spiritual friendship

“The Yogi’s Joy,” by Sangharakshita

How would you feel if your teacher burned your book collection? A new book by Sangharakshita highlights a challenging friendship…

June 11, 2010

The art of ditching old friends, and of finding new ones

What do you do when you find you've changed -- but your friends haven't? Bodhipaksa recounts how he found himself…

May 17, 2010

“Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With” by Gaylon Ferguson

A new book by Gaylon Ferguson argues that the biggest obstacle to natural wakefulness is the materialism that has us…

May 13, 2009

“Razor-Wire Dharma” by Calvin Malone

For some inmates imprisonment offers an opportunity to reflect on the causes and conditions that have shaped their lives, and…

May 4, 2009

Being an introvert in an extroverted world

Introverts can feel disadvantaged when everybody else seems so comfortably extroverted. But Sunada feels that the world benefits from the…

October 23, 2008

Elizabeth Appell: “And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”

I sometimes think that my life has proceeded by way of a series of breakdowns and reconstructions. Such episodes haven't…

July 24, 2008

First Online Dating Service for Buddhists Debuts (Buddhist News Network)

In a sign of the times, Buddhists now have their own online dating site. Launched in February, DharmaDate, at www.dharmadate.com,…

March 3, 2004