Dalai Lama

Chinese Atheism and the Political Theology of Reincarnation

Posted on March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 by Chris Crews

While it may have flown under many people’s radar, a small but fascinating brouhaha took place earlier this month between the 14th Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, and Padma Choling, the Chin... Read More

The power of compassion: Do Not Kill Buddha, Thou would bury the dead. Burma, Boston, and Tsarnaev.

Posted on May 13, 2013January 31, 2014 by Enver

“If you see the Buddha on the road, kill him.” This phrase may sound shocking, considering the Buddha’s teachings of the Noble Eightfold Path that talks about “right” (in harmony wi... Read More

Engaging Compassion: Boston and the interrelatedness of our own actions.

Posted on April 18, 2013June 26, 2014 by Enver

Boston. Baghdad. New York. Kabul. Tel Aviv. Gaza… Syria… Burma… Rwanda… Tibet… the sorrow of violent tragedies that I have learned in my generation seems to have crossed all the borders. The... Read More

Tibet and China: Dharma-centric Societies at Odds by Jai Mirchandani

Posted on November 5, 2012May 13, 2015 by State of Formation

Entrance of Buddhism into China and Tibet In the lands of both the Tibetan plateau and Chinese hinterlands, the foreign-born religion of the Dhammapada, the teachings of the Buddha, lies at the crux ... Read More

Embodying Compassion: a Journey of Teamwork and Patience

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Nicolas Cable

The men and women moved slowly past the prostrate women in her eighties. She repeated a modified sun salutation and prayer for peace several times in the aisle, even as a dozen or so latecomers passed... Read More