Yes, the Navy Yard Shooter Was a Buddhist
Despite the fact that, like Buddhism, Islam prohibits murder, the two are treated quite differently when it comes to its adherents committing acts of violence.
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Navy Yard Shooting: Why It’s Not a Religion Story
What seemed to propel the confusion saturating the media’s initial coverage of Aaron Alexis was the role of religion and, more specifically, the profile on Buddhists. Why would a reporter expect a person of another religion to “pick up a weapon and kill twelve people,” but not a Buddhist?
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Does Religion Condemn Homosexuality?
Religions are richly variable in their organizations, belief systems, rituals, and practices. This is true…
Read MoreNews Flash: Buddhist-Majority Countries Just as Complicated as Muslim-Majority
Worsening situation of Burma’s Muslims is instructive.
Read MoreAuthor Response to Commenters on Buddhism and Violence Article
Asaram Bapu continues to make trouble, even without speaking.
Read MoreBurma Bans Time Magazine’s “Buddhist Terror” Issue
The July 1st international edition of Time magazine has added fuel to the fire with a cover photo of the fundamentalist Burmese monk Wirathu, calling him “The Face of Buddhist Terror.” Protesters took to the streets this weekend, and President Thein Sein officially banned the magazine, citing concern about the “recurrence of religious and racial conflict.”
Buddhist Terror?
Harsh voices of intolerance have become almost daily news from…
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American Buddhism: Beyond the Search for Inner Peace
When I showed up, the room at Harvard Divinity School was already overflowing. World-renowned professors were packing the aisles along with undergrads, standing in the doorways, and squeezing in behind furniture. At the front of the room stood Bhikkhu Bodhi—a short, soft-spoken Buddhist monk…
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What about the peaceful, warm, accepting, cross-legged men wearing funny, exotic robes?
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Religion No Longer Adequate For The Dalai Lama
What’s he aiming at?
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Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Divine Half-Yak
Welcome to iHeaven.
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