most of my life, when people asked me “what’s your religion?”, I usually felt the need to respond with a paragraph. That changed about eight years ago, dealing with my wife’s cancer treatment, where I realized it was important to me to be able to say simply:I am a Buddhist. ...
“How not to conduct Jewish-Christian dialogue.” Levenson’s article is a critique ofDabru Emet, a brief statement made by four professors of Jewish studies.Dabru Emetemphasizes the commonalities between Jews and Christians: they worship the same God,...
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When the monk begins reciting a Buddhist sutra, the stranglehold gradually loosens, and the princess slowly regains her freedom of movement, prompting her to repay his kindness by performing theHōon no mai, or Dance of Gratitude—the highlight of the play. The dance should not be an unbridl...
Kyle of The Reformed Buddhist (who also appears to go without a last name) made a number of objections to Marcus, some of which I think are valid, some not so. But at the core of his reaction seems to be his first sentence: “Sigh the whole you’re no Buddhist thing again.” [...
‘I want a learned and famous son, a captivating orator assisting at councils, who will master all the Vedas and life out his full life span’—if this is his wish, he should get her to cook that rice with meat and the two of them should eat it mixed with ghee. The couple thus ...