The Generals Versus the Monks
Myanmar’s junta and the Buddhist sangha
Matthew Gindin
Matthew Gindin is a journalist and meditation teacher in Vancouver, British Columbia. A former monk in the Thai Forest tradition, he recently edited Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Courage, Clarity, and Compassion, by Koshin Paley Ellison.
Walking with Jizo
Invoking the guardian deity of children and travelers in a time of great loss
‘Galápagos,’ Indian Buddhists, and Kurt Vonnegut’s Salvation for Humans
What this 1985 novel can tell us about navigating our current crises
Is ChatGPT a Sentient Being?
A playful poetry experiment prompts a Buddhist thinker to consider the implications of AI’s growing presence.
Living Demigoddesses, Immortal Poetry
A newly translated collection of poems brings to light the work of three remarkable Chinese women from the Tang dynasty.
Two Years after the Coup
What can be done to address the ongoing crisis and suffering in Myanmar?
Talking to the Bodhisattva Inside
How the Jungian practice of “active imagination” can help us relate to Buddhism’s cosmic archetypes
Personal Reflections How We Live
The Middle Way of Sobriety
Reflections on non-intoxication
Esoteric Theravada
In her new book, scholar Kate Crosby explores a Southeast Asian meditation tradition lost to modernity.
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