Shift from Blame to Love; Reclaiming Our So-Called “Cultural Baggage”; Podcast: The Five Remembrances

 

11.02.2021

From Blame to Love We humans are gifted at finding fault. Buddhist teacher Tara Brach teaches us how we can connect to compassion instead.

The Lion’s Roar Podcast: The Five Remembrances with Koun Franz and Guided Breath Meditation Buddhadharma editor Koun Franz explains how the facts of aging, illness, death, separation, and loss can actually be encouraging. Then, Lion’s Roar’s Digital Editorial Director, Rod Meade Sperry, offers a guided breath meditation and quick check-in on your meditation posture.

Reclaiming Our So-Called “Cultural Baggage” Asian American Buddhist communities have for years been dismissed by “convert” Buddhists for carrying “cultural baggage.” Nalika Gajaweera says the response should not be to let it go but to claim it as a mark of cultural responsibility.

The Man Who Redefined Zen From “just sitting” to cooking as practice, Dogen defined how most of us understand Zen today. Steven Heine on the life and global impact of Dogen Zenji.

Watch: Algorithm-driven Buddhist art debuts at Stanford University Nancy Chu reports on Rebecca Nie’s Heart Sutra in Sacred Futurism, an augmented reality installation of Buddhist art that uses unique GPU algorithms inspired by the complexity of life and our human experiences.

Compassion and Wisdom A society based upon peace, harmony, wisdom and compassion is possible, says Venerable Khandro Rinpoche — but we must all begin with ourselves.

84000 Buddhist translation initiative launches mobile app to study Buddhist scripture 84000’s new mobile app, The Words of the Buddha, allows users to deepen their study of sutras from the Tibetan Buddhist Canon.