About: Reverend Danny Fisher
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 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Discusses Children’s Role in Peace and Justiceby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 25, 2010 An idol to millions, Archbishop Desmond Tutu represents a living embodiment of the kind of Christianity we can all fall in love with—one based on love and compassion, not judgement and righteousness. 94 views |
 “Sit Down, Rise Up”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 Buddhist meditation—in an NYC Subway! For more, check out Rod Meade Sperry’s Shambhala Sun Space post about the ID Project’s “Sit Down, Rise Up” meditation marathon here. 505 views |
 “American Zenophilia”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 24, 2010 Humanities, a publication of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has a story in the latest issue about Buddhism in America. Among others, author Sarah Pulliam Bailey talks to Christopher Queen, the Harvard scholar behind Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (with Sallie B. King) and Engaged Buddhism in the West; David Grubin, director [...] 242 views |
 Moving Dharmaby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 23, 2010 Our friend Sumi Loundon Kim writes to tell us about Harrison Blum and Moving Dharma: Moving Dharma strives to wed the moving body with the awakening mind by harnessing the potential of kinesthetic learning and embodied spirituality through the tools of creative movement structures, breakdancing fundamentals, improvisational dance, and small group choreography. Workshops and jams [...] 58 views |
 Shepard Fairey’s latest Subject: first Obama, now the Dalai Lama.by Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 23, 2010 This via our friend and Shambhala Sun Space editor Rod Meade Sperry at The Worst Horse: Shep Fairey — he of the ubiquitous Obama poster, the ubiquitous Obey Giant street-art campaign, and countless other works, has now portrayed the Dalai Lama in this new portrait, Compassion. You may recall that Fairey recently portrayed Aung San [...] 803 views |
 Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Africa’s “Step Backward” on Human Rightsby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 22, 2010 In the pages of The Washington Post today, Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes about Africa’s “step backward” on human rights. Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity — or because of their sexual [...] 84 views |
 Arrest Yourself 2010 – Global Action for Burmaby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 21, 2010 52 views |
 His Holiness the Karmapa Announces the First North American Kagyu Monlamby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 20, 2010 This from MahaSangha News: His Holiness Karmapa has dedicated his leadership and responsibility to engaging people from around the world to come together and pray for universal peace. As an extension of the Kagyu Monlam held annually in Bodhgaya, India the first North American Kagyu Monlam provides people of the world an opportunity to generate [...] 254 views |
 The Top Ten Buddhist News Stories of 2009by Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 4, 2010 Buddhism has been in the news a lot lately—so much so that it was one of the top ten Google trends only days ago. With disgraced celebrity golfer Tiger Woods having mentioned the religion of his birth in a statement to the media, and comments about the athlete’s faith from Brit Hume and Bill Maher [...] 1,137 views |
An Appeal from the Engaged Zen Foundationby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 2, 2010 This from our friend and past interviewee Kobutsu Malone at the Engaged Zen Foundation: Dear Friends and Supporters, It has been a long time since The Engaged Zen Foundation has put out an appeal for funding. EZF has been surviving on the donations of a very small number of individuals and frequent infusion of funds [...] 109 views |
 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is April 18th-24th, 2010by Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 2, 2010 This from our dear friend Alisa Roadcup at the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions: Dear friends and family, The Office of Victims of Crime (OVC) at the United States Department of Justice has just released its 2010 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week video. The Voices and Faces Project, (the Chicago-based anti-violence organization [...] 405 views |
 Check Out Karen Kissel Wigela’s New Psychology Today Blogby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 2, 2010 Karen Kissel Wigela is a super-cool professor of contemplative psychology at my graduate alma mater Naropa University. She’s also the author of the wonderful books How to Be a Help Instead of a Nuisance: Practical Approaches to Giving Support, Service, and Encouragement to Others and The Courage to Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening [...] 322 views |
Wandering Mind Teaserby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 1, 2010 This from Theodore Martland, the filmmaker behind the award-winning Dhamma Dana, which I previously blogged about in these posts: 68 views |
The Institute of Buddhist Studies Has a New YouTube Channelby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 1, 2010 The Institute of Buddhist Studies has a new YouTube channel. Check out their first video, made by our pal in the Buddhoblogosphere Dr. Scott A. Mitchell of the buddha is my dj and the DharmaRealm podcast: 172 views |
