Buddhist-Founded University of the West Inducts New President

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 28, 2009

C.F. Lee, the new President of University of the West. Right on the heels of Naropa University's administrative change, the also-Buddhist-founded University of the West, where I serve as Coordinator of the Buddhist Chaplaincy Program, inducted a…

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Baby, You Have To Leave This Town.

By Joana Smith on Jun 28, 2009

Last week we went flying on an airplane to Boulder, CO, we had a party to get to. But when we returned home, someone had cut down four trees in the garden! They told…

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Alice Walker on Aung San Suu Kyi

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 27, 2009

  Via the Buddhist Peace Fellowship: Alice Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple, has written a lovely blog post with her reflections about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma's Nobel Peace laureate…

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Love Can Heal Anything [Birth As We Know It.]

By Sarah Miller on Jun 22, 2009

Lately my life has been consumed by the birthing process. Last week my sister gave birth to twin boys at home. In her living room. With a midwife. This is a rare feat in our…

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Buy a DVD Copy of Dhamma Dana–It’s Cheap and For a Good Cause

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 15, 2009

In my recent posting for MahaSangha News about the 30th Anniversary Reunion of Antioch Education Abroad's Buddhist Studies in India Program, I mentioned that one of the activities included a screening of a short…

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Did You Know that the First Female-to-Male Transsexual to Undergo a Phalloplasty Later Became a Buddhist Monk?

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 12, 2009

[UPDATE: Our friend James Shaheen, editor and publisher of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, writes to inform us that Pagan Kennedy wrote a piece for the venerable dharma magazine on this remarkable man for their…

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Five Great Dharma Books

By Reverend Danny Fisher on Jun 2, 2009

Over at The Huffington Post, our fearless leader Waylon Lewis shares some titles he considers to be among the best Buddhist books.  He invited me to share some of mine, and I've picked five…

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Review of Raga Unveiled: India’s Voice [Interview With Gita Desai.]

By Sarah Miller on May 31, 2009

A raga is a melody bejeweled with notes and emotions that colors or delights the mind. - Sage Matang, circa 700 AD Last week, I attended the Houston premier of Raga Unveiled: India’s Voice, a…

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“The Secret” Authentic Spirituality? Or Spiritual Materialism?

By Jayson Gaddis on May 24, 2009

It's time to go a little further with an intelligent discussion about "The Secret," Secret followers, and the claim that if you want something in life, all you have to do is manifest it and…

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What’s Going on with Aung San Suu Kyi, and What Can I Do?

By Reverend Danny Fisher on May 18, 2009

For those who don't know, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the leader of Burma's National League for Democracy, a political party founded in 1988 by activists opposed to the country's ruling military dictatorship.  Suu Kyi won…

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Stuart Davis: Sex, God, Rock n’ Roll. [In Boulder Last Night.]

By Sarah Miller on May 16, 2009

I usually am the last one to hear about things. Then I catch on and feel like I "discovered" something new, only to realize that everyone and their Uncle Joe already has a clue. Whoops!…

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Two “Enlightened Comics”.

By Sarah Miller on May 14, 2009

Enlightened laughter is in short supply. Get it while you can... Thanks to Mr. B. Watson.…

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What’s Your Favorite Book from Wisdom Publications?

By Reverend Danny Fisher on May 11, 2009

[This post is cross-posted at my personal blog.] Inspired by TMcG over at Full Contact Enlightenment, I think I'll repost my list of favorite titles from Wisdom Publications (so far). Recently, the good people…

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Attaining Ignorance: knowledge, dependent origination, and humility in life

By Henry Schliff on May 8, 2009

One primary aim of many religious traditions and spiritual disciplines is the acquisition of knowledge. Emphasis is often placed on gnosis of the supreme will or power of the universe, and coming to know…

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Why Be Green?

By Joana Smith on May 7, 2009

Why Be Green? You may have asked yourself this question before; or perhaps you've been asked this question by someone else. But how does one go about answering it? Perhaps there is a more…

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Yoga Snob Steps Out of the Closet.

By Sarah Miller on May 1, 2009

My ego needed some fresh air. I decided to hop a plane to Boulder and catch a taste of freedom… We’re an elite group. Some 5% of the world’s population who uses the word “ego”…

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Buddhist Chaplaincy Training in the United States

By Reverend Danny Fisher on May 1, 2009

[This post has been updated as of 9:00 a.m. PST on 5.4.09.  Thanks to Andrew Merz for the correction.] I haven't posted to Ye Olde Elephant Journal in a while because I recently moved…

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Unifying Head and Heart. [To Give, or Not to Give? That is the Question.]

By Sarah Miller on Apr 28, 2009

I’m not used to guys asking for my phone number. Where I come from, I’m not exactly anyone’s “type.”  I guess I’m a bit out of practice. Yesterday on the airplane, I had a brief,…

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Translating Ignorance or Ignorant Translation

By Henry Schliff on Apr 28, 2009

Words should be simpler. Or the mind more advanced. That is why translation is like constructing a puzzle without any pieces. All the pieces of the puzzle are scattered in a vast jungle and…

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#44: Obama, Don’t Give Up, We’ve Come So Far Already! We’ll Get There! Here Are Your Cuffs!

By Joana Smith on Apr 23, 2009

We wanted to pray a prayer for the America by making cuffs for her President and giving them on Earth Day, but they aren't finished. We were starting to feel stressed about it today,…

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