Category: Buddhist Wisdom
On Becoming Karmapa
An exclusive interview with His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa by Melvin McLeod.
Grace Under Pressure
Alan Senauke reports from Burma on the ongoing repression and the unbreakable spirit of the monks who refuse to be silenced.
The New Buddhists
Review of Democracy’s Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan by Richard Madsen.
What is Dukkha?
Dukkha or suffering is pervasive and can range from sickness, aging, or death to vague feelings of anxiety and dissatisfaction.
Beyond Carrot and Stick
The question we all face is, what will make our journey genuine dharma and not another spiritual fantasy or creation of ego?
We Think, Therefore We Are
Review of The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently . . . and Why, by Richard E. Nisbett.
Higher Powers
Review of Faith in the Halls of Power by D. Michael Lindsay and From Pews to Polling Places: Faith and Politics in the American Religious Mosaic edited by J. Matthew Wilson.
Glimpses of Awakening
In the gaps we notice moments of clarity, wakefulness, and peace. Enlightened mind turns out to be very ordinary and present, says Judy Lief.