Category: Dharma & Society

Not Too Strict, Not Too Loose

Nuanprang Snitbhan on the middle way of parenting.

Erased No More

After years of painful struggle to fit in, Yenkuei Chuang decides to stand up for her identity, her anger, and the heritage of Asian American Buddhism. She will resist erasure.

Love Trumps Hate

Bill Gaston despises a certain someone at the White House. Can any good come of it?

In the Zone: The Zen of Sports

Mystics and poets aren't the only people who experience the transcendent. Andy Cooper on sports beyond conventional mind.

Illustration from the Bakemono zukushi scroll

“Hungry Ghost, Let Go of This Woman!”

Zen priest Renshin Bunce tells the dramatic story of the time she performed a successful exorcism. The key was respect and compassion—for the haunted woman and the spirits

How to Be Equanimous in a Racialized World

In a tense moment on a full plane, Ruth King gets a glimpse of the inner strength of equanimity.

Forum: How Millennials Are Reframing the Buddhist Path

In this Buddhadharma Forum, five millenial Buddhists take a look at where Buddhism is, and where it’s headed.

Listen to “Compassion,” from the Dalai Lama’s new album, Inner World

A new 11-track album featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama reciting mantras and leading short teachings will be released on July 6.

Buddha #BlackLivesMatter Buddhism Jan Willis Diversity Race Lion's Roar Practice

We Cry Out for Justice

There will only be justice in America, says Jan Willis, when we see all people as our equals. She offers an ancient Buddhist meditation to help us do that.

Buddhism in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter

We need to update the traditional narrative of the Buddha’s life, says Pamela Ayo Yetunde, for people who know suffering all too well. She offers some alternative stories for the time of #BlackLivesMatter.

Transcending Time with Umeboshi

Elissa Altman shares the story of "Grandma's Ghost," a 30-year-old Japanese <em>umeboshi</em> plum, and the healing it brought in this difficult time.

We’re Not Who You Think We Are

Chenxing Han examines the stereotypes marginalizing Asian American Buddhists and reports on the diversity and depth a new generation of practitioners.

National Treasure: Gary Snyder

Beat hero, steward of the earth, Zen Buddhist, and poet Gary Snyder turns 90 on May 8. He looks back on an honorable life at the leading edge.

Ice melting into the water. Environmental crisis. Climate change. Buddhists.

Buddhists Must Awaken to the Ecological Crisis

Buddhists, says David Loy, have often been slow to open their eyes to the problem of climate change. He examines key teachings to understand why.

Steadfast in the Midst of Samsara

Shinshu Roberts examines the suffering inherent in the bodhisattva path, what Dogen referred to as being “the blue lotus in the flame.”

Here at the End of the World

Grief is how we love in the face of loss, wrote Joan Sutherland in the Fall 2019 issue of Buddhadharma. Now, in this new time of so much loss, her teaching on coming to terms with grief feels especially relevant.