Fierce Dandelions

"Not terribly long ago in a country that many people misremember, if they knew it at all, a black person was killed in public every fo...

After posting an article dissecting the current responses to the Boko Haram kidnappings in Nigeria, and the ongoing imperialist agenda in ...

Photo credit: krosseel from morguefile.com There's nothing that does not grow light through habit and familiarity, putting up with ...

The first Buddhist precept is a vow of non-killing. It’s not an injunction against all killing, and indeed we are always, even in taking a ...

Hey Friends! I'm doing a three part series on the violence by Buddhists against Muslims in Burma this week. It's been challenging to...

By now, you've probably heard about the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Whomever did them, it seems pretty clear now that they were an...

Friday evening, I did a bowing practice for those who lost their lives in the school shooting in Conn. And for all of us, really. Our colle...

I have written several pieces over the last three years about guns, violence, terrorism, and Buddhist teachings. All of them were quite ...

I thought it might be helpful to take a short look at Thich Nhat Hanh's version of the fifth precept, which is generally translated as n...

I'm sitting on the bus this morning, looking out the window, when I hear man shouting as he slowly enters the front door. Apparently, th...

Here in Minnesota, we woke up to over 16 inches of fresh snow on the ground. Most of the city was shut down last night, and people are tryin...