The Many Lives of Insight
Tracing the spread of insight meditation from Burma to the United States reveals how relationships between the secular and spiritual are reconfigured. By Erik Braun
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Month: March 2016
Nurturing Necessary Conversations
Interwoven themes of voice and expression, close relationship, conversation, and community run through this issue. By Julie Barker Gillette
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The Death of The Buddha’s Mother
The lore around Maya, who died soon after giving birth to the Buddha, illuminates the untold, uncounted stories of women who die in childbirth today. By Kim Gutschow
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#BlackLivesMatter and Living the Bodhisattva Vow
Convert sanghas in the United States need to be mindful of the potential for reducing Buddhism to a bourgeois “spirituality” that avoids addressing racial wounds. By Christopher Raiche
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Giving the Ghost a Voice
Buddhist practice has enabled this Filipino/Asian American to grapple with painful experiences around race that include feeling unseen and silenced. By Bryan Mendiola
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