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Bible Belt Buddhism
Jim Owens An Evangelical Christian reveals how Buddhism has helped him weather a crisis of conscience and faith. I live in the heart of the Bible Belt. When this article is published, many of my...
View ArticleWhy Become Enlightened?
Why become enlightened? This is a question I sometimes ask myself. The answer I give is twofold: to make the world a better place and to avoid the pain of clinging to an existence that is unhappy. My...
View ArticleBeyond Heartache
In truth, we [parents] never have stood between our kids and heartache—theirs or our own. The good news is that the Buddha showed us a path that leads beyond heartache, beyond samvega [dismay], beyond...
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No Need for Words
Shin Yu Pai In the absence of language, a poet realizes the fullness of maternal love.Several weeks ago, in the middle of having his diaper changed, my son peeredup at me and spoke his first...
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A Big Gay History of Same-sex Marriage in the Sangha
Jeff Wilson Without fanfare, American Buddhists have been performing same-sex marriages for over 40 years.Buddhist same-sex marriage was born in the USA. That’s a little known but significant fact to...
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What We're Made Of
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection Elizabeth Bastos Amid the beeping and prodding all around me, two things became clear: I was running on hospital basement mochas and Jon Kabat-Zinn.My...
View ArticleNo Male, No Female
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection Pascale Engelmajer In the Agganna Sutta (Digha Nikaya 3.80–98), the Buddha explains the origins of the existing social order, describing it as a fall...
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My Father's True Nature
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection A story of harsh discovery and startling forgiveness Curtis White Dad’s on the left.My father was in the army of occupation in Japan from 1946 to...
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Someone Is Jealous of You
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection A lesson in gratitude Reverend Patti Nakai The Golden Girl—that’s what my sister and I called the most popular girl in our town. We’d become very...
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Envidia
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection The evil eye lurks everywhere. Daisy Hernández They had warned me about the bedsheets.San Antonio is infamous for high temperatures in the summer, but...
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A Flash of Insight
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection A new translation of the first anthology of women's spiritual poetry Andrew Schelling Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women Translated by...
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The Disrobed Monk Who Provides Safe Haven to 85 Children
Joan Duncan Oliver An innovative community in India and its dedicated founder are transforming troubled children’s lives.Lobsang Phuntsok, founder of the Jhamtse Gatsal community, with TashiFor years,...
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10 Steps to a Mindful Wedding
Alex Tzelnic These two Buddhists just got married. Here's what they learned.On July 25th my fiancée, Courtney, and I got married. It was truly incredible, partly because now I never have to say the...
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Teenage Wasteland
Add to Wisdom Collection: don't add to collection Liesl Schwabe “Mom! I am not one of those people who want to help people. Not everyone is going to make the world better!” It was the advent of my...
View ArticleIntention Before Speech
When people are aware of their intention and express their thoughts and feelings truthfully and with kindness, they are likely to achieve their aim and increase compassionate understanding.author:...
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