Cultivating compassion and making choices

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 2, January 2007.  The first time I met a Tibetan monk I couldn’t believe how ‘normal’ he

Behind the tinkle of white cups is my aunt’s loud and confident voice, declaring that while gay marriage should be allowed, it shouldn’t be permissible for homosexuals to adopt children. Lest, of cour