Category: Buddhism

This Does not Equal That: There is No Quick Fix

Expecting someone or something to fix us is a powerful illusion. A cheap drug that promises to make everything all better but almost inevitably leads to deeper pain and suffering—not because the thing or person is bad but because it’s our views and expectations that really need the work, and we just don’t see it.

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Political Animals: Should Buddhists Be Openly Political?

So, when I see Buddhist communities that shun politics and political action among its members, I can’t help but say, “That’s wrong.”

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Getting to Know Holly Herring

We meet with Holly Herring—one of our columnists for The Tattooed Buddha. We chat about Holly’s work with those that are homeless, her journey to being a writer and the process of writing. We also learn about how Holly and Michelleanne Bradley met and became friends, which in turn led her to write for The Tattooed Buddha!

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Bathing Babies for World Peace

She explained to me that when the Buddha was born, he shot out of his mom’s side.She used her hands to demonstrate something that resembled a grenade launch from her rib cage. Then she told me that the baby came out walking and talking.

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What We All Have in Common with the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is not the perfect superhuman entity I had imagined. As it turns out, he is human and possesses the same human limitations we all have.

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