Tag: buddhism

One who understands the truth of fear, the truth of desire, understands the truth of us.

In the Dalai Lama’s latest book, “Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions,” co-authored by American Tibetan Buddhist nun, Venerable Thubten Chodron, various practices are explained and misconceptions are corrected.

Uber-atheist Sam Harris is getting all spiritual. In his new book, “Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion,” the usually outspoken critic of religion describes how spirituality can and must be divorced from religion if the human mind is to reach its full potential.

I think the quick answer you’d get from any school of Buddhism might be: slowly, with patient perseverance.

Although he was an important reformer of Indian society and its religious practices, the Buddha’s concerns addressed the individual, not the fixing of social systems.

In short, yes. Agnostic Buddhism is very much a thing, but commonly called secular Buddhism.

With the coming of Lent this week and Ash Wednesday (March 5), I've been thinking about the interesting parallels between the life of Jesus and the life of Buddha.