Buddhism & The American Dream: Family

From Portsmouth Buddhist Center on Mon, 22 Jul, 2013 - 21:50In our last discussion evening on Buddhism and the American Dream we’ll be getting, in some senses, right to the heart of the matter: family! Our ideas of ourselves and our society are often founded squarely around our families. And the joys and sorrows this inevitably involves can be a good jumping off-point for looking at ways to live more in harmony with family members while taking more responsibility for how our own lives go from here…

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Nature, Man & Enlightenment

From Free Buddhist Audio on Wed, 17 Jul, 2013 - 19:58It’s the heart of summer in the northern hemisphere and we are all spending a lot of time outdoors. What better time than to reflect on Nature, Man & Enlightenment?

Our July Podcasts, so far:

In our first full length FBA Podcast of the month Akuppa, explores the relationships and connections between “Buddhism and Ecology.” In the face of global climate crisis what can we do? How can we change the ways we think...

The Universe Is Waking Up

From Western Buddhist Review on Tue, 16 Jul, 2013 - 20:28Thomas Nagel Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False
Oxford University Press, 2012, 130pp.

Review by Dhivan Thomas Jones

Thomas Nagel is an American professor of philosophy, perhaps best known for his 1974 article, ‘What is it like to be a bat?’, in which he argued that consciousness, as is occurs in creatures like bats and human beings, means having a point of view on things....

Notes from an Appealing Buddhist

From Leeds Buddhist Centre on Mon, 15 Jul, 2013 - 15:11Life on a Karuna door-knocking appeal

Looking back
Working on a Karuna door-knocking appeal is said to be the ‘classic’ transformative team experience: learning to ask something meaningful of another human being in a way that is authentic and sensitive and, in doing so, helping others who are much less fortunate than oneself. Jenny Roberts has recently returned from one such appeal and now she looks back at how it was for her.

It’s a beautiful sunny day...