Buddhism

Finding a Path that Fits...and Flows

Kay Goldstein | Posted 07.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Finding a Teacher, Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hahn, Meditation, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Jack Kornfield, Living News
Kay Goldstein

At this time in our world, we have infinite choices and opportunities to learn. Indeed, many things can become our "religion" - our work, our food habits, even our Pilates class.

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How To Deal With Praise And Blame

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Buddhism, The Inner Life, Meditation, Living News
Sharon Salzberg

On a wintry day just before the New York State Democratic primary, I was volunteering for Senator Obama's campaign, and was assigned to stand alongsid...

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Warriors

Peter Clothier | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Art, Buddhism, China, Living News
Peter Clothier

When I went to see Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana -- I got something different from my expectations. No less valuable in its way, perhaps, but different.

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Atheists and the Will to Believe

Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Religion, William James, Einstein, Buddhism, Pew Poll, Atheism, Home News
Deepak Chopra

An article in the Washington Post On Faith section in response to their question: "According to a new Pew survey, 21% of American atheists believe in ...

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Is Human Life a Mental Illness?

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Health, Tibetan Culture, The Futurological Convention, Healing, Living Healthy, Original Sin, Buddhism, Dukkha, Anxiety, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Gregory Bateson once cautioned us young people that if we were ever going to have a psychotic episode, we should try not to do it while in America, lest we get swept into its so-called Mental Health system and never return.

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The Dalai Lama: Ultimate Camp Counselor

Lindsay Mannering | Posted 07.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, Nirvana, Enlightenment, Chesapeake Bay, Summer, Eightfold Path, Healing, Buddhism, The Inner Life, Buddha, Camp, Self-Discovery, Spirituality, Self-Preservation, Living News
Lindsay Mannering

Every August from second grade to freshman year of high school, Mom and Dad packed my cedar trunk into the Plymouth Voyager and drove me northeast acr...

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How Suffering Got A Bad Name

Phillip Moffitt | Posted 06.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Meditation, Buddhism Suffering, Spirituality, Buddhism, The Four Noble Truths, Buddhist Meditation, The Inner Life, Suffering, Living News
Phillip Moffitt

In my role as a Buddhist meditation teacher, I've observed a phenomenon that I call the "stigma of suffering syndrome" among many beginning students. ...

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Gifts from the Dalai Lama

Ann Medlock | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Competition, Riots, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Seattle Seahawks, Buddhism, China, Peace, Seeds of Compassion, Compassion, KING Broadcasting, Politics News
Ann Medlock

The Giraffe Heroes Project sent a team to the five-day Seeds of Compassion conference in Seattle. As a Giraffe staffer, I talked with hundreds of teac...

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Tibet Isn't a Buddhist Litmus Test

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nonviolence, Dalai Lama, Buddhism, China, Tibet, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

The peaceful countenance of the Dalai Lama should not become an excuse for the rest of us to stand by and do nothing, as if that proves how virtuous we are.

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It's the Humanity, Stupid!

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Book Reviews, Religion, Thailand, Buddhism, The Gospel of Father Joe, Books, Huffpost Books, Living News
Peter Clothier

The Gospel of Father Joe is really about salvation, about hope amidst the hopeless, about compassion -- not as some kind of religious imperative but as lived experience.

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FIDEL! Fidel...

Peter Clothier | Posted 02.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Castro, Fidel Castro Resigns, Buddhism, Fidel Castro, Castro Resigns, Politics News
Peter Clothier

I watched in dismay as the people's hero, the great liberator, turned into his own nemesis, the great dictator, the hectoring autocrat.

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Four Noble Buddha Quotes

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 02.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Buddha Quotes, Mcbuddhism, Buddha, Buddhism, Sprituality, The Inner Life, Living News
Perry Garfinkel

Isn't it - I can't decide whether to say "ironic" or "appropriate" - that modern technology now brings us wisdom that would otherwise have been consid...

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Book Reivew: Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of the Buddha, by Paul Gerhards

Peter Clothier | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Book Reviews, Paul Gerhards, Buddhism, Mapping the Dharma Review, Mapping the Dharma, Books, Huffpost Books, Living News
Peter Clothier

This book succeeds remarkably well in schematizing and simplifying the relationship between the key lists with which the Dharma abounds.

