Category: Dharma & Society

Wisdom of the Rebels

Tom Robbins on the Zen rebels, Sufi saints, and wild yogis who fight conventional mind with humor, outrageousness, and paradox.

There are two sides to singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls: the “just sitting” meditator and the crazed composer.

David Kirk profiles the Birken Forest Monastery in British Columbia.

Ruth L. Ozeki's touching memoir is also a profound meditation on love, stories, and the difference between losing and letting go.

David Swick profiles the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies in Massachusetts.

Zen practitioner Gary Snyder traces his lifelong commitment to the environment and calls on all creative people to rise in its defense.

Many people look at the aging population as a problem, but Theodore Roszak thinks it could result in a wiser and more caring society.

Leonard Cohen is succeeding. In 2007, Sarah Hampson had a rare opportunity to spend an afternoon with the famed singer and poet.

Bhikkhu Bodhi looks at how Buddhist practice can be applied to the modern world in a way that provides aid to various problems of the age.

Profile of the Mount Baldy Zen Center.