Preserving American Values

I have been a practicing Buddhist for 25+ years.   During that time, my practice has deepened, I am one with the true Buddha nature inside ...

There has been much focus on the glaring income inequality in the U.S.   On the immorality of some people having so much, more tha...

I was reading a book the other day that happened to quote two verses from the Bible that just stopped me in my tracks, realizing what a...

These have been years that try men’s souls.   Dysfunction and inhumanity have always been abroad to a greater or lesser extent.   ...

Most of the major conflicts in the world over the last 1500 years have either been a result of religious intolerance or were supported ...

A friend of mine said once that whenever anyone walked through the doors of our Buddhist temple, it was because they were suffering and the...

As told in Genesis, in the paradise that God created, man and woman were naked, but they were not embarrassed by their nakedness and they we...

During this holiday season, I think it timely to address a fundamental problem in the development of human societies ... the us v them menta...

We can rant all we want about the insufferable and destructive attitude and policies of the Tea Party and its fellow travelers, but truth b...

First let’s start with some basic facts.   For millennia now, three of the world’s major religions have believed in one God. Whether one is...