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Ladies Who Launch: Matrix Calling

Amy Swift | Posted 01.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Samsara, Meditation, Buddhism, Mindfulness, Ladies Who Launch, Living News
Amy Swift

Reaching out of one's comfort zone is a way to still the mind and focus one's energies.

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Why Paul McCartney Wants Me to Eat My Veggies

Laurie David | Posted 01.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Recycling, Dalai Lama, Meat Reducers, United Nations, Paul McCartney, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Buddhism, Vegetarianism, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Living News
Laurie David

I picked up the phone and heard the trademark Liverpudlian accent: "Hello Laurie, it's Paul." I told him I'd often dreamed of hearing those exact words. He laughed and got right down to business. He wanted to talk about vegetarianism and the environment.

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Midnight: Miracle or Monster?

RJ Eskow | Posted 12.31.2007 | Living

Read More: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Democratic Party, Richard Dawkins, Buddhism, God, The Universe, Sufis, 2008 New Year, Living News
RJ Eskow

The idea that random processes could produce something as complex, beautiful, and varied as life is far more miraculous to me than anything written in any of the holy books.

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Hey, Unto You A Child Is Born!

Susan Madrak | Posted 12.23.2007 | Living

Read More: Christmas, Bodhichitta, Buddhism, Love, Compassion, Living News
Susan Madrak

Christmas is that Spirit which transforms and you don't have to belong to anything but the human race to let it work its magic.

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Courtney Love: Chanting Buddhist

Telegraph | Nigel Farndale | Posted 12.09.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Buddhism, Orlando Bloom, Courtney Love, Celebrity Buddhists, Entertainment News

The UK's Telegraph has a new interview with rehabbed rock star Courtney Love. Love was in London promoting her upcoming album and her gig as a muse fo...

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"Buddhist" Blogging, or The Democratic Debate Made Me Sad

RJ Eskow | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Buddhism, Health Reform, Barack Obama, Mandates, Politics News
RJ Eskow

It's a cliché to compare political debates to beauty pageants, but it's still the best analogy.

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Interviewing the Dalai Lama: He Had Me At Hello

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 11.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Dalai Lama, Buddhism, Mind.Body.Soul, Living News
Perry Garfinkel

I had scored a one-on-one 90-minute interview with the 14th Dalai Lama.

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There Are No Individual Solutions...Or Are There?....Ancient Lessons Meet Globalization

Karen Kisslinger | Posted 10.26.2007 | Living

Read More: How to Make a Difference, Helping the Earth, Living in the Moment, Green Gardening, Going Green, Globalization, Buddhism, Living Better, Living News
Karen Kisslinger

Standing in my backyard, I know that the threats to global environmental health and justice are endless, but I vow to act as if my actions could end them all. That is the commitment that each individual can make.

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Jazz Legend Herbie Hancock On Buddhism

beliefnet.com | From Valerie Reiss | Posted 10.22.2007 | Living

Read More: Buddhist Chanting, Buddhism, Herbie Hancock, Living News

As a pop-cultured child of the 1980s, until recently the extent of my Herbie Hancock awareness was sadly limited to his cross-over hit "Rockit." I sta...

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Finding Peace in Purgatory: A Zen Perspective On The Holocaust

Perry Garfinkel | Posted 10.21.2007 | Living

Read More: Mind.Body.Soul, The Holocaust, Buddhism, Aushwitz, Living News
Perry Garfinkel

By staying focused on this moment, I could separate two experiences: what happened here back then and what was happening here now.

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Dalai Lama Dispenses Spiritual Advice At Radio City Music Hall, Part II

Michelle Kung | Posted 10.14.2007 | Living

Read More: Dalia Lama in New York, Richard Gere, Buddhism, Dalia Lama, Mind.Body.Soul, Living News
Michelle Kung

While religious Buddhist concepts of karma and rebirth may not mesh with everyone's worldview, Buddhist ways of living can be adapted to anyone wanting to find inner peace.

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Dalai Lama Dispenses Spiritual Advice At Radio City Music Hall

Michelle Kung | Posted 10.14.2007 | Living

Read More: Dalia Lama in New York, Richard Gere, Buddhism, Dalia Lama, Living News
Michelle Kung

Although the four-plus hour lecture was quite dense at times, I was heartened by the number of attendees, many of whom were Westerners seeing the Dalai Lama for the first time.

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