If you’re like me, you have someone in your life, maybe someone you care about deeply, who has imbibed vast quantities of the MAGA kool-aid. After attending the live session of a new podcast, BCD’s New Directions in Engaged Buddhism, I’ve been thinking about a...
Some defend the status quo. Others call for upheaval, even violent overthrow, to cure our civic rot. But violence only breeds new cycles of violence. What we need is a peaceful inner revolution: a Great Turning married to a Great Commitment, the kind Gandhi, Nelson...
Starting on the evening of last November 5, as the state by state presidential election counts were coming in and pointing to the inevitability of Donald Trump’s election to a second term, I have been taking note on a daily basis of how much more of a reactive person...
I would like you to consider a question. If you were not afraid, what would you do for the healing of the world? Not a different you, not a superhero, but as you are. If you were not afraid of losing the respect and affection of people. If you were not afraid of...
On a wall in my apartment hangs a prayer flag. The image on the flag is taken from a page in spiritual leader Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now. It shows an illustration of a man, stylized like a paper doll, with multiple options for his garb: bohemian, flower child choices...
