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April 25, 2013 full moon New rivers, new rafts A conference of scholar-teachers on the unavoidable reimagination of Buddhadharma by Chris Talbott A discussion at the recent conference on secular Buddhism. Here some clansmen learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, … Continue reading →

March 27, 2013 full moon Wheels of Fire: The Buddha’s Radical Teaching on Process By Kate Lila Wheeler                   Ādittapariyāya Sutta: The Fire Sermon, SN 35.28 “Monks, the All is aflame. What … Continue reading →

February 25, 2013 full moon True & False: Dharma After the Western Enlightenment Talking with Rita Gross Insight Journal: How do Western Buddhists, in spite of our many modern views, take their forms too literally? Rita Gross: Since I often teach in … Continue reading →

January 26, 2013 full moon Honoring a Life & Legacy in the Dhamma Talking with Mirka Knaster about Munindra A young man in the East Bengal region of India, born in 1915 to a Buddhist family that traces its roots … Continue reading →

December 28, 2012 full moon A Classical Future: Interview with Insight Journal editor Chris Talbott It was about three years ago that the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) first started distributing Dharma teachings by email on the full moon … Continue reading →

  November 28, 2012 full moon Unburdened With Duties & Frugal In Our Ways: The Personal Economy Of Right Livelihood by Tony Bernhard For contemporary western lay practitioners of the Buddha’s way, Right Livelihood (samma ājīva) is hardly the most … Continue reading →

  October 29, 2012 full moon The busier you are, the slower you should go by Martine Batchelor When I lived in South Korea as a Zen nun, I heard about a nun called Songou Sunim and went to practice … Continue reading →

August 31, 2011 full moon A Conversation with Bhikkhu Anālayo This month we have an interview with Bhikkhu Anālayo, probably best known to students of Dhamma in the West for his 2004 book, Satipatthāna: The Direct Path to Realization, which … Continue reading →