Tag: Buddhism
Skillful and Unskillful Politics
Skill is a combination of good intent and sufficient knowledge to act well.
Buddhism gave me ground when I needed it most
Don't Harm Your Enemies. Make Them Less Harmful.
Speaking with intent to harm trains the speaker in habits of hatred. The cost of online cruelty isn't only to the target.
What the Ancients Knew About Posting Well
An early Buddhist text gives us four questions to ask before posting—and most of what we post fails the test.
Two Helpful Essays Illuminating Liberal Practice
Two short Buddhist essays from Thanissaro Bhikkhu on karma as feedback loop, identity as inheritance, and intention as a skill you can practice.
How and Why I Believe in God: The Ballad of Tragic Theism
My testimony, from Dawkins on an iPod Shuffle down a back alley, through Buddhist libraries and a children's hospice, to Matthew's Gospel in a break room chair. My case for tragic theism: a God who creates, risks, makes mistakes, grieves them, and does not stop.
Liberalism and Sympathetic Joy
Merely tolerating others' happiness isn't enough. A liberal society—and a good person—cultivates genuine delight in it.
Surround Yourself With Those Who Are Admirable, and Distance Yourself From Those Who Aren’t.
The most overlooked—but most important—ingredient of an ethical life.
Against a Life of Moderation
Buddhism's Middle Way is not a call for moderation. It's a call for radical focus on what actually matters.
Living Well Means Recognizing Three Facts of Our Existence
Impermanence, dissatisfaction, and the lack of a fixed self aren't causes for despair. They're the starting point for a life lived well.
Social Conservatism is Suffering
We cannot make permanent what is inevitably impermanent, and insisting otherwise brings distress. Better to embrace dynamism and social diversity.
Goodwill, Sympathetic Joy, and Liberalism's Foundations
Mere tolerance is necessary for liberalism to function, but liberalism becomes stronger if we can move beyond it.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.
Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)
Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.
Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)
Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.