Notes in Samsara

I just came across this bit on that Integral place, based on my wondering "What ever happened to Andrew Cohen?" Now you should...

In the past few days, two ideas  have come to me that merit blogposts in this all too infrequently updated Buddhist blog.  The first conce...

I haven't had very much to say at all lately on this blog, as is evident.   And, because of the demands of time and life - I hadn'...

I have clearly heard teachers in American Zen Buddhism imply that mercy killing may be mandated  by the precepts in certain circumstances. ...

I have a minor confession to make: our family went and saw The Interview  on Christmas Day.   There's a lot of critiques of this movie...

This is why I have had my suspicions about the "business" sections of bookstores for decade s. In 1940, a young sociologist na...

" Mindfulness" and "meditation" are only going to be used in the service of capitalism so long as increased profits are...

Ross Douthat - known as Chunky Bobo in some quarters - writes : From the Franciscans to the Jesuits, groups that looked cultlike to t...

Attributed to Hui Neng , it means - paraphrased of course - "Originally there is not one thing."   無一物 is "not one thing,...

I have at least one post pending on one Robert Sharf, who, I would submit,  despite his academic credentials doesn't get it. That...

So reads the headline in an article in the NY Times  about the detention of one Wu Zeheng, who is said in the article to run a group calle...

Many early images of the Buddha look like this one - came into being after Alexander the Great invaded Bactria .  It's the Buddha...

If you go to see people speak at a conference on " Mindful Leadership ," you are probably a follower.  If you think the speakers...

I was sitting the first mini-retreat I'd been able to have in years  - or returning therefrom - when Joshu Sasaki died. ...

Just enough for legs. Very long ferry line on the way. Clouds on Tahoma.

" Will enlightenment save the world ?" I find it very difficult to think that in this day and age people have to address...

It's been a while since I posted something here; there's been major "life" stuff happening of late. I am hoping to h...

I guess there is a place for Prof. Tyson in explaining The Science to everyone.  I get that. And I really should stop reading Salon.   Bu...

John Steinbeck: some people didn't quite like his politics in the day. .. Yeah," said Tom. "He didn' d...

Not all of us go goo-goo over the Dalai Lama .  Not all of us aren't racists.   Nor do we really ascribe all that much political import...