Yen Monastery, a traditional Chinese Buddhist monastery in Carmel, New York, I watch the nuns performing the daily evening puja to Guanyin (Wade-Giles:
A Reluctant Buddhist: How it Took Me Eight Years to Start Practicing in This Life, Part II
Sally Ember
13 November 2015
The second part of Sally’s spiritual journey The summer of 1996 brought many life-altering changes. My co-parenting partner of over 20 years and the father
The Lesson of Patacara: Reaching Out to Seattle’s Downtrodden and Dispossessed
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
13 November 2015
A state of emergency over the growing homeless population and the need for social services has recently been declared in the city of Seattle and
Wonderwell Mountain Refuge—A Flowering of Buddhism in America
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
16 October 2015
As I arrive at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge for a weekend stay, it is immediately evident that while Wonderwell is a place of meditation, it is