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February 2014

February 02, 2014
...and I'm proud to say that it's by one of our students in the Buddhist...
February 01, 2014
My wife Steph and I learned recently that our neighborhood Ralph's is the very same...
February 01, 2014
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review recently posted on its a website a piece adapted from Andrew Holecek's...
February 01, 2014
Yesterday, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review posted on their Facebook page these two TIME Magazine covers (one from...
February 01, 2014
This news courtesy of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly Online: ...The University of Hamburg will be accepting...
February 01, 2014
There was quite a lot in the news today about Nick Kristof's Sunday column for...

January 2014

January 26, 2014
I don't know how he's doing it, considering the fact that he's hard at work...
January 22, 2014
"Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. It is...
January 21, 2014
This bittersweet BBC piece reminded me that I haven't yet mentioned here my first foray...
January 20, 2014
The entire "Epilogue" from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the...
January 20, 2014
I signed, and I hope you will too. In addition, as previously mentioned, I am a...
January 09, 2014
Continuing the end-of-the-year lists for 2013, here are five of my favorite dharma books from 2013....
January 08, 2014
Last year, I began a tradition at this blog of naming my favorite films of...

December 2013

December 10, 2013
...Then share yours at learntheaddress.org.
December 04, 2013
I'm a #LoveMore Ambassador -- very proudly so, given the vision of the project and...
December 01, 2013
This video of a talk by noted Buddhist scholar Robert H. Sharf comes to us...

November 2013

November 28, 2013
Though this story doesn't yet seem to have an angle relevant to the social justice...
November 24, 2013
Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of participating in Buddhist Global Relief’s “Walk to Feed...
November 18, 2013
This from our friend, the great Buddhist scholar Charles Prebish: Dear Colleagues and Friends: John...
November 17, 2013
Al Jazeera English has wonderful, in-depth reporting and photography about the "Buddhist monks from Phnom...
November 16, 2013
Between the Lines has a new interview with Soto Zen priest Shodo Spring about her...
November 15, 2013
This past week saw the 5th Khoryug Conference on Environmental Protection for Tibetan Buddhist Monasteries...
November 10, 2013
The Star reported recently on the International Buddhist-Muslim Forum on Peace and Sustainability, held recently at...
November 03, 2013
Recently, at University of the West, the Buddhist-inspired institution of higher education where I direct...

October 2013

October 25, 2013
This year, I'm once again participating in Buddhist Global Relief's "Walk to Feed the Hungry"...
October 18, 2013
This via the Upaya Newsletter: Find out more about the work of the International Buddhist...
October 14, 2013
My wife Steph and I were tickled pink to discover ourselves in the above picture...
October 13, 2013
As I write this, the U.S. government shutdown is in its 12th day and 12th hour....
October 11, 2013
...and if you're looking for a way to mark the occasion, I strongly suggest supporting the...
October 07, 2013
At his Wikipedia page, Brad Warner is described as "an American Sōtō Zen priest, author,...
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