Transcultural Buddhism

From Speaking Tree by Sanchit Jain   For some addicts, hitting bottom and having a spiritual awakening are the first steps along the path ...

From  Contactmusic    "Boy George has credited his new-found belief in Buddhism for helping him stay sober and clean of drugs. Boy ...

From Atlas Shrugs   Muslim cleric in Australia: "Oh Allah, count the Buddhists and the Hindus one by one. Oh Allah, count them and kill...

The purpose of this 'mindfulness' meditation is to obtain a glimpse of the formless nature of the mind as pure awareness, and...

'Everything I say is a lie, and I swear that's the truth!' Pinocchio is trying to be economical with the truth, but no...

From  Mindfulness meditation aids health by  Jacob Axelrad / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "...Mindfulness-based stress reduction, a ...

From Daily Bhaskar "Ani Choying Dolma sings Buddhist hymns and sings them with her heart. In the process the enormous following t...

Buddhist Temple - Richmond News By Alan Campbell, Richmond News  "With every passing generation, attendance at religious service...

From Beyond McMindfulness by Ron Purser and David Loy at The Huffington Post  "...In their branding efforts, proponents of mindful...

Book review by Paul Knitter   "Donald Lopez is on a mission. In his “role as a scholar,” he feels called “to protect, preser...

. By Igor I. Solar at Digital Journal   "Kinkaku-ji is among the most beautiful places in Kyoto. The location is a Zen garden with...

From Darren Littlejohn at the Huffington Post   "...Ultimately, we're tasked to live out our clean and sober lives with our thou...

By Kyogen Carlson at Pantheos "In what might seem an unlikely conversation, conservative Evangelicals and Zen Buddhists in Portlan...

  Terrorists have bombed Bodh Gaya, the sacred site where Buddha achieved enlightenment. GAYA: Terror struck the temple town...

Dog waiting to be sold for meat by Vicki Feng "Chinese animal activists flocked to Yulin, Guangxi province, to save the lives of hu...

From Monkey Mind "... some ten to fifteen percent of UUs, something in the neighborhood of twenty to thirty thousand people, se...

Interfaith homophobia promotes religious harmony In order to decrease inter-religious tensions, could all faiths find a common grou...

If only he'd mellowed out with meditation... From BIG QUESTIONS ONLINE   By Michael Carroll "Not too long ago, meditation ...

From   THE GUARDIAN How to teach ... mindfulness The Guardian Teacher Network has resources to help introduce the concept of mindful...