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Continuing the Legacy of Chan Master Sheng Yen
The story of the founder of Dharma Drum Mountain
Uploaded 29 Dec 2016
Offering Welcome: Ayya Tathaloka
Interview with a pioneering Western Buddhist nun
Uploaded 8 Jul 2016
<i>Excavations at Kanaganahalli (Sannati, Dist. Gulbarga, Karnataka)</i> – Book Review
A comprehensive study of a spectacular excavation of Buddhist history
Uploaded 18 Dec 2015
<i>Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past: Sculpture from the Buddhist Stupas of Andhra Pradesh</i> – Book Review
A new book about Buddhist landmarks in Andhra Pradesh
Uploaded 10 Jul 2015
Dealing with Pleasure
There are many statements in Buddhist literature that make pleasure sound like something we should totally avoid. It might take some careful reading to recognize that the threat isn’t pleasure itself,
Uploaded 16 Jan 2015
Thelma’s Grudge: A Lesson in Compassion
In the mid-1990s, I spent a year as a volunteer at Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) Guest House in downtown San Francisco, helping the four resident patients one day a week. During that time, I learn
Uploaded 31 Oct 2014
Opening the Heart to Difficult People
Rick was a hardscrabble kid from Indiana who came to Zen Hospice Project’s (ZHP) four-patient guest house in downtown San Francisco with AIDS. He was not yet 20. I’d been volunteering
Uploaded 12 Sep 2014
Overcoming the Near Enemy of Lovingkindness
Being present with terminally ill people will teach you a lot. It’s a powerful mindfulness practice to maintain an accepting awareness of the sights, sounds, smells and emotions that arise. Many
Uploaded 10 Jul 2014
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