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Forum Essays: Work

Buddhadharma readers share their experience of Buddhist practice in everyday life as it relates to work and the workplace.

What is Dokusan?

Dokusan is defined by Joan Sutherland.

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche devotion

The Guru and the Great Vastness

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche looksat the role and the influence of the guru on learning in the vajrayana tradition.

Forum: Is Your Practice Working?

A roundtable discussion with Edward Brown, Josh Baran and Tsultrim Allione on the outcomes of Buddhist practice, moderated by Melvin McLeod.

A Pillar of Zen: Roshi Philip Kapleau 1912 – 2004

Roshi Philip Kapleau's longtime student Rafe Martin remembers a pioneer of American Zen.

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Dogo Expresses Condolences

Is he alive or is he dead? A teaching by the late Roshi Philip Kapleau on the koan, "Dogo Expresses Condolences."

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Who Me?

Marshall Glickman on the doubts, traps and insecurities that come with the title "Buddhist teacher."

What is Vipashyana?

Vipashyana as defined by Reginald A. Ray, an American Buddhist academic and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism.

Breaking Life Down to Its Parts

The path to liberation, says Vipassana master U Pandita, is the precise breaking down of life as it unfolds – part by part, step by step, moment by moment.

Are There Any Who Are Not Beginners?

Teachings by Master Dogen from Beyond Thinking: A Guide to Buddhist Meditation, a new collection of translations edited by Kazuaki Tanahashi.