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama Sends His Condolences to the People of Chileby Reverend Danny Fisher on Mar 1, 2010 This from the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: March 1st 2010 On February 28th, 2010, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent a letter President Michelle Bachelet of Chile to express his sadness “by the loss of many lives and the extensive damage to roads and buildings as a result of the massive earthquake [...] 78 views |
This Year’s Oscar Predictions from the Mindful Critic.by Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 28, 2010 Next Sunday will see the broadcast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. After seeing most of the nominated films as part of my work on a recent list of the “Ten Best Films of 2009″ for elephant, I find that I’m paying closer attention to the race this year just as I did last year. As such, [...] 1,988 views |
 Come to the 2010 Interfaith Dialogue at University of the West!by Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 9, 2010 As I’ve previously mentioned at my personal blog, Hsi Lai Friends is organizing an interfaith dialogue at University of the West next month. The official website has the full program, as well as information about the keynote speaker and some of the facilitators. Check it all out at http://www.hsilaifriends.org/2010interfaith. Below, you will find the official [...] 100 views |
 Buddhist Hospice Chaplain Hollie Laudal Blogs for the Examinerby Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 8, 2010 My old friend Hollie Laudal, with whom I graduated from the M.Div. program at Naropa University, has just started writing a blog for the Examiner. Hollie is a hospice chaplain, and her first post reflects on the evolution of the role of the health care chaplain. Here’s a choice snippet: Chaplains play interesting roles. Many [...] 379 views |
 Sylvia Boorstein Offering First Online Retreatby Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 3, 2010 This from MahaSangha News: Sylvia Boorstein is one of the world’s most esteemed teachers of Buddhist wisdom and practice. In an exclusive online retreat with Spiritualityandpractice.com, she offers a summation of her years as a preeminent teacher of lovingkindness. Lovingkindness is called metta in Pali, the original language of the Buddha. Metta is a derivative [...] 188 views |
Access to Insight Launches New, Free iPhone Applicationby Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 3, 2010 Our pal Justin Whitaker at American Buddhist Perspective brings exciting news for those of us using the Apple iPhone: Appmagination has produced a brand new application for Access to Insight that launched this week. Here’s the description from iTunes: The best “eBook” about Buddhism on the app store! This application contains the entire offline version [...] 118 views |
 “The Activist Buddhist”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 3, 2010 The Washington Post/Newsweek venture On Faith profiles the great Engaged Buddhist icon Sulak Sivaraksa. Don’t miss this piece. 69 views |
 University of the West Celebrates $1.1 Million in Scholarships for Buddhist Studiesby Reverend Danny Fisher on Feb 2, 2010 This news from my workplace, University of the West: Contact: Jason Kosareff Enrollment Counselor University of the West 1409 N. Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770 Phone (626) 677-3311 jasonk@uwest.edu Press Release University of the West Celebrates $1.1 Million in Scholarships for Buddhist Students International Buddhist Education Foundation tops $1.1 million in scholarships with major [...] 142 views |
 The Mindful Critic’s Ten Best Films of 2009by Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 25, 2010 OK, everybody, here are this year’s picks: 10. Star Trek by J.J. Abrams It’s a mark of Star Trek’s incredible success that it scores big points not only with loyal fans of the venerable TV series and its many spin-offs, but with folks like me, who have no interest in the canon whatsoever. Like Steven [...] 1,056 views |
 James Zito’s New Film Inquiry Into the Great Matter: A History of Zen Buddhism is Now Available on DVD!by Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 21, 2010 Boulder’s very own James Zito is pleased to announce the DVD release of his new documentary Inquiry Into the Great Matter: A History of Zen Buddhism. At the film’s website, James describes it this way: This film tracks the evolution of Zen Buddhism from its beginnings in the China of the T’ang Dynasty to its transfer [...] 413 views |
 The Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi Speaks with Danny Fisher about How to Help Haiti at Shambhala Sun Spaceby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 Recently, I had the great fortune and distinct pleasure to interview the Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi about his work with Buddhist Global Relief and the Buddhist Climate Declaration. As we were wrapping up this week, the earthquake in Haiti occurred. I asked him two questions about the disaster, and our friends at Shambhala Sun Space were [...] 243 views |
 Yele Haitiby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 Over at The Nation, John Nichols offers an important plug for Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti, and the organization’s work related to earthquake relief. He also reposts a statement from the founder, which I will repost as well: Haiti today faced a natural disaster of unprecedented proportion, an earthquake unlike anything the country has ever experienced. The magnitude 7.0 earthquake [...] 138 views |
