A discussion between two Buddhist journalists highlights the spiritual side and the bigger mission and meaning of reporting
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PREVIEW: Lotus-Born Master goes through the Buddhistdoor!
Laurence Brahm launches a new series of videos about the message and media of the Lotus-Born Master, Guru Padmasambhava
Bringing Buddhist-themed productions to Spanish society: The Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia
The biennial Buddhist Film Festival of Catalonia is bringing Buddhist-themed movies and Dharma values to a Spanish and Catalonian audience
The Buddhist Film Channel: The First Buddhist-themed Streaming Platform, with Gaetano Kazuo Maida
The executive director of the Buddhist Film Foundation discusses this year’s selection of great Buddhist films and the first Buddhist streaming platform
Monsters, Music, and Compassion: “Vampire in the Garden”
Vampires or undead as “sentient beings” deserving of compassion and love raise high-stake philosophical and religious questions
Should I Keep Coming Back in the Same Form?
Last Saturday I went to see an evening screening of A Dog’s Journey. The cinematic sequel to A Dog’s Purpose, the film is unapologetically sappy and supernatural, with—to irreligious minds—an implausible premise of a dog returning in multiple canine bodies to try and find the same family. Having made a promise to its owner, Ethan, […]
Confessional Artists: The Spiritual Vocation of Creative Professionals
Bodhi Obfuscatus (Space Baby). By Michael Joo. From davidsenouf.com Since my schooldays I’ve been interested in exploring the discourse around “confessional” professions. In popular culture, it’s still assumed that one can trace a straight line from a business degree to a job in a bank, or from a law degree to a practicing barrister’s office. […]
Buddhist Media: Sketching the History of a Vibrant Discipline
Yang Renshan and one of his sons. From Weibo Here’s a bit of a Zen koan: how do you keep still in the Colorado rapids? How do you maintain that mental gap in between events – the gap that allows you to respond to those events in a considered way, with compassion and insight, rather […]
The Noble Reporter: Lessons about Right Speech and Media from “Roman Holiday”
Roman Holiday is one of my favourite movies, not only because it’s a moving comedic romance (one of the few romantic comedies I enjoy) but because it touches upon a timeless issue in journalism: what stories are worth reporting? It gets more complex than simply bad or boring stories versus good and entertaining ones. It’s […]
No Easy Answers: Bangladesh’s Buddhists and Rohingya Refugees
The tragedy of Myanmar’s displacement of Rohingya Muslims, aside from its complex ethnic, historical, and religious backdrop, is exacerbated by two essential political realities. The first is that Western media and governments erroneously saw what it wished to see in Aung San Suu Kyi throughout her difficult struggle against the Burmese junta. When she decided […]