Category: Dharma in Daily Life
Remembering Darlene Cohen
Friend, author and Zen priest and author Darlene Cohen has died, whose work focused on helping people with chronic pain.
Touch of Grey
There is a sacred dimension to growing old. In the face of aging and dying, we can call upon practice to sustain and inspire us.
The Charter for Compassion
The call to action that is inspiring people around the world to campaign for a more compassionate global community.
Discovering the Power of Basic Goodness
Through the practice of meditation, we stop wasting our energy on neuroses and discover windhorse, the never-ending power of basic goodness.
Another Step Forward
Last August four women became fully ordained nuns in the Theravada tradition at a ceremony in California. Amy J. Boyer reports on this North American first.
Frank Ostaseski on how to offer compassionate companionship to the dying
Danny Fisher interviews Frank Ostaseski about his work with the Zen Hospice Project and the upcoming Metta Institute program.
A Successful Subculture
James Wilson discusses how Zen Buddhism in America has shifted from a counterculture religion to a institutionalized normality.
Batting Practice: On Buddhism and Baseball
There's one notable difficulty to being a Buddhist baseball fan: attachment to the outcome of the game.
Allan Badiner talks American Buddhism and Psychedelics
An interview with writer and activist Allan Badiner on the relationship between Buddhism and psychadelics in America.
What Makes You Think You’ll Live Forever?
Stan Goldberg gains sobering insights into death and his own insecurities during a retreat with Ribur Rinpoche.
Consecration of the Great Bon Stupa for World Peace
On December 4, 2010, students will gather in Mexico, to celebrate the Internal Consecration of the Great Stupa for World Peace.
Survival of the Kindest
Psychologist Paul Ekman reveals Charles Darwin’s real view of compassion—and it’s not what you might think.
Age-Old Affinity
Taking her newborn to an assisted living facility, Misha Becker discovers the mysterious kinship between the very old and the very young.
The Time Has Come
The “eight heavy rules” institutionalize women’s second-class status in Buddhist monasteries, and in most lineages women are denied full ordination.
Memorial service for Robert Aitken Roshi announced; official Diamond Sangha obituary released
Roshi's Diamond Sangha has now released an official obituary, and has now announced an August 22 memorial service in Honolulu.
That Was Then, This Is Now
The eight heavy rules are the result of historical and social circumstances, explains Buddhist scholar Janet Gyatso—and times have changed.
I Will Do It
Llundup Damcho reports on the Seventeeth Karmapa’s vow to reinstate full ordination for women in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
Forum: Sex, Lies, and Buddhism
Exploring the spirit, subtleties, and relevance of Buddhist ethics: a discussion with Norman Fischer, Lama Palden Drolma, and Andrew Olendzki.
No Donation Required
“How can I ever repay you for your teaching?” Thanissaro Bhikkhu answers this common question: “By being intent on practicing.”
Extending Our View of Sangha
Gaylon Ferguson on the importance of sangha communities in the Buddhist tradition.