Stuart Smithers
Stuart Smithers is assistant professor of South Asian Religions at the University of Puget Sound.
A new book champions the heroic spirit of business
Occupy Buddhism
Or Why the Dalai Lama is a Marxist
Rebel Redux
Where is Buddhism now?
How to Build a Caravan of Joy
The Mishap Lineage:Transforming Confusion into WisdomChögyam TrungpaEdited by Carolyn Rose Gimian,Shambhala Publications, 200905160 pp., $21.95 paper I almost met Chögyam Trungpa. When I arrived at the steps of the New York Historical Society, just off Central…
MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Losing Our Bodies, Losing Our Minds
When did we leave our bodies—and how do we come back?
‘The Lhasa Atlas’ by Knud Larsen and Amund Sinding-Larsen
'The Lhasa Atlas' by Knud Larsen and Amund Sinding-Larsen
Some of the Dharma
By Jack Kerouac
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Homelessness Into Home
On the Origins of Buddhist Monasticism
IdeasMagazine | Special Section
Meat: To Eat It or Not—Stuart Smithers
What the historical Buddha ate for his last meal has been the subject of much debate. The controversial passage from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, the sutta that recounts the Buddha’s final days, tells us that on his last night…
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