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Brianna Sacks

Taking the Easy Way

By Brianna Sacks | May 14, 2014

American perfectionism, meet meditation.

Killing the Buddha

Martyrdom Makeover

By Nathan Schneider | March 29, 2011

New from me at Religion Dispatches: The idea of martyrdom hasn’t been in very good shape lately. One common usage of it—“I’ll not be made a martyr!”—refers to the prospect…

Hojo-san & Myo-e by Tenku via Flickr

Zen and the Art of Hostessing

By Y.B. Shiraz | August 17, 2009

After all, Buddhist monks are men too.

Killing the Buddha

“I Only Desire”: Poet Monks

By Y.B. Shiraz | August 17, 2009

Running into a monk at a hostess bar in Kyoto was as jarring to me as bumping into a rowdy rabbi or Baptist minister at a strip club.  Though all…