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Why I am committed to building relationships with those from different religious and ethical traditions

Posted on June 3, 2013June 3, 2013 by Michael Woolf

Growing up in rural Alabama, I never experienced people with different religious and ethical traditions from my own. I assumed that everyone was like me – protestant, evangelical, and conservative, ... 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

Between Native Americans and Pilgrims

Posted on November 28, 2010November 28, 2010 by Garfield Swaby

For a few years my wife, children, and I would hear about the jokes, laughter, and family news on the following day when we went to get our share of the leftover oxtails and pie. Happily, we haven't l... Read More