 L.A.’s Bodhi Tree Bookstore to Closeby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 Sad news for Buddhists in the L.A. area: Melrose Avenue’s famed Bodhi Tree Bookstore is closing after forty years of business. : ( 164 views |
 PBS’s The Buddhaby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 I’ve just become aware of an upcoming PBS documentary by David Grubin entitled The Buddha. There’s a new Facebook page for it, a pre-order form for the DVD at the PBS Shop, and an official website. Here’s what we know: The Buddha, a two-hour documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, [...] 831 views |
 A Collective Awakening for the Future of Our Planet: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Message to the 2009 Parliament of World Religionsby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 This via our dear friend Alisa Roadcup at the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions: Thay Thich Nhat Hanh offers a special Dharma Talk to the 2009 Parliament of World Religions being held in Melbourne Australia. This very special and powerful talk, transmitted by video to hundereds of people in Australia, opens the doors of [...] 260 views |
Damien Rice’s “Unplayed Piano”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Jan 16, 2010 This from the U.S. Campaign for Burma: This is an excerpt from a documentary film, Doiyeh, sponsored by Human Rights Action Center and U.S. Campaign for Burma. Doiyeh, in Burmese, means “Our cause, our rights”. As you watch this, there are: – over 3,500 villages destroyed by the Burmese Army – 90,000 child soldiers conscripted [...] 171 views |
 The Mindful Critic’s Ten Best Film Performances of the Last Decadeby Reverend Danny Fisher on Dec 20, 2009 As a follow-up of sorts to my list of the “Ten Best Films of the 00s”, I’m borrowing a page from the Onion A.V. Club‘s playbook and sharing my picks for the ten best film performances of the last decade. Enjoy, and please share your picks with us in the comments. * 10. Kate Winslet [...] 1,121 views |
 The Mindful Critic’s Ten Best Films of the ’00s.by Reverend Danny Fisher on Dec 7, 2009 For me as a cineaste, the ’00s will be remembered as the decade of nonfiction films. Indeed, many documentaries had incredibly powerful effects: Fahrenheit 9/11 did business worthy of a comic superhero film, and also put Michael Moore on the cover of Time Magazine and at the center of a U.S. Presidential election; An Inconvenient [...] 2,230 views |
 “No Buddhists in Washington?”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 30, 2009 I’ve got a new article up at one of my very favorite websites, Religion Dispatches, today. The editors gave the piece this tease: Buddhism, which has a larger US population than either Islam or Hinduism, has had a sizable and growing impact on American culture. So why no representative on the Obama administration’s Advisory Council [...] 113 views |
 Burma VJ Shortlisted for the 2009 Academy Awardsby Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 21, 2009 Exciting news this morning: The recent film Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, which features the work of citizen journalists inside the title country’s 2007 “Saffron Revolution,” has been shortlisted for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Here’s what the editors of the Guardian said in their powerful endorsement of the film [...] 173 views |
 His Holiness the Dalai Lama Among Deepak Chopra’s “Seven Most Powerful Teachers”by Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 21, 2009 In a new feature for Forbes, Deepak Chopra names his “Seven Most Powerful Teachers”. Among them is His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, about whom Chopra says: He is world-famous as the face of Eastern spirituality. His life embodies every truth he speaks, but he also works tirelessly to advance knowledge of the [...] 440 views |
 Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown Offers a Contemplative Approach to Religious Pluralismby Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 21, 2009 This from Alisa Roadcup at the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions: As part of a series of articles in preparation for the upcoming Parliament in Melbourne, the Council is currently featuring a piece by elephant journal friend Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown, Ph.D. The article, entitled “Commitment and Openness: A Contemplative Approach to Pluralism”, [...] 179 views |
 E-mail Your Member of Congress to Support House Resolution 898 for the People of Burmaby Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 21, 2009 This from the U.S. Campaign for Burma: Crimes against humanity and war crimes continue to be committed by the Burmese Junta. The Burmese regime has destroyed 3,500 ethnic minority villages, recruited tens of thousands of child soldiers, and used systematic rape as a weapon of war. The people in Burma deserve to live without these [...] 131 views |
 Dhamma Dana Wins Best Domestic Documentary Prize at the 2009 Queens International Film Festivalby Reverend Danny Fisher on Nov 21, 2009 Dhamma Dana, a documentary I previously blogged about here, has won the Best Domestic Documentary Prize at the 2009 Queens International Film Festival. Made by Theodore Martland, the film documents Buddhist monastic life in Burma today, and is full of striking images. Teddy is selling copies of the DVD at his website for $12.82, and [...] 87 views |
