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Metta at the DNC
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:10:00 -0500
This past Sunday an interfaith service was held in the Denver convention center, prior to the Democratic National Convention. The service opened with a reading of the Metta Sutta by...
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Tibet Flags in Times Square
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:16:00 -0500
Yesterday I emerged from the Manhattan subways in Times Square in time to see a big "Free Tibet" march on 42nd Street. There were monks, ethnic Tibetans, and native New...
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Separating Religion From Politics
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:29:00 -0500
Americans are backing away from mixing religion and politics, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. For the first time in...
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Goddesses of Mercy
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:47:00 -0500
Nicholas Kristof's column in the New York Times today contains a sentence about the Chinese "goddess of mercy," Guanyin (Kwan yin), that I don't think is accurate. But maybe Kristof...
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After the Olympics
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:07:00 -0500
Writing on the Washington Post's "On Faith" web site, research psychologist Dr. Paul Ekman describes his talks with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The psychologist and the monk spoke at...
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Keeping Still
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:25:00 -0500
There's a great white egret that fishes every morning in the neighborhood pond. When I see it I wonder how there can be egrets, because great egrets must be among...
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What's in a Translation?
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:59:00 -0500
If you've had any exposure to Zen at all, you've probably heard this one -- The senior monk of Hong-jen's monastery wrote a poem on a wall that went like...
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Watch Out for Hungry Ghosts
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:20:00 -0500
Hungry ghost festivals traditionally are held in China on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month, which I understand (correct me if I'm wrong) falls today, August 15, this...
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Exploring the Diamond Sutra
Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:04:00 -0500
The forum discussion of the Diamond Sutra is about to begin. Here's the Diamond Sutra introductory post.
The Diamond Sutra is short, but steep. Discussing it makes me think of...
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China and Religious Liberty
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:04:00 -0500
A Wall Street Journal editorial picks up on the subject of yesterday's Buddhism blog post -- religion in China. I have a slight disagreement with the last paragraph.
China's leaders...
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