Do we still feel awe, reverence, and dread when we look up to the stars in the dark night sky?
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Pyrrho: Greek hints of the Buddha’s Awakening
A series on the figures that shaped Buddhism across Egypt, Greece, and India. Second: Pyrrho the philosopher
The Shakya Sage and the Son of Ra
A series on the figures that shaped Buddhism across Egypt, Greece, and India. First up: the Buddha and Alexander the Great
Dharma and Ma’at: Unexpected Convergences
Common threads of religious insight between Ancient Egyptian Ma’at and the Buddhadharma
Dharma and the All-Divine: New Age and Buddhist Thought with Rebecca Wong Howe
In a previous editorial on the Ukraine crisis, we discussed the theological intersection of the country’s two Orthodox denominations and Buddhism. We asked the questions: how can we see the Dharma embodied in other religious traditions and others’ spiritual beliefs? How is the will of the bodhisattvas communicated? How can we learn about our own […]
Postcard from Raymond: The Old Gods
What is a god? Human figures with the heads of animals are intentionally absurd images. They look frightening, ridiculous, inexplicably endearing. They arrest us, shake us out of our dull, seen-it-all before everyday complacency and force us to take a second look at them because they reveal themselves as intentionally strange beings. In ancient Egypt, […]