by Infinite Smile | Jun 7, 2009 | Blog
I thought I’d share this exchange I just had with a reader: Michael, for some reason, issues of guru abuse are coming at me from every direction. I just had a good friend call me asking to talk – she has been with a guru here in the Bay Area for 7 years...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 4, 2009 | Blog
Carrie Rickey, at the Philadelphia Inquirer writes: Maybe you knew David Carradine from his role as the title character, the stonefaced assassin in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Or maybe you knew him as Woody Guthrie, the plainspoken folk singer and folk hero...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 2, 2009 | Blog
After yesterday’s post about Lama Osel Hita Torres leaving his leadership role in Tibetan Buddhism as well as his order, a reader wrote: We need more news like this. Westerners, disillusioned with their own religious institutions, often turn to Buddhism,...
by Infinite Smile | May 12, 2009 | Blog
The Guardian’s Ed Halliwell skilfully weighs in on Dawkins’ fundamentalism: I doubt it was his intention, but in 100 years time Richard Dawkins could be hailed as a prime architect of 21st-century religion. Though strident to the point of comic...
by Infinite Smile | May 1, 2009 | Blog
I wonder how today’s exchange at MIT will shake up the wider Buddhist community in the US? Audience member: Can you give us an example of a leader we should look up to as a positive influence? Dalai Lama (after thinking for a few seconds): President Bush. I...
