Category: Dharma & Society
Three Buddhist teachers explain the essence of “Prayer for Everyone”
This week, one.org is promoting #PrayerForEveryone, a global interfaith campaign to draw awareness to the Global Goals For Sustainable Development.
East Bay Meditation Center’s holding Power to the Planet fundraiser
East Bay Meditation Center is holding a fundraiser in Oakland on October 23 2015 called Power to the Planet.
You’re invited to sign “A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change”
The declarations represents a global Buddhist statement.
Dharma Rain Plants Zen in Portland
For almost fifty years, from 1936 until 1983, a twenty-six-acre plot of land in Portland, Oregon, was used as a gravel pit and construction landfill.
Buddhist artist creates anti-war installation in Brooklyn
Bettina WitteVeen's art installation "When We Were Soldiers… once and young" runs from Sept 19 to Oct 24 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital.
Artist Meredith Monk receives the 2014 National Medal of Arts [Video]
The 2014 National Medal of Arts has been awarded to Buddhist artist Meredith Monk, "for her contributions as a composer, singer, and performer."
Thich Nhat Hanh speaks first words after stroke
New statement highlights different aspects of treatment and how Thich Nhat Hanh is responding. He's even spoken his first post-stroke words.
Wise Fools
Honesty. Insight. Outside-the-box thinking. Today’s great comedians may not know much about Buddhism, but they practice some of its core principles.
Study finds Buddhism is the least homonegative religion
Research in the Journal of Homosexuality says that, of all major religions, Buddhists are the least averse to LGBT lifestyles.
The Rise of Militant Monks
Michael Jerryson reports on the growing tension between Buddhists and Muslims, in which senior Buddhist monks actively incite violence and intolerance.