http://buddhism.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2014-05-22T11:23:48Z Thu, 22 May 2014 11:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/28/is-buddhism-still-hip.htm <p>Dr. Andrew Skilton, Senior Research Fellow at King's College London, asks "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/27039902">Why is Buddhism so hip?</a>"&#160; And I thought, wow, we're still hip? I thought we had moved a bit past hip. Maybe London has different standards for hipness.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/28/is-buddhism-still-hip.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/28/is-buddhism-still-hip.htm Wed, 28 May 2014 19:43:51 +0000 2014-05-28T19:43:51Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/violence-and-expression.htm <p>A few days ago <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/whoswhoinbuddhism/a/dalailamabio.htm">His Holiness the Dalai Lama</a> called for an <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/10/world/asia/dalai-lama-urges-outside-inquiry-into-spate-of-self-immolations-among-tibetans.html?action=click&#038;module=Search&#038;region=searchResults&#038;mabReward=relbias%3Ar&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fquery.nytimes.com%2Fsearch%2Fsitesearch%2F%3Faction%3Dclick%26region%3DMasthead%26pgtype%3DHomepage%26module%3DSearchSubmit%26contentCollection%3DHomepage%26t%3Dqry372%23%2Fdalai%2520lama&#038;_r=0">outside inquiry</a> into the continuing self-immolations of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/vajrayanabuddhism/a/tibetanoverview.htm">Tibetan Buddhists </a>protesting China's policies toward Tibet. There have been more ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/violence-and-expression.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/violence-and-expression.htm Thu, 22 May 2014 11:23:48 +0000 2014-05-22T11:23:48Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/japanese-buddhists-rally-for-pacifism.htm <p>Clergy and lay Buddhists in Japan are protesting a proposed "reinterpretation" of the Japanese constitution. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to ask for Japan's strict limits on its use of military force to be eased. In particular, he wants to allow Japan's military to&#160; fight alongside allies in the interest of regional security.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/japanese-buddhists-rally-for-pacifism.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/22/japanese-buddhists-rally-for-pacifism.htm Thu, 22 May 2014 09:35:13 +0000 2014-05-22T09:35:13Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/15/finding-yourself.htm <p>Truly, how the world appears depends a whole lot on where you are while you observe it. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://dangerousharvests.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-heart-mind-split-in-modern-american.html">Nathan at Dangerous Harvests</a> has a post up about what he sees as "two camps" of American (convert) Buddhism, and while there are such camps, they are only a small part of what I see from <em>here</em>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/15/finding-yourself.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/15/finding-yourself.htm Thu, 15 May 2014 13:51:59 +0000 2014-05-15T13:51:59Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/13/vesak-today.htm <p>Japanese Buddhism doesn't "do" <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhistholidays/a/vesakpuja.htm">Vesak</a>, exactly, and if it weren't for the nice person who sent me a "happy Vesak" email I may have missed it. But it's today, folks. So happy Vesak! Here's a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/buddhistholidays/ig/Images-of-Vesak/">photo gallery of Vesak images</a> from almost around the world!</p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/13/vesak-today.htm Tue, 13 May 2014 11:57:18 +0000 2014-05-13T11:57:18Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/08/war-and-sutras-ii.htm <p>In the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/07/war-and-sutras.htm">last post</a> I started a critique of the essay "Making Merit Through Warfare and Torture According to the Arya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upayaisaya-vikurvana-nirdesa-Sutra" by Professor Stephen Jenkins. Beyond the inflammatory and inaccurate title, the essay does argue that the sutra condones violence. The arguments presented to support this view seem flimsy, however.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/08/war-and-sutras-ii.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/08/war-and-sutras-ii.htm Thu, 08 May 2014 10:11:32 +0000 2014-05-08T10:11:32Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/07/war-and-sutras.htm <p>I recently read a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/mahayanabuddhism/a/aboutmahayana.htm">Mahayana</a> sutra with the unfortunate title Arya-Bodhisattva-gocara-upayaisaya-vikurvana-nirdesa-Sutra, which I understand translates as "The Revelation of Transformational Activities in the Range of the Bodhisattva." The only English translation, by Lozang Jamspal, is from a 9th century Tibetan translation of the now-lost Sanskrit original.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/07/war-and-sutras.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/07/war-and-sutras.htm Wed, 07 May 2014 12:11:49 +0000 2014-05-07T12:11:49Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/about-the-blog-2.htm <p>I understand that About.com is dropping the blog feature from our sites soon. I'm very sad about this, but I understand they are setting up some other system that will allow us to continue to keep talking to each other. So do watch for that.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/about-the-blog-2.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/about-the-blog-2.htm Thu, 01 May 2014 15:45:08 +0000 2014-05-01T15:45:08Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/nobody-owns-the-dharma.htm <p>Following up the "<a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/04/23/what-to-do-about-sri-lanka.htm">What to Do About Sri Lanka?</a>" post from last week, and some of the comments -- <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://hardcorezen.info/white-buddhist-tells-singhalese-buddhists-about-buddhism-philly-debut/2722">Brad Warner</a> had some similar reactions to his comments about the British woman deported for having a Buddha tattoo. "Most of the responses I got were pretty positive. But a few people objected. A <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://hardcorezen.info/white-buddhist-tells-singhalese-buddhists-about-buddhism-philly-debut/2722">guy on Twitter said</a>, 'White Buddhist tells Sinhalese Buddhists about Buddhism.'"</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/nobody-owns-the-dharma.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/05/01/nobody-owns-the-dharma.htm Thu, 01 May 2014 13:57:50 +0000 2014-05-01T13:57:50Z http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/04/24/the-panchen-lama-is-still-missing.htm <p>These week <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/vajrayanabuddhism/a/tibetanoverview.htm">Tibetan Buddhists</a> are observing the 25th birthday of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/od/Schools-of-Tibetan-Buddhism/a/The-Panchen-Lama.htm">His Holiness Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, 11th Panchen Lama</a>, who hasn't been seen since 1995. Tibetans still call him a political prisoner of China, but I suspect it's highly unlikely he and his family are still alive. We can always hope, of course.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/04/24/the-panchen-lama-is-still-missing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://buddhism.about.com/b/2014/04/24/the-panchen-lama-is-still-missing.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:42:04 +0000 2014-04-24T10:42:04Z