Got an email from the folks at
What Is Enlightenment? informing me of this feature on the main page -- a great collection of articles from a wide range of authors on all things Buddhist in America.
Very cool.
CAN BUDDHISM SURVIVE AMERICA?
Take an incisive look at Buddhism's past, present, and future. Can this venerable Eastern religion meet our contemporary need for religious and spiritual renewal? Find out how Buddhism in the West has negotiated the sometimes high—and sometimes low—ground between its roots as a traditional Eastern religion and its current status as popular new Western religion. Can Buddhism's fundamental depth and spiritual integrity survive the transition to our materialistic and therapy-obsessed Western culture?
Find out the answers to these and other critical questions in our articles and audios featuring the Buddhist world's leading authorities and practitioners, including H.H. Dalai Lama, Joseph Goldstein, Penor Rinpoche, Roshi Bernie Glassman, and many others. (See listing below.)
- Uncover the timeless depth and power of traditional Buddhist practices. Interviews and audios with Theravadan monk Bhante Gunaratana, modern Zen teacher Cheri Huber, Tibetan lama Dzongsar Rinpoche, and others.
- What's sex got to do with it? Find out with articles, interviews, and audios presenting a range of views on tantra, gender, and enlightenment, with Buddhist scholar Miranda Shaw, Tantric master Barry Long, and more.
- Discover the fantastic powers of enlightened bodhisattvas with scholar Robert Thurman in this original illustrated depiction of Tibetan Buddhism's wild side.
Is Buddhism the new religion of the West? Zen. Mahayana. Tibeta. Theravadan. Over the past thirty years Buddhist traditions and practices have been eagerly assimilated into modern Western culture. The question is, how can we make sure its heart and soul aren't getting lost in the translation?
 | Is Buddhism Surviving America? Helen Tworkov | | The editor of Tricycle, America's most popular Buddhist review, discusses the secularization of Buddhism in a culture “aggressively antagonistic to the pursuit of the unknown.”
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 | A Spirituality that Transforms Ken Wilber | | America's foremost transpersonal theorist points beyond conventional religious pursuit to the revolutionary possibility of authentic spiritual transformation.
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 | Dharma in the Marketplace Sam Bercholz | | America's largest Buddhist publisher discusses the myth of millennialism and the challenges of spiritual publishing in the New Age.
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 | Is That Me Bleeding? Roshi Bernie Glassman | | An American Zen teacher and world-renowned social activist speaks about the compassionate action that arises out of emptiness.
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 | Absolutely Not! Stephen Batchelor | | A penetrating dharma debate about the nature of enlightenment between the renowned author of Buddhism Without Beliefs and What Is Enlightenment? founder Andrew Cohen.
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 | The Ethics of Interdependence H.H. Dalai Lama | | The Dalai Lama explains why we need to create a new form of ethics based on the reality of our interdependence.
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 | The Roar of the Timeless Beyond Peter Masefield | | A distinguished Pali scholar asserts that the Buddha's transmission of “right view” was nothing less than a transcendent revelation.
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 | The Fantastic Buddhaverse of Robert Thurman Robert Thurman | | It's a bird, it's a plane, it's . . . Buddha! Join Buddhist scholar and professor Robert Thurman as he spins amazing tales of the otherworldly capacities of cosmic Buddhahood.
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Sex and Spirituality: Gender, Tantra, and Celibacy
Enlightenment is reached through the renunciation of all desires—according to Theravada Buddhism—while Tantric Buddhism tends to favor their unfettered fulfillment. Which view is correct? The experts weigh in...
 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Tantra ... but Were Afraid to Ask Miranda Shaw | | The fascinating and informative discoveries of a pioneering scholar and author who journeyed to the Himalayas in search of the truth about Buddhist sexual tantra.
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 | What Is the Relationship Between Emptiness and Beautiful Nails? Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo | | The first Western woman to be recognized as a reincarnated Tibetan tulku discusses gender, enlightenment, and being a female teacher in a male-dominated tradition.
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 | Gay/Straight, Man/Woman, Self/Other Jose Cabezon | | Do gay people have a special path to enlightenment? A Buddhist scholar and gay rights activist disputes many common convictions about gay spirituality.
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 | What the Buddha Taught Bhante Henepola Gunaratana | | We asked a renowned Buddhist abbot, ordained a celibate monk at the age of twelve, what the Buddha himself would have to say about the relevance of celibacy in these sexually “liberated” times.
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There's more,
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interesting article with Jose Cabezon about gay spirituality & Buddhism. Lots to think about!
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