
Magazine Society & Environment
The Land of Many Dharmas
For the first time, Buddhists from virtually every tradition can be found in the same country—even the same city. We have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from one another.
For the first time, Buddhists from virtually every tradition can be found in the same country—even the same city. We have an unprecedented opportunity to learn from one another.
Bhumisparsha, a virtual sangha started by Lama Rod Owens and Justin von Bujdoss, aims to create a new kind of Buddhist community.
Meet the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville, Virginia
It’s no secret that most American dharma centers are white and upper-middle class. The Mindfulness Allies Project is working to make mindfulness practice a viable undertaking, instead of an impossible luxury, for those struggling to make ends meet.
In the search for diversity, have the meditation-centered traditions been asking the wrong questions? A Nichiren priest weighs in.
Why many of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s beliefs are consonant with the Buddhist teachings.
Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede reflects on the Rochester Zen Center’s 50th anniversary
Raising a bilingual child raises questions of identity.
Besides being the author of the book Buddha from the Penguin Lives series, scholar of religions Karen Armstrong has another project that is close to the hearts of Buddhists: the Charter for Compassion. Compassion, Armstrong argues, underlies all the major faiths—much as we Buddhists might like to take credit for it for ourselves! This month, […]
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