One does not usually expect a politician and policymaker to be a breakout novelist, but that is exactly what Oyungerel … Read More “Oyungerel Tsedevdamba’s “The Green-Eyed Lama”: A Literary Window into Mongolia’s Pain and Healing”
Right Intention is the second tenet of the Noble 8-Fold Path. It represents the strong resolve that practitioners develop to … Read More “The Buddhist Practice of Right Intention”
Marichi. From theyoginiproject.org Marichi (from Sanskrit “ray of light”) is the Goddess of the Dawn, who is revered in the … Read More “Marichi, Goddess of the Dawn”
Life is just beginning todawn on most of us.But that happens here quickerthan most other places. Even though here, the glacierswere … Read More “Mendon Ponds”
Dying almost assoon as it is born,the heart dances ingroups of newborn stars. The heart isa constellation-a great disk shaped systemof gas, a retinue of … Read More “The Heart is a Constellation”
To make the headempty is such a heavything to do.For our minds are like a set of clear bucketshung out to … Read More “Always Ringing”
Buddhist ethics can be a difficult topic to study or discuss in the contemporary age. Ethics as a category of … Read More “What the “Buddhist Poker Player” can teach us about Buddhist Ethics”
Buddha begging for food in front of his wife Yashodhara and his son Rahula. Cave 17, Ajanta. From personal.carthage.edu Yashodhara, … Read More “Yashodhara: The Buddha’s Wife in Many Lives”
2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the promulgation of India’s constitution: itself a complex and multilayered story in which Buddhism … Read More “Let the Lotus Bloom Forth: Buddhism in India”
There are many kinds of deserts,but they all reject the notion that lifeshould flourish. That’s gravity. A grim background disturbing … Read More “Ordinary Like Our Sun”
