politics

The Buddha and Occupy Wall Street

The Buddha's concerns with politics -- or at least those what found their way into his teachings and have been…

October 14, 2011

Robert Thurman talks at Occupy Wall Street

Robert Thurman, the Buddhist writer and Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, gave a rousing address to the…

October 14, 2011

Study Points to heavy-handed repression of Tibetan area in China

Edward Wong: The rise in anti-Chinese tensions and protests in a restive Tibetan region of Sichuan Province, including a startling…

October 13, 2011

Meditation on the front lines at Occupy Wall Street

People with the Occupy Wall Street protest in Zuccotti Park form a circle and meditate on October 5, 2011 in…

October 8, 2011

South Africa denies visa to Dalai Lama

The government of South Africa has refused to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, who has been forced to…

October 4, 2011

Two Tibetan monks set themselves on fire in protest

Edward Wong: Two young Tibetan monks set themselves on fire on Monday at an embattled monastery in western China to…

September 28, 2011

Making Wise Decisions

Decisions shape our lives, but psychologists say we are remarkably bad at making them. That’s true of strategic decisions, tactical…

September 6, 2011

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets with President Obama

President Barack Obama meets with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House, Saturday,…

July 16, 2011

Tibet’s quiet revolution

It’s been startling to witness mass demonstrations in countries across the Middle East for freedom from autocracy, while, in the…

March 20, 2011

Dalai Lama to retire from political life

The Dalai Lama has announced he will retire from political life within days. In a speech posted on the internet…

March 10, 2011