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Toward more compassionate conversations online

Here are things I try to observe in my own communication online, especially around politics. These lessons are drawn from…

August 7, 2026

Buddhist monks on 2,300-mile “Peace Walk” across US

One of my students just let me know that there is a group of Buddhist monks walking from Texas to…

December 29, 2025

“Blessed is the man who knows his own weakness” — Isaac of Nineveh

Isaac of Nineveh, who is also known as Abba Isaac and as Saint Isaac the Syrian, was an important figure…

March 1, 2023

The Candy Crush Sutta

This is a bonus post, following from yesterday's, in which I interviewed the artificial intelligence known as ChatGPT about meditation.…

February 2, 2023

Staging a Coup Against Social Media Addiction (The Social Media Sutra, Part 5)

In a series of six posts (here are links to the Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part…

May 3, 2021

Turn Toward Your Pain (The Social Media Sutra, Part 4)

In a series of six posts (here’s a link to the Introduction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part…

February 3, 2021

Just turn away… (The Social Media Sutra, Part 3)

In a series of six posts I explain, using teachings from the early Buddhist scriptures, how we can free ourselves…

December 3, 2020

“Trust in the Dharma”

At one of the online meditation sessions the other day we were talking about the powerful attraction of social media.…

August 6, 2020

Look at the Drawbacks (The Social Media Sutra, Part 2)

In a series of posts I explain, using teachings from the early Buddhist scriptures, how we can free ourselves from…

January 13, 2020

Pivot toward the skillful (The Social Media Sutra, Part 1)

Background In a series of six posts (here are links to the Introduction,  Part 2,  Part 3, Part 4, and…

December 5, 2019