By Todd Mayville on Nov 18, 2008 in blog, reviews | 0 Comments
You know mindfulness has gone mainstream when there's an Idiot's Guide to it. I admit that I approached this book with a good bit…
By Todd Mayville on Nov 16, 2008 in blog, reviews | 0 Comments
There are a wide variety of books published about the life of the Buddha. Nelson's is a well-researched and nicely written commentary that makes …
By Todd Mayville on Nov 11, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews, sustainability | 0 Comments
Thich Nhat Hanh's prose is as elegant as his poetry. The World We Have is his latest book; in it, he includes deep ecology under…
By Todd Mayville on Oct 27, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews | 0 Comments
Dancing With Life is an exploration of the little known Twelve Insights related to the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. Broken into four "books"…
By Todd Mayville on Oct 27, 2008 in blog, reviews | 1 Comment
This latest offering from meditation teacher and psychologist Jack Kornfield presents an interesting unification of East and West in what seems to be becoming…
By Todd Mayville on Oct 12, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews | 0 Comments
The Bodhi Tree Grows in L.A. is a collection of stories that Piyananda, the abbot of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, uses to illustrate how…
By Todd Mayville on Sep 29, 2008 in blog, reviews | 0 Comments
This book from Harry N. Abrams books, is an absolutely gorgeous presentation of the complete text of F. Max Muller's 1881 translation of the…
By Todd Mayville on Sep 14, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews | 1 Comment
The premise of this recent work by Reggie Ray (interviewed by Waylon last March) is that for all that meditation does, it doesn't go…
By elephant on Sep 2, 2008 in autumn05, blog, non-new agey spirituality | 1 Comment
"Busy-ness is Laziness," by Dr. Reggie Ray, from elephant journal's Autumn 2005 issue. Life emerges out of the silence of our inner being. The life…
By elephant on Sep 2, 2008 in blog, conscious consumerism, ecofashion, non-new agey spirituality, organics, sustainability | 15 Comments
Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply…
By elephant on Aug 28, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, spring06 | 1 Comment
From THE BOOK MINISTRY OF HEALING by Mrs. E.G. White - copyright 1909. "A Path to Genuine Compassion" via Andrew Dalby, from the Spring…
By elephant on Aug 28, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews, spring06 | 1 Comment
GURUJI'S MR. JEEVES Called the most important spiritual teacher of the 20th century, Chögyam Trungpa catalyzed the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism from his devastated country to the…
By elephant on Aug 27, 2008 in blog, blogofday, spring06, the arts | 2 Comments
"The Proclamation of Truth is Fearless: A Conversation with Anne Waldman" from the Spring 2006 issue. Anne Waldman is a giant among men. The youngest…
By elephant on Aug 20, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, spring06 | 5 Comments
Photo by Corey Kohn "What about You/What about Me: A Conversation with Sakyong Mipham" from the Spring 2006 issue of elephant journal. Sakyong Mipham…
By elephant on Aug 19, 2008 in adventure, blog, non-new agey spirituality, spring06 | 1 Comment
~ via Frank Berliner, professor at Naropa University and senior student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. From elephant's Spring 2006 issue. OCTOBER 7 &…
By elephant on Aug 8, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 4 Comments
In 1973, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa introduced a month- long period of meditation called dathün, which he recommended to all of his students.…
By admin on Aug 6, 2008 in active citizenship, blog | 1 Comment
Bird’s Nest Banner Action - Aug. 6, 2008 BBC reports that four foreignershave been arrested in Beijing for scaling 120-foot light poles and unfurling 140…
By Waylon Lewis on Aug 2, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 4 Comments
Real Humility Is Genuineness Humility, very simply, is the absence of arrogance. Where there is no arrogance, you relate with your world as an…
By Waylon Lewis on Aug 2, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 1 Comment
Photo courtesy Chronicle Project. Fortunate Birth In the kingdom of children Every one of you is this child, An innocent being Who jumped…
By Waylon Lewis on Jul 30, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 2 Comments
As a lifelong Buddhist, everywhere I look in Buddhaland, lately—covers of Buddhists magazines, posters for sale, cards, photos in Buddhist gift shops—I see the handsome,…
By Waylon Lewis on Jul 28, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 4 Comments
Want to sort out your mind, throw out the clutter, be happier, saner, more yourself? No, this ain't a pharmaceutical commercial...it actually is possible…
By Todd Mayville on Jul 21, 2008 in blog, blogofday, enlightened education, reviews | 3 Comments
Review: Why the Dalai Lama Matters: His Act of Truth as the Solution for China, Tibet, and the World Professor Robert Thurman The day…
By Waylon Lewis on Jul 20, 2008 in blog, events, non-new agey spirituality | 2 Comments
Extra, Extra, Readallaboutit! Professor Robert Thurman—Dalai Lama's righthand man, famous American Buddhist teacher & Uma's Dad—will appear for an interview and booksigning at the…
By Alex on Jul 16, 2008 in non-new agey spirituality, the arts, videos | 6 Comments
Saving Tibetan Language and Culture.
By Todd Mayville on Jul 14, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, reviews | 1 Comment
This is a great book for anyone interested in checking out Buddhism, or to pass on to those friends or family members who ask…
By Rachel on Jul 14, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality | 0 Comments
According to this NYTimes article by Norimitsu Onishi, many Japanese no longer find Buddhism or Buddhist traditions, such as elaborate funeral rites, relevant. The…
By Rachel on Jul 10, 2008 in active citizenship, blog, non-new agey spirituality, the arts | 3 Comments
The Emmitt Nershi Band at Rothbury. I like the sound of that...Buddhist mandolinist. But I am getting ahead of myself. I had the opportunity…
By Waylon Lewis on Jul 6, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, wellness | 0 Comments
Searching for Buddhist quotes on how to work with death and imperpanence, I ran across this quote on how to communicate with the terminally ill.…
By Waylon Lewis on Jul 3, 2008 in active citizenship, blog, non-new agey spirituality | 0 Comments
Readallaaboudit. (Professor Robert Thurman, father of Uma, will headline our upcomin' elevision at the Boulder Theater).…
By elephant on May 21, 2008 in blog, non-new agey spirituality, summer08, wellness, yoga | 0 Comments
Our story begins, some say, 4,000 years ago when a tradition called yoga originates, in a faraway country called India. 2,500 years ago, another…
By admin on May 19, 2008 in active citizenship, enlightened education, non-new agey spirituality, summer08 | 4 Comments
“Wisdom is what keeps fearlessness from becoming aggression, and gentleness from becoming weakness.” ~ the Shambhala teachings. I am what some call a generic Dharma…
By elephant on Mar 24, 2008 in blog, featuredposts, the arts, winter08 | 2 Comments
"Definitions, A Preface." from elephant journal's Winter 07/08 issue. Chögyam Trungpa remarked, "Writing is writing the mind," thus the title. Ground, Path, and Fruition…
