politics

Of a sustained Buddhist extremism in Sri Lanka

Raashid Riza, Sri Lanka Guardian: The last few months have seen a rapid increase in anti-Muslim sentiment amongst sections of…

October 5, 2012

Burmese Christians forced to convert to Buddhism

The Express Tribune: Christian students from Myanmar’s Chin ethnic minority have been forced to convert to Buddhism, shave their heads…

September 10, 2012

In Buddhist Burma, monks gone wild

Andrew Lam: New American Media: For a country steeped in Buddhism, Burma is accruing terrible karmic debts. Alarming news and…

August 5, 2012

What should the Dalai Lama do about Tibetan self-immolations?

On CNN, we see two dramatically different views on the Dalai Lama's position on the wave of self-immolations by Tibetans…

July 18, 2012

Violent Buddhists and the “No True Scotsman” fallacy

I recently had a conversation on Google+ (it's a social network that's -- in my opinion -- a much better…

June 19, 2012

Why Buddhists should support marriage equality

Marriage equality is one of the key social and legal issues of our time. I’d like to offer a Buddhist…

June 9, 2012

New Jersey celebrates the 20th anniversary of Falun Dafa

Adriana Rambay Fernández, Hudson Reporter: People came out from across New Jersey on May 12 to observe World Falun Dafa…

May 21, 2012

Falun Gong brings tranquility to Times Square

Joshua Philipp & Zachary Stieber, Epoch Times: Something unique happened on Times Square on Saturday. From the morning until late…

May 20, 2012

San Diego County group continues fight against meditation center

The Bonsall Community Sponsor Group has filed an appeal to the county Planning Commission's April decision to allow a Buddhist…

May 4, 2012

Mindfulness: the altered state of America

Ed Halliwell, the Guardian: Mindfulness meditation was once a tool of the counter-culture. But now it's transforming the minds of…

April 27, 2012