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		<title>On Quitting Things (Including This Blog)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[“The main thing I have done in the way of news since I last wrote was to quit the university… It’s a relief. I get disillusioned at a pace just short of geological, but I finally saw undeniably that, aside from my ‘reputation,’ the university had no use for me, and that, aside from the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who Are My Heroes of 2014? Maybe You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 20:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Patheos Public Square on Heroes of 2014. Read other perspectives here. Here is the prompt we had to work with: “December will see an array of blockbuster movies to entertain during the holidays. Two of these, Exodus: Gods and Kings (releasing 12 December) and Unbroken (releasing 25 December), draw on big stories—one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Roundabout Defense of the “Mandala Form” for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship&#8217;s National Gathering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[That’s the title of my latest post for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship’s Turning Wheel Media, as well as one of my recent talks for the recent Eco-Dharma Conference &#38; Retreat at the Wonderwell Mounatin Refuge in Springfield, NH. Here’s a snippet: Those participating in the environmental movement — and, by extension, the Eco-Dharma movement — have a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>No. 8 (in Absentia)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 18:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over at Tricycle‘s blog, the mighty Buddhist-feminist scholar Dr. Rita Gross has what I believe the kids call an epic takedown of the latest Patheos Public Square on “Expanding Leadership Opportunities for Buddhist Women”. Do give the whole piece a read. Specifically, Dr. Gross calls out the framing of the discussion in terms of the “risks [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Miss Justin Whitaker&#8217;s New Interview with the Creators of transbuddhists.org</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My friend and colleague in Patheos blogging, Justin Whitaker, has a new interview with the creators of transbuddhists.org over at his blog American Buddhist Perspective. Do make sure you take a look at it. Here’s a snippet: Who counts as “trans*” and why is it important for Buddhists today to understand the term? We use trans* [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi&#8217;s Message for Buddhist Global Relief&#8217;s 2014 Walks to Feed the Hungry [UPDATED]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi has recorded a new video message to launch Buddhist Global Relief’s 2014 Walks to Feed the Hungry. You can watch it below. The walks are described by Buddhist Global Relief in this way: The Walks to Feed the Hungry are walks at locations around the world. These events are designed to raise [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A New Investigative Report on Wat Phra Dhammakaya for The Bangkok Post</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Journalist Nattha Thepbamrung has a new investigative report on Thailand’s Wat Dhammakaya, the hugely successful but also controversial Buddhist organization, at the Spectrum section of the Bangkok Post this week. Since it came out with its esoteric teachings on Buddhism in 1970, the secretive Dhammakaya temple and its adherents have been rumoured to be involved in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Group of Exiled Tibetan Monks Stood in Solidarity with Protesters in Ferguson [TWICE UPDATED]</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2014 12:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[SECOND UPDATE: Joshua Eaton has a great article about the monks and their participation for Tricycle‘s blog today. Don’t miss it. – 8/21/14] [UPDATE: The Huffington Post has more on this story today. – 8/19/14] A tip-of-the-hat to the Buddhist Peace Fellowship for this one, which came to their attention via Rohin Guha, an editor at The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Thoughts On Jack Kornfield&#8217;s Shambhala Sun Piece About Burma</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jack Kornfield has a new piece about the violence committed by Burmese Buddhists against Muslim Rohingyas in the latest issue of Shambhala Sun. You can read it online here, or download a PDF version of the magazine pages here. This is a snippet from the very beginning: On the surface, upcountry Burma is not very [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New York Times Op-Doc Shows Buddhist Monks Helping Cambodia&#8217;s Imperiled Chong People</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/dannyfisher/2014/07/new-york-times-op-doc-shows-buddhist-monks-helping-cambodias-imperiled-chong-people/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you’re going to watch one thing today, watch this. At the New York Times‘ website, award-winning filmmaker Kalyanee Mam describes her short film “A Threat to Cambodia’s Sacred Forests,” the latest op-doc for the paper, this way: In southwest Cambodia, at the foot of the Cardamom Mountains, is a single dirt road that meanders through the heart [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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