Mark Unno

A statue of Shinran Shonin at the foundry in Japan where the bronze was cast

The Original Buddhist Rebel

Shinran, the founder of Shin Buddhism, broke with Japanese tradition to start a religion of radical egalitarianism that opened the benefits of Buddhism to everyone.

By Mark Unno

Winter 2017

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Mon Refugees from Myanmar Build a Buddhist Community in Akron, Ohio

Members of the ethnic minority are preserving their Theravada tradition at a growing sangha in the Midwest and bringing new energy to a stagnant economy.

By Samuel Newhouse

Nov 18, 2019

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The Mandala Master

For more than two decades, Losang Samten has spread lessons of interdependence in the West through Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.

Interview with Losang Samten by Anne Doran and Frank Olinsky

Winter 2019

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narayan helen libenson teaching meditative inquiry

Good Question! The Art of Meditative Inquiry

The Buddha encouraged us to investigate our experiences, but some ways of questioning mire us in confusion while others are liberating. Dharma and Insight Meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson helps us distinguish skillful from unskillful types of inquiry and approach life’s deepest questions with a spirit of wholesome curiosity.

Narayan Helen Liebenson

Nov 2019

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