Tag: Buddhism
The Cross and the Dharma Wheel
I have often said that in many ways, my mother is more than just my earthly mother. She is so much more. Indeed, she is my spiritual mother. She has been there for me all my life, but her spiritual co... Read More
Love and Buddhism: The Parallel and Paradox by Jai Mirchandani
In common Hindi parlance, there are three words for love: ishq, pyar, and mohabbhat. Perhaps less important is the difference in each one of these terms than is the notion that there are three distinc... Read More
Searching for the Buddha’s Climate Change Policy
On May 14, I joined some 130 Buddhist leaders, teachers and scholars representing over 60 major Buddhist schools and ethnicities in Washington D.C. for the first White House U.S. Buddhist Leaders Conf... Read More
Identifying the Spirit of the Poetic
As a student of religion, above all else, I am committed to identifying the spirit of the poetic in my work. I turn to writing as a form of prayer, a languaged response to the unlanguaged Other of the... Read More
On Seminarians Meditating in Myanmar
On January 2, 2015 I kicked off the New Year in quite an unforgettable way: by flying to Southeast Asia. As seminarian at Andover Newton Theological School, I had the unique opportunity to take a two-... Read More
A Landscape of Lived Religion in Nepal
This is the first in a multi-part series discussing sacred landscapes and religion in the Himalaya I recently returned from a month of fieldwork and research in Humla, the northwestern district of Nep... Read More
Following in the Footsteps of Interfaith Pioneers
Managing Editor’s note: all Contributing Scholars begin writing by answering the following question as their first post: Why are you committed to building relationships with those from different... Read More
Blessed are the Compassionate: The value of co-suffering in Mahayana Buddhism and Liberation Theology.
No island or castle can hide us from the reality of suffering, including sickness and death. That was true for Gautama Buddha over 2,500 years ago and it is true today. When we pay attention, we reali... Read More