A Gift of Dharma for 11.29.09
Today’s quote comes to us from Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a Tibetan Buddhist nun in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. Born in London, Ani-la converted to Buddhism as a teenager, feeli

A Flower from the Venerable
One of our Ph.D. students at University of the West, Venerable Hyun Gak Sunim, served as the English translator for Master Sul Jung Sunim, the P’ang Jang (or, spiritual head) of the Chogye Order of Korean Buddhism, during his recent visit to the United States.  Master Sul Jung came to the Detroit Zen Center from November 5th

“Buddhists Behaving Badly?” – This Week’s Post is Up at Shambhala Sun Space!
My latest “On the Buddhism Beat” post is now online over at Shambhala Sun Space.  The biggest news developments this week revolved around what I referred to as “Buddhists behaving badly”:  among other things, a prominent Singaporean Buddhist monk was convicted of fraud and sentenced to ten months in prison, and a Burmese monk caused a scare on an a

A Gift of Dharma for 11.28.09
Today’s quote comes to us from Bhadantācariya Buddhaghosa, the great Indian Buddhist scholar of the fifth century. According to the Mahavamsa, Buddhaghosa, whose name means “The Voice of the Buddha,” was born into a Brahmin family in the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadhi, somew

More about the Situation at Bat Nha Monastery
Our friend Maia Duerr at the brand new, super-cool blog The Jizo Chronicles brings us the news that “the European Parliament overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning the violence against Bat Nha monks and nuns and calling on Vietnam to curb its violations of freedom o