The Buddha’s Core Teaching; Why I Do Not Bow; Being Mindful of Mortality

 

08.10.2021

On Suffering and the End of Suffering Sharon Salzberg on opening to the truth of suffering, the core of the Buddha’s teaching.

Marking the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima On the 76th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on why we each must continue working toward the realization of nonviolence in our time.

Why I Do Not Bow For some Black Buddhists in predominantly white sanghas, certain practices harken back to the history of forced subservience to white people. Melvin Christopher Horton explores his experience in a powerful poem.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: Being Mindful of Our Mortality with Nikki Mirghafori AI scientist and Buddhist teacher Nikki Mirghafori talks about how to live and love more fully by facing and embracing our mortality.

Cómo la ecuanimidad empodera al amor La verdadera ecuanimidad, dice Kaira Jewel Lingo, de ninguna forma es indiferente o descuidada -es inclusiva y amorosa-, y es la base de la valentía espiritual. Read “How Equanimity Powers Love” by Kaira Jewel Lingo here.

Follow Indigenous Leaders to Stop Line 3 Soto Zen priest Ben Connelly shares why we must listen to the call from Indigenous leaders to find ways to show up to protect our water and stop Enbridge’s proposed oil pipeline, Line 3.

In Search of Equality in the Dharma: An Address “If the U.S. is like a burning manor, with echoes screaming of majority entitlements, the disregard for Black people, and the state of inequality, can we say that this country follows the love of the Buddha?” asks Johnny Edward Dean Jr.