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Episode 187 :: Candace Gorham :: The Ebony Exodus Project
Candace Gorham Candace Gorham joins us to speak about her new book, The Ebony Exodus Project: Why Some Black Women Are Walking out on Religion — and Others Should Too. There’s something I’m concerned about in our contemporary Western sanghas, and that’s a lack of diversity, particularly ethnic diversity. Why is that? Isn’t the practice…
Read MoreRevisiting Meditation: Week 3
As predicted, emotion was a tough week for me to put words to. I’ve never really understood why it is so difficult for me to think about my emotions and really examine them and pinpoint what it is I’m experiencing on a “global” level, but it’s always been the case. I can always be aware of the…
Read MoreRevisiting Meditation: Week 2
Note to readers: This is the third installment in a weekly series which focuses on establishing or re-establishing a consistent meditation practice. Please refer to my introductory article on this topic. While this week’s focus was on the body, it’s interesting to note that as much as this was the case, it was just as much…
Read MoreRevisiting Meditation: Week 1
Note to readers: This is the second installment in a weekly series which focuses on establishing or re-establishing a consistent meditation practice. Please refer to my introductory article on this topic. If any of you are following this course with me, and to all of you out there registered for the March Challenge, I hope…
Read MoreTribute to Our Mentor and Dear Friend, Jan Ford
I first met Jan Ford as Sung Hifeng in Second Life (SL). I’d bounced around various Buddhist sanghas in that virtual 3D environment, when I happened upon one called Skeptical Buddhists. The title nabbed my attention, and as I entered and sat, I found myself curious about the avatar of an old man beside me.…
Read MoreDirecting Wholesome Intentions (Right Intention)
In Part 1 of the Eightfold path, I wrote about Seeing into Experience: Right View. In this article, Part 2, we’ll explore the next factor of the path, Directing Wholesome Intentions: Right Intention. Like Right View, Right Intentions isn’t something to explore and learn in isolation, but it touches on all other aspects of the path and everyday life.
Read MoreEpisode 99 :: Dr. Rick Hanson :: Just One Thing
Dr. Rick Hanson Dr. Rick Hanson speaks with us about his new book, Just One Thing: Developing A Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time. It’s a daunting task, changing our minds. Not the simple, “I wanted a mocha, but maybe a latte would be better” kind of changing our minds, that’s pretty easy.…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions on Secular Buddhism
Written by Jennifer Hawkins First a definition: BIPOC Readers outside of North America tend not to be familiar with this term. It stands for “Black, Indigenous, People of Color.” Director/a Jennifer Hawkins What is Secular Buddhism? Secular Buddhism is Buddhism. We differ from other forms in two key ways: 1.We allow questioning of a literal interpretation…
Read MoreBuddhism Without Buddha
by Mark Knickelbine One of the topics we get into with some frequency is what the relationship is or ought to be between Secular Buddhism and the Buddha. Is dharma practice inextricably linked to the smiling sage beneath the Bo tree? Is it possible for the core practices to be presented entirely outside the framework…
Read MoreA Mala Prayer
*~*~* The first time I am aware that I met another Buddhist, I met several. There was the man who would become my teacher, Dennis, who was quietly organizing a visit from some Tibetan lamas and the monks accompanying them. There may have been more Buddhists among those of us who had arrived to hear…
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