By Thubten Samphel There’s a new law in force in China these days that says the Chinese authorities in future would choose reincarnating Tibetan lamas. Partly in anticipation of such a move and mostly to keep pace with the changing times, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said he has been toying with di...

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We try so hard to hang on to the teachings and "get it," but actually the truth sinks in like rain into very hard earth. The rain is very gentle, and we soften up slowly at our own speed. But when that happens, something has fundamentally changed in us. That hard earth has softened. It doesn't seem ...

Forwarded newsletter: Hello friends and supporters,  While most news you receive from the Holy Land in the aftermath of the Gaza war is awful, the peacemakers continue their work, invisible to the eyes of the world.  This has been a difficult time, the gap of mistrust and anger between t...

Sherwood Ross writes: If America ever is going to stop making aggressive war, Americans will first have to get into contact with reality. That’s because U.S. administrations for the past century have periodically frightened the public out of their collective wits. And a frightened nation is a mall...

A letter to all my spiritual children, as the year comes to an end. Thay has written a letter addressed to all of his students about the Toadskin Hut, the hermit of Still Sitting Hut, walking meditation paths that have become legendary, and the new young Dharma Teachers in Plum Village. Thay whistli...

Barbara writes: When Buddha Met Jesus? Monday December 15, 2008 If you're even half the history nerd that I am, you'll want to read "When Jesus met Buddha" by Philip Jenkins in the Boston Globe. Jenkins is a professor of the humanities at Penn State University, and he writes about ...

PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: CLOSE DOWN GUANTANAMO! By Sherwood Ross If Barack Obama is the humanitarian he appears to be, one of his first acts as president surely will be to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison and release its long-suffering inmates---nearly all of whom have spent years there without being c...

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. It's the answer told by lines that stretched around school...

::Dharmavidya writes: Q: What is Amida-shu A: Socially engaged Pureland Buddhism, a generic, religious spirituality animated by the energy of Amida Buddha. Amida-shu has three basic teachings: the trikaya nature of Buddhas, the bombu nature of adherents and the nembutsu as principle practice. The co...