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Is There a Buddhist View on Abortion?

Lay dharma teacher Sallie Jiko Tisdale shares her insight

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Oct 08, 2021

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Journey to Buddhism’s Four Most Sacred Sites with the New Book Buddhism and Pilgrimage

While travel remains limited for much of the world, author Paolo Coluzzi transports the reader to Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath, and Kushinagar through his personal stories and historical context.

Interview with Paolo Coluzzi by Alison Spiegel

Sep 24, 2021

There’s Someone Who Isn’t Busy

Two Zen students enter the arena of dharma combat.

By Stephen Mitchell

Fall 2021

In Defense of “Enlightenment”

“Awakening” has become the preferred English term for the Buddha’s attainment. But has something gotten lost in translation?

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi in conversation with Matthew Abrahams

Summer 2021

Buddhism and the Real World

For most of its history, the dharma has had little to offer in the domain of social action. But that’s OK.

By Donald S. Lopez Jr. | Illustrations Jonathon Rosen

Summer 2021

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The Buddha Didn’t Teach Consent

But can early Buddhism help us develop a better sexual ethics anyway?

By Amy Paris Langenberg

Feb 23, 2021

The Best Possible Life

As the dharma grows in the West, it will be shaped by our deeply rooted ideas about human flourishing.

By Seth Zuiho Segall | Illustrations by Eddie Guy

Spring 2021

Losing Ourselves in the Heart Sutra

A new reading of the ancient scripture surfaces a forgotten Buddhist practice.

By Jayarava Attwood | Illustrations by John Karborn

Spring 2021

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Esoteric Theravada

In her new book, scholar Kate Crosby explores a Southeast Asian meditation tradition lost to modernity.

Interview with Kate Crosby by Matthew Gindin

Jan 11, 2021

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Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

Norman Fischer

Oct 2021

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History & Philosophy

Trike Daily History & Philosophy

Is There a Buddhist View on Abortion?

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Journey to Buddhism’s Four Most Sacred Sites with the New Book Buddhism and Pilgrimage

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There’s Someone Who Isn’t Busy

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In Defense of “Enlightenment”

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Buddhism and the Real World

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The Buddha Didn’t Teach Consent

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The Best Possible Life

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