 At Buddhists’ Request, Taiwan Enacts World’s Strictest Law on Veggie Food Labelingby Reverend Danny Fisher on Oct 18, 2009 Rev. Heng Sure at Dharma Forest points us to a story from earlier this summer that I missed: Earth Times reports that Taiwan has recently enacted “the world’s strictest law on labeling vegetarian food at the request of Buddhists and people who eat vegetarian for health reasons.” The report continues that, as of this past [...] 195 views |
 “Gendered Imaginings of ‘Courage’ and ‘Compassion’”…and President Thich Nhat Hanh?by Reverend Danny Fisher on Oct 17, 2009 Over at Religion Dispatches, writer Ryan Croken offers a really interesting piece about “gendered imaginings of ‘courage’ and ‘compassion’” and the seeming “incompatibility of spiritual intelligence with political viability.” There are also some interesting observations in there about the role of monasticism–represented pictorially by the two spiritual titans above (Thomas Merton and His Holiness the Dalai Lama). The author [...] 139 views |
 Way Cool Kicks: Vegan, “Free Tibet” Sneakers!by Reverend Danny Fisher on Oct 15, 2009 My news reader picked up this item for me today about a new shoe being manufactured by Komodo. See the photo below. The report says that 20% of the proceeds from every shoe sold will go the Free Tibet Campaign. 199 views |
 Top Ten Buddhist Moments in Non-Buddhist Movies (Inspired by Shambhala SunSpace)by Reverend Danny Fisher on Sep 30, 2009 A few months ago, over at Shambhala Sun Space, web editor and elephant journal bud Rod Meade Sperry asked readers, “What’s your favorite movie moment that somehow touches on or refers to Buddhism, but isn’t from a specifically Buddhist film?” Since posting this question, Rod has had dozens of replies, many of which included some very interesting picks. [...] 1,315 views |
 “Buddhist Horror Film” Mantra Wins Best Picture at Fifth Annual Fright Night Film Festby Reverend Danny Fisher on Sep 17, 2009 “Lara Blake and Ashley Florence eat your delusions in Brian Wimer’s Buddhist horror movie Mantra.” Photo by Sallah Baloch for The Hook. The Hook reports that director Brian Wimer’s new “Buddhist horror film” Mantra has won the Best Picture prize at this year’s Fright Night Film Fest. The film is “based on the director’s personal [...] 1,005 views |
 The Mindful Critic’s 50 Greatest Filmsby Reverend Danny Fisher on Aug 8, 2009 Over at his blog for the Chicago Sun-Times, the marvelous film critic Roger Ebert writes about “greatest movies ever” lists just as another one debuts. He writes correctly, I think: All lists of the “greatest” movies are propaganda. They have no deeper significance. It is useless to debate them. That in mind, I present to you [...] 2,241 views |
 Verdict Due: World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Recipient to be Sentenced In Three Days!by Reverend Danny Fisher on Aug 6, 2009 This from the U.S. Campaign for Burma: PRESS RELEASE: August 5th, 2008 Verdict Due: World’s Only Imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Recipient to be Sentenced In Six Days Desmond Tutu Calls for UN Security Council to Take Action Contact: Jeremy Woodrum (202) 246-7924 (Washington, DC) On Tuesday, August 11th, Burma’s military regime will issue a verdict [...] 145 views |
 Check Out AmyKnowsBest.Com!by Reverend Danny Fisher on Aug 2, 2009 My friend and University of the West colleage Dr. Amy Demyan just launched her new website, AmyKnowsBest.Com, yesterday. I was very pleased to have been able to contribute a short mindfulness meditation exercise to the “Mind|Body|Soul” section as part of its debut. I hope you’ll check out my post and the rest of what Amy and her [...] 113 views |
 Jaimal Yogis is Coming to Colorado Next Weekby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jul 27, 2009 Jaimal Yogis, author of the new book Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (which I favorably reviewed for this website) is coming to Colorado next week. Check below for appearance listings. And for other engagements elsewhere, follow this link. Tuesday, August 04, 7:30 PM Boulder Bookstore 107 Pearl St., Boulder, CO [...] 49 views |
 Beastie Boy and Tibet Activist Adam Yauch Diagnosed with Salivary Gland Cancerby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jul 21, 2009 This via Josh Modell at the A.V. Club: Beastie Boy, movie producer, and Tibet activist Adam Yauch (A.K.A. “MCA”) has been diagnosed with cancer of a salivary gland and lymph node. The prognosis seems positive–he refers to having surgery next week, and localized radiation treatments after that, but also notes that he had a full-body [...] 2,166 views |
 An Invitation from Richard Gereby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jul 21, 2009 “The ability of a brutal government to control images can only be successful to a certain point.” It’s Burma VJ, a new documentary that, according to this moving video, is only now viewable if you happen to live on a little island somewhere north of…well, everything. ~ ed. This via Arun at Angry Asian Buddhist: [...] 150 views |
 The Grocery Checkout and Practicing with Angerby Reverend Danny Fisher on Jul 15, 2009 Over at the Tricycle Editors’ Blog, Rachel Hiles kindly posted on a recent post of mine about contemplating anger at the grocery checkout. In writing about my post, she took the opportunity to ask readers the following: Has anyone out there had an experience in which you chose to be proactive rather than reactive? Did [...] 150 views |
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