Category: Buddhist Wisdom
Seeing Suffering Through the Lens of Karma
Buddhism in the West is having a difficult time. With allegations of misconduct made against teachers in several of our communities, there is now widespread disillusionment and organizational chaos. Of course, similar problems exist in other faith traditions, and the #MeToo movement has been revealing these issues throughout all levels of society. Many of us…
5 Tips for Spiritual Activists
Bill Aiken offers five Buddhist insights to be a more effective agent of change
The Real Change We Need
Using Buddhist principles, economist Clair Brown identifies the big policy changes we need to have a caring society and a sustainable future.
Meet a Teacher: Rev. Doyean Park
Rev. Park is a minister in the Won Buddhist community and the Buddhist chaplain at two New York universities.
Omitting None: The Deep Practice of Community
The practice of community, says Mushim Patricia Ikeda, is more than including beyond all people, even all beings. It mean including all thoughts, all emotions, all realities—the bad as well as the good.
Review: “Mop Rides the Waves of Life”
We review "Mop Rides the Waves of Life" by Jaimal Yogis and Matthew Allen.
The Fifth Sight: The Suffering of Injustice
To the Buddhism’s traditional four causes of suffering we must now add a fifth: the suffering caused by racism, sexism, poverty, and all the other forms of human injustice. Only when seeing that clearly, says Ann Gleig, will our compassion will be complete.
The Heart of Good Spiritual Friends
When we are with others in times of suffering, says contemplative care expert Koshin Paley Ellison, we can take the four noble truths as our guide.
Our Inner Light
Only when we awaken to our own light can we be fully present to another person’s inner light and life, says Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat. "Only then can we respond fully, with nothing in the way."