by Infinite Smile | Dec 12, 2008 | Blog
Matt Duss, over at The Guardian has some policy analysis worthy of attention. What happens when a developmental orientation focused on a fundamentalist approach inspires foreign policy? What happens when this thinking becomes contagious through the (ahem… viral)...
by Infinite Smile | Dec 8, 2008 | Blog
TIME Magazine’s David van Biema gives us 2008’s Top 10 stories on religion. For my money, this story is especially fascinating since it applies to our sangha in really specific ways. A 35,000-person poll by the Pew Forum for Religion & Public Life...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog
Sylvia Boorstein recounts a dinner she attended on the eve of the US presidential election over at Shambhala Sun Space. My sense is that she expresses what many of us may have felt as the election process evolved. “A man sitting across from me, the one person...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog
This goes along with what I mentioned in yesterday’s post about Buddhism losing traction in the East. What’s the best way to get people back into the temple? Maybe a little messianic mythology and claims of reincarnated Buddhas could inspire clinging and...
by Infinite Smile | Nov 8, 2008 | Blog
In a a recent post over at Intent Blog, Deepak Chopra writes about taking a vow of non-violence in his thinking, speaking and his actions in front of an audience of 500 people at a plenary session of The Alliance for a New Humanity. I told them if they were ready to...
