19 July 2020
by Sean
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The Washington Post’s Eli Saslow, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting, has collected a series of oral histories from the COVID-19 pandemic. In today’s installment from his “Voices from the Pandemic,” we meet Lori Wagoner, a 63-year-old … Continue reading
25 November 2018
by Sean
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I imagine it is a question we should, collectively and individually, ask ourselves, perhaps much more frequently than we already do: what kind of world do we want to live in? What kind of world do we want for our … Continue reading
9 October 2016
by Sean
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The November 2016 edition of Lion’s Roar magazine was sitting in my mailbox this morning. “Hope & Healing: Buddhist wisdom for a troubled time.” Perfect timing as we enter the final 30 days of the political campaign, which has made … Continue reading
18 September 2016
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Back in late July, I decided that I would no longer make political posts via Facebook. As the national campaign rhetoric heated up, I found my posts were expressing, and in some cases furthering, the fear that has been the basis for … Continue reading
3 December 2015
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“In the space where thoughts of sadness are groundless and rootless, One meets one’s own mind as the sparkling smile of primordial buddha. The laughing dance of the little boy with cheerfulness and insight, Liberates happiness and sorrow in the … Continue reading