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Sentience and Buddha-Mind: How Do We Recognize Them?

Gereon Kopf 6 August 2024

Before we assign sentience or personhood to AI, we must understand better what these terms mean in the context of Buddhist philosophy

Young Voices: Nirvana Starts in the Kitchen?

Chris Wong 22 July 2024

A high school student in the US offers some Zen reflections on stillness and the many paths toward liberation.

What Is Truth? A Creative Misreading of Zen Kōans

Gereon Kopf 15 February 2024

A meditation on the way that Zen koans point out our discursive mind’s inability to get at certain truths

Rising Above the Blame Game

John Harvey Negru 10 January 2024

BDG columnist John Harvey Negru reflects on the recent rise of violence and us-vs-them views in the world, contrasting them to the wisdom of the Buddhadharma

What is Violence? Self-immolation in Japanese Buddhism

Gereon Kopf 22 November 2023

Digging into the question of harm and violence given a deep philosophical understanding of Buddhist concepts

Bodaisatta Shishobo – The Bodhisattva’s Four Embracing Dharmas, Part 1: Giving

Hozan Alan Senauke 1 November 2023

Hozan Alan Senauke offers Dharmic commentary on peace and on liberation from the poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion

Dōgyō ninin: The Shingon Version of “You’ll Never Walk Alone”

Gereon Kopf 5 October 2023

Prof. Gereon Kopf continues his Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan, examining themes of awakening, loss, and connection

Practice of Attunement: The Shikoku Pilgrimage

Gereon Kopf 13 September 2023

A close look at the daily practices one undertakes on the famous Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan

Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis: Welcome to the Anthropocene

Hozan Alan Senauke 8 September 2022

Drawing on wisdom of the Buddhist teaching and the strength of our sangha to respond with compassion and wise action to the growing global climate crisis