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  • Raymond Lam

Shambhala’s “The Magical Life of the Lotus-Born”

Posted on September 1, 2023August 31, 2023by Teahouse

Sherab Chödzin Kohn’s kids’ book about Vajrayana’s greatest siddha is sumptuously illustrated and vividly told

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  • Raymond Lam

Drawing Closer to the Distant: Sonia Betancort on Philosophy and Jorge Luis Borges

Posted on July 3, 2023July 3, 2023by Teahouse

Dr. Sonia Betancort shares her teaching style and her intellectual debt to Jorge Luis Borges in this new interview

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  • Raymond Lam

Who is Abandoning Who? Love and Expectations in “Harry & Meghan” and the Buddha’s Story

Posted on December 27, 2022December 27, 2022by Teahouse

“Harry & Meghan” tells not only the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s story of separation from the Windsors, but also reveals tensions inherent in the family ideal, which the Buddha himself could not live up to

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  • Nina Muller

A Buddhist Reading of “Happy as a Dog’s Tail”

Posted on June 29, 2020June 29, 2020by Teahouse

As a film and literature enthusiast, I am always on the look out for stories that evoke the Dharma. Today, I have a gander at the poem “Happy as a Dog’s Tail” by Polish Poet Anna Świrszczyńska (aka Anna Swir). Happy as a Dog’s Tail, by Anna Swir Happy as something unimportantand free as a […]

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  • Raymond Lam

Pop Culture: The Case for A Greater Buddhist Presence

Posted on September 29, 2017December 1, 2017by Teahouse

I never bought the argument that sacred stories, figures, and themes should not be brought to pop culture media like films or novels. Some of our more powerful and compelling pieces of modern fiction (and indeed, fiction from any era) was informed by not just the author’s spiritual identity or values, but by their intentional […]

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