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
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
“Painting is my life’s inspiration. Through the act of being with an empty canvas. . . the fullness of infinite possibility . . .. .
As citizens of Earth, we have layers of identity that make us unique from those around us as well as affiliating us with certain groups.
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
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
As Buddhism has grown in popularity in North America, one aspect that has come to increasing prominence is its potential affinity for secularism. Books such
A recent report by the Washington, DC-based Pew Research Center projects that some of the world’s major religions are going to expand, with the notable
The first instalment of our brand new column Chan in…
In 2007, I took a multi-year sabbatical from my career as an environmental professional and set sail on a 15,000-nautical-mile ocean voyage in a small
The examples of Chögyam Trungpa and Sogyal Rinpoche
