Pamela D. Winfield

Pamela D. Winfield is Professor of Buddhist Studies at Elon University in North Carolina. Her article “To Tame an Ox or To Catch a Fish: A Zen Reading of The Old Man and the Sea” will be published in Zen Roots, Zen Branches: A Festschrift in Honor of Steven Heine edited by Charles Prebish and On-cho Ng (Springer Press, forthcoming).

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Fishing for Enlightenment

Soul offers a surprising lesson about Buddhist awakening.

By Pamela D. Winfield

Feb 03, 2021

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In Its Final Season, The Good Place Faces an Age-old Karmic Question

The NBC sitcom presents a satirical take on karma, and now it’s poised to tackle the moral dilemma of unintended consequences.

By Pamela D. Winfield

Sep 17, 2019

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Ha Ha Zen

Finding parallels between modern-day stand-up comedians and Zen masters of the past

By Pamela D. Winfield

Summer 2018

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