Young Voices: How Giving Up My Phone Changed My Life
Young Voices is a special project of Buddhadoor Global bringing together insightful essays written by high school students in the United States who have taken courses based… Read more >
Dharma versus Buddhadharma in a Buddhist school
Image courtesy of the author A young family scheduled a visit to Middle Way School of the Hudson Valley because they had heard... Read more >
Praise for a Hopepunk Psalm
If there's one thing that Digital Bodhisattva aims to achieve, it's to inspire hope for the future of humanity's relationship with digital technology. There … Read more >
Writing the dance in stone, part one
Dancing shaman, seen just left of center, with a horned mask, wearing skins and a tail. Grotte des Trois Frères, France. 13… Read more >
Honoring the legacy of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh
From thriveglobal.com January 2024 marked the second anniversary of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh becoming an ancestor. I thought about him a lot on... Read more >
What is truth? An erroneous and creative reading of Zen Kōans
In my thoughts on this article, I will examine a few gongans/kōans (“public cases”) to see if they hold a broader meaning for us today, besides… Read more >
The path without suffering
The Korean Seon (Zen) master, the venerable Pomnyun Sunim (법륜스님) wears many hats: Buddhist monk, teacher, author, environmentalist and social activist, to name a few... Read more >
Celebrating the Sangha in the new era of the Wooden Dragon
Vietnam. Photo from the Transly translation agency. Image courtesy of the author For many years I attended the Losar retreat at my temple,… Read more >
Face the five horsemen of the current Apocalypse
Image courtesy of the author It is sadly clear that we are on the brink of catastrophe: politically, economically, culturally, socially, morally and intellectually. There … Read more >
All Buddhists belong to the same family
Image courtesy of the author Throughout history, human societies have formed around languages, cultures, and traditions. He is … Read more >
Figurative Imagery of the Full Moon
We sometimes wonder about the figurative meaning of the full moon in the use of symbolism in Buddhist texts. Siddhartha Gautama was born one day... Read more >
Metta's silent treatment
Welcome, dear readers, to a new month of taking metta off the meditation cushion and into the world. Last month I woke up... Read more >
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