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Noelle Oxenhandler reviews Tracy Franz’s My Year of Dirt and Water: Journal of a Zen Monk’s Wife in Japan.
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Meet Tokyo’s Bartending Monk
Bartenders are easy to confide in. Not just because you’re probably wasted, but because so many others have been before you. Your neighborhood barkeep has already heard it all, and though he might not be able…
Video Interview with Jonathan Watts of the International Buddhist Exchange Center
Even before the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown last year, Japan was a nation in crisis, writes Jonathan S. Watts in This Precious Life: Buddhist Tsunami Relief and Anti- Nuclear Activism in Post…
Final Week of Josh Korda’s Retreat on Addiction: You Are Not Broken
This week marks the final chapter of Josh Korda’s Retreat Making Friends with Your Demons and Hungry Ghosts: Buddhist Tools for Recovery. Josh has been our guide in exploring Buddhist approaches to working with and letting go…
Himalayan Buddhist Art 101: Life Story Paintings & Literary Genre
Buddhist practice and Buddhist art have been inseparable in the Himalayas ever since Buddhism arrived to the region in the eighth century. But for the casual observer it can be difficult to make sense of the…
Tricycle Film Club for May: The Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei
Marathon Monks of Mt Hiei is a compelling documentary that captures the final leg of Tendai Buddhist monk Tanno Kakudo’s 1000 day kaihogyo. The documentary is based on a book written by John Stevens also titled…
Fleet Maull Retreat begins today!
This post contains video. View Week 1 trailer here Week 1 of Fleet Maull’s online retreat, “Social Awakening: Realizing the Basic Goodness of Society,” starts today! Over the next month, Fleet will present a series of…
Eido Shimano and the Zen Studies Society on Sweeping Zen
Stories of sexual abuse in Buddhist communities touch something raw in us, often rocking us to our core. For some, this leads to overwhelming feelings of betrayal, shock, and outrage; for others, the airing of criticism…
Buddha Buzz: Rude Buddhas and Undertaker Bodhisattvas
First off, some follow-up on past Buddha Buzz items: Remember the three Tibetan hunger strikers in New York? They were paid a visit by “Tibet’s best friend” (the words of Tsewang Rigzin, president of the NYC…
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