Open Buddha

I received some good news today. The letter from the Graduate Theological Union arrived that granted me preliminary acceptance into GTU’s Doctor of Philosophy program, beginning in the Fall. This is preliminary because UC, Berkeley (aka “Cal”) has to final approve all applicants as well and they won’t make their decision for a month. I [...]

I posted on the continuing issues on E-Sangha the other day and the formation of the site, E-Sangha Watch. I mentioned that there have been particular issues around the treatment of Zen practitioners (especially Soto Zen) on E-Sangha. The Soto Zen forum was closed under pretenses and a variety of Zen teachers have been harrassed [...]