Harvard Divinity School

Rage, rage (against the dying of the light)

Posted on September 12, 2014September 11, 2014 by Elise Alexander

A year or two ago, I studied under a professor who somehow know just which buttons to push to transform my serene, scholarly public self into a senseless wreck. Admittedly, that public persona was a... Read More

What is Buddhist Ministry?

Posted on June 14, 2011June 12, 2011 by Joshua Eaton

Something like the Master of Divinity (MDiv) program at Harvard—of which I am a graduate—obviously isn’t training students to be roshis, lamas, or any other sort of teacher in a Buddhist lineage... Read More

Discipline and Punish: The Buddha on the Dangers of Divinity School

Posted on November 30, 2010November 30, 2010 by Joshua Eaton

In the Kalama sutta, the Buddha is approached by a group of villagers called the Kalams, who ask him a very simple question: “All of these preachers pass through here praising their own doctrines an... Read More