Monthly Archives: October 2024

Fear and the Upcoming Election

I have recently read a post on a Buddhist web chat about fear and the upcoming election. Here are my thoughts. I understand the angst about the upcoming election, of course. We would like to live in a world of … Continue reading

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Sex and the Buddhist Cosmology

A real hot button issue with me are so called Buddhist teachers who coerce their female students into having sex with them. Some of them are quite famous, like Richard Baker, Chogyam Trungpa, Joshu Sazaki, Dainin Katagiri, and Surya Das. … Continue reading

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