19 February 2012
It seems to me that if you supported one community-funded independent creative work that tells the story of an important chapter in American Buddhist history, well then you should support another community-funded independent creative work that tell story of an important chapter in American Buddhist history.
17 December 2011
29 November 2011
An earlier iteration of my online self would have jumped on this one, a piece by the Angry Asian Buddhist regarding the Buddhism portal on the religion website Patheos. I’m not really interested in having a debate I’ve had before all to no avail. But I was contacted by @cherryblossom on Twitter today about one aspect of this debate that I think needs closer attention.
22 November 2011
20 October 2011
18 October 2011
I don’t have much to say on the “Occupy” movement, though I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit. I don’t have much to say because I haven’t had the time or energy to really look into (one of the consequences of being a new dad). But in those moments that I have had, it seems more than a little clear to me that one of the reasons the usual media suspects don’t know how to handle it is because it is a movement that truly transcends the usual dichotomies of American public discourse.
14 October 2011
6 October 2011
We’re  trying something new over at the Institute: faculty pages. So I’ve set up a blog to show off my more, shall we say, “professional” side. The only reason why some of you may care is that I’ve posted either PDFs or direct links to my publications and conference papers. At least the ones I [...]
5 October 2011
3 October 2011
I know truly how grievous it is that I, Gutoku Shinran, am sinking in an immense ocean of desires and attachments and am lost in vast mountains of fame and advantage, so that I rejoice not at all at entering the stage of the truly settled, and feel no happiness at coming nearer the realization [...]