Special Ministries Discussed at Symposium

Buddhists Ministering on Prison Issues, Five Commitments, Food, Mental Health From prison hospice rooms to rooftop gardens in the Bronx, Buddhist ministers are redefining what it means to serve in the world, according to participants in a panel discussion on “Special Ministries” at the Zen Peacemakers’ Symposium on Western Socially Engaged Buddhism in Montague, MA […]

Can all dharma centers become tuition-optional Goenka factories?

Have you ever looked at the price tag of a meditation retreat and thought ‘Damn Enlightenment is expensive?!’  I know I have.  Have you heard someone say that it is unbuddhist to charge for the dharma?  Well, the Buddha’s original followers may not have charged for their teachings, but they also owned nothing but robes […]