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    To Uphold the World Paid Member

    By Bruce Rich
    The Catholic theologian Hans Küng observed that “a global market economy requires a global ethic.” Yet at the very moment when the need for just such an ethic is more urgent than ever, our national and global systems of governance seem effectively paralyzed in moving toward it. More »
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    Whose Buddhism is Truest? Paid Member

    By Linda Heuman
    Two thousand years ago, Buddhist monks rolled up sutras written on birch bark, stuffed them into earthen pots, and buried them in a desert. We don’t know why. They might have been disposing of sacred trash. Maybe they were consecrating a stupa. If they meant to leave a gift for future members of the Buddhist community—a wisdom time capsule, so to speak—they succeeded; and they could never have imagined how great that gift would turn out to be. More »
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    One Dharma Paid Member

    By Joseph Goldstein
    This is a unique time in the history of Buddhism. Different Buddhist traditions are meeting and interacting with one another here in the West, often for the first time in centuries. Just as the dharma spread from India through many countries in Asia, each one finding its own voice, here, too, we're seeing the emergence of a Western Buddhism, something that is unique to our own time and culture. The defining characteristic of this emerging Western Buddhism is a basic pragmatism, rather than an adherence to some philosophical system or sectarian viewpoint. What most characterizes the One Dharma of the West is an allegiance to a very simple question: What works? What works to free the mind from suffering? What works to accomplish the heart of compassion? What works to awaken us from the dream states of our ignorance? More »
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    13 Ways of Looking at a Madman Paid Member

    By Clark Strand
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    Being Somebody, Going Somewhere Paid Member

    By Alex Gooch
    I have yet to experience a story. I think stories are actually lies. But they are incredibly important to our survival.  —Wim Wenders, “Impossible Stories” More »