Witnessing a cultural shift

On the question of Buddhist detachment

There are unique experiences in the American heritage that have decisively influenced its culture: the encounter and conflict with Native Americans as the Other, slavery and civil war, and ascendancy

Editor's note: This feature was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 2, January 2007. Aaron Beck met the Dalai Lama in June 2005 at the Göteborg Convention Centre in Sweden for dial

A Forest Monk - An Interview with Ajahn Brahmavamso This interview is an excerpt from:  A Forest Monk and a Zen Roshi Radio National (ABC) – The Spirit of Things, with Dr. Rachael Kohn