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Who Is Misrepresenting Mindfulness?

Advocates of clinical mindfulness are too quick to overlook the existential questions the practice was designed to explore.

By Mark Leonard

Nov 14, 2019

How did Buddhism become a global religion? An overview

The following is from Buddhism for Beginners, our Q&A-based website, designed to cover the Buddhist basics.

By The Editors

Winter 2019

Performing The Ritual of Life

Satori—or awakening—is a living engagement with the world.

By Dharmavidya David Brazier

Winter 2019

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An American Tantra

With Modern Tantric Buddhism, Justin von Budjoss aims to make Vajrayana authentically our own.

Interview with Repa Dorje Odzer (Justin von Bujdoss) by Karen Jensen

Oct 29, 2019

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Debating the Buddhist Masters

A Tibetan-Canadian journalist reconnects with his culture and the dharma at a rare debate between lay practitioners and learned monastics.

By Rignam Wangkhang

Sep 18, 2019

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Buddha’s “Theory of Everything”

Many have searched for a universal theory of nature. What does Buddhism have to say about it?

By Jamyang Norbu

Aug 29, 2019

Bird's eye view of crowded street for article on Watsuji Tetsuro

A More Human Nature

How together Eastern and Western philosophical traditions can create a richer map of the self

By Matthew Abrahams

Fall 2019

The Buddhist Roots of Hatha Yoga

Purists discourage mixing traditions, but research reveals that the origins of one of today’s most popular Indian practices aren’t so clear-cut.

By Matthew Gindin, photographs by Francesco Mastalia

Fall 2019

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How a Mother Would Tell the Buddha’s Birth Story

A meditation teacher reimagines the birth of Siddhartha Gautama from Queen Maya’s perspective.

By Anne Cushman

May 10, 2019

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Ever Greens: Innovative Zen Restaurant Celebrates 40 Years

Before farm-to-table was a trend, San Francisco Zen Center’s Greens Restaurant made locally sourced vegetables a critically acclaimed dining experience.

By Emma Varvaloucas

Nov 15, 2019

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The Mandala Master

For more than two decades, Losang Samten has spread lessons of interdependence in the West through Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.

Interview with Losang Samten by Anne Doran and Frank Olinsky

Winter 2019

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Good Question! The Art of Meditative Inquiry

The Buddha encouraged us to investigate our experiences, but some ways of questioning mire us in confusion while others are liberating. Dharma and Insight Meditation teacher Narayan Helen Liebenson helps us distinguish skillful from unskillful types of inquiry and approach life’s deepest questions with a spirit of wholesome curiosity.

Narayan Helen Liebenson

Nov 2019

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History & Philosophy

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Who Is Misrepresenting Mindfulness?

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How did Buddhism become a global religion? An overview

Magazine History & Philosophy

Performing The Ritual of Life

Trike DailyHistory & Philosophy

An American Tantra

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Debating the Buddhist Masters

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Buddha’s “Theory of Everything”

MagazineHistory & Philosophy

A More Human Nature

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The Buddhist Roots of Hatha Yoga

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How a Mother Would Tell the Buddha’s Birth Story