Upcoming TV Show About a Buddhist Detective Aims to Bring the Dharma to Prime Time
Series will be an adaptation of the…
“Hyphenated-American”
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
On vulnerability, identity, and Buddhism in America
Josh Korda: Where Buddhism, Life, and Psychology Meet
Walking the Dharma in in modern America
From Chamonix to Chenrezig and Thangkas to Mountain Landscapes – The Story of Neljorma Tendron
Exploring creativity and the teachings as a Serti silk…
The Compassionate Relief of Tzu Chi – Inspiring Great Love in the United States and Around the World
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
An Olive Branch: Reaching Out to Those Affected by Abuse in Buddhist Sanghas
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
Chan Practice Through the Heart of a Dharma Heir
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
Inner and Outer Landscape – Andrea Traber’s Painting Path
“Painting is my life’s inspiration. Through the act of being with an empty canvas. . . the fullness of infinite possibility . . .. .
What it Means to be a Buddhist
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.
A Buddhist Garden of Peace in Rural Montana
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