Buddhism, Ecology and the Climate Crisis Read More Buddhism and Climate Awareness Buddhism has long since been a part of the conversation on climate and environmental awareness as well as protection of human and animal welfare. Grounded in peace, compassion, loving-kindness, and interconnection, Buddhism is well positioned both philosophically and practically speaking to combat our [...]

Fostering Spiritual Kinship Reflections from Pamela Ayo Yetunde, author of Casting Indra’s Net For all the wonderful things people think Buddhism is about, I believe Buddhist practitioners remain under-resourced when it comes to interfaith (and by this I also mean interreligious) leadership and dialogue. Many things are said about Buddhism: it’s a world religion, it’s [...]

Cuong Lu, author of Wait, discusses his new book, how we can bring happiness and love into every moment of our lives, and shares some words of encouragement for when times get tough. 1. Why was it important to you to write Wait? I was alarmed seeing so many shootings in the US on the news—homicides, [...]

A Rain Ritual in the Tibetan Book of Spells from Dunhuang An Excerpt from Buddhist Magic RITUALS IN THE SUTRAS Some of the earliest ritual scriptures in Buddhism are dedicated to rainmaking. The most widespread and influential of these is the Great Cloud Sutra. Appearing in India in the fourth or fifth century, this ritual [...]

The Lotus of Mutual Belonging by Radhule Weininger, author of Heartwork “If the world is to be healed through human effort, I am convinced it will be by ordinary people, people whose love for life is even greater than their fear. People who can open to the web that called us into being.”—Joanna Macy The [...]

Death A Long Distance Call On a Wednesday morning, sitting in my old blue Volvo in a parking lot after just getting a facial—my cheeks redolent with cream, all pores clean—I called the Cancer Center in Santa Fe, persuaded an oncologist to look up my chart. The oncologist I was assigned to was on vacation, [...]

We have excerpted a portion of chapter one from The Light That Shines through Infinity: Zen and the Energy of Life here. To order the full book, click here. Zen Buddhism is not a philosophy like rationalism or empiricism; Zen is actual life. But when you study Zen, sometimes it may seem that Zen denies the value [...]