Nov 1, 2007 The story of the preservation of the Buddha’s teachings throughout the years of its oral tradition is the story of the ordained sangha – the community of monks and nuns. Each was responsible for memorizing passages and Read More

Nov 1, 2007 The story of the preservation of the Buddha’s teachings throughout the years of its oral tradition is the story of the ordained sangha – the community of monks and nuns. Each was responsible for memorizing passages and Read More
Jul 1, 2007 When I went to India to learn meditation, in 1970, I had already heard Ram Dass lecture and was intrigued by Eastern Spirituality in part because of him. When I entered my initial intensive 10-day meditation retreat, Read More
Jun 1, 2007 Ram Dass makes a range of donations possible, so it’s more affordable to a wider group of people. I urge you to contribute what you can, and dive deep into the offerings. It helps support Ram Dass, and also Read More
Feb 1, 2007 The Coming Home project of Deep Streams is an innovative series of programs that address the mental, emotional, and spiritual problems of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families. Community Meetings bring together veterans and families and Read More
Jan 1, 2007 Last summer I went to the movies with a friend, Mark Epstein. At almost the last moment we decided to go see the War Tapes. The movie had been made when several members of a New Hampshire Read More
Jul 1, 2006 On July 8th we had an extraordinary celebration marking the 30th anniversary of the Insight Meditation Society. Even though we had moved in on Valentine’s Day 1976, the weather in February in New England seemed too challenging Read More
Apr 1, 2006 I was recently teaching at New York Insight, a lovely room on the 10th floor of a building in Manhattan. A friend sat close to the windows on one side, which faced another building across a courtyard. Read More
Jan 1, 2006 In the fall of 2001, I sublet an apartment in downtown Manhattan, and accepted a schedule of meditation classes that began the night of Tuesday, Sept 11th. The Friday before, I went home to Massachusetts for the Read More
Dec 1, 2005 The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) promotes human rights, democratic freedom, and public awareness for the people of Tibet. Founded in 1988, ICT is a non-profit membership organization with offices in Washington, DC, Amsterdam, and Berlin. ICT Read More
msnbc.com Dec 30, 2002 Dec. 30 — I have traveled around this country on book tours fully five times in the past five months. Each of these trips came to seem like a concentric spiraling of the one before, like Read More