Archives: LR Articles
The Science Of Love
Barry Boyce reports on the growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.
Love Makes the Difference
The Dalai Lama draws lessons for all of us from his own experience dealing with difficult times. A conversation with Mary Robinson, Pico Iyer.
Fundamental Faith: Lessons from Guantanamo
A kind and caring prisoner at Guantánamo makes Hannah Tennant-Moore rethink her attitude toward fundamentalism.
Dharma Punx
Buddhism is famed for its ability to adapt its universal truths to the concerns of new cultures. So it must be with new generations.
About a Poem: Taha Muhammad Ali’s “Revenge”
At times ... I wish / I could meet in a duel / the man who killed my father
Nielsen Ratings, the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey, and Fox News’s Buddhist Problem
Danny Fisher reflects upon Buddhism's appearances in the mainstream news lately, and it's place in the American religious landscape.
Awaken, Eaarthlings! (An Earth Day Missive.)
Jill S. Schneiderman reflects on environment and geology history and Buddhist approaches to loving the earth in celebration Earth Day.
Uncovering the Buddhist monk at the center of one of the most significant images of the modern age
Rod Meade Sperry discusses the image of the burning monk on Rage Against The Machine's 1992 album.
Earth Dharma: After Yushu, Hindered by Doubt
With the earth functioning for me as an object on which to meditate, doubt is the hindrance that shakes my ability to use earthdharma.