In previous years I’ve insisted that Christmas has a significance and value to North American life well beyond Christianity. It is a ritual that brings families together – something Con…| Love of All Wisdom
One of the first posts I made on this blog examined Dale Wright’s methodological approach of naturalized karma. This is a way of continuing to use the concept of karma, and thereby remaining …| Love of All Wisdom
Last week I spoke of a philosophical single-mindedness shared by modernists, evangelical Protestants, Salafi Muslims and St. Augustine, and this week I’d like to reflect on it further. What these v…| Love of All Wisdom
Today’s post follows up on those from two and three weeks ago, and there’ll be another one next week. I intend the four posts, taken together, to make a statement about the continuing i…| Love of All Wisdom
I’ve often heard it said, rightly I think, that Buddhism cannot do without a concept of karma; it is too central to Buddhist thought. I don’t see this as a big problem in itself, even f…| Love of All Wisdom
Justin Whitaker’s blog pointed me to some interesting recent discussions of what it means to be a Buddhist, among Buddhist bloggers mostly of the Yavanayāna persuasion. Blogger Marcus (no las…| Love of All Wisdom
I’ll begin with happy news: I’m engaged! This weekend I proposed to my beloved Caitlin, and I’m delighted to say she accepted. Now, I’ve tried to be explicit that this is a …| Love of All Wisdom
