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Dance Factory

by Lauren Oyler,

On the Friday night before New Year’s Eve, my boyfriend and I were in line for the toilets at the techno club Berghain, in Berlin, discussing Buddhism. I’m usually skeptical…

Ghost in the Machine

From a statement explaining the inclusion of a tape recorder in the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia. In 1968, exactly fifty years ago, my father passed away, leaving…

Lost in Thought

Host Violet Lucca,Guest David Kortava

Against a one-size-fits-all approach to meditation and mental health

Lost in Thought

by David Kortava,

The psychological risks of meditation

A Divine Pat

by John Cleese,

From Professor at Large, which was published last month by Cornell University Press. It must have seemed some kind of risk to request a sermon from a man once so…

Church and State

by Will Ford,

Buddhism meets the Chinese economy

Sara Jeannette Duncan’s “The Ordination of Asoka” (1903)

by Jeff Sharlet,

A story

A pilgrimage of sin

by Lawrence Osborne,

Booze, bombs, and hookers in Islamic Thailand

Applying for the lotus position

by Harper’s Staff,

Run Like Fire Once More

by Sam Shaw,

Chasing perfection at the world’s longest footrace

Weekly Review

by Paul Ford,

The U.S. State Department issued a report criticizing human rights abuses in China, North Korea, Iran, and Cuba. It also criticized the rights records of Jordan and Egypt, two countries…

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Dance Factory

Ghost in the Machine

Lost in Thought

Lost in Thought

A Divine Pat

Church and State

Sara Jeannette Duncan’s “The Ordination of Asoka” (1903)

A pilgrimage of sin

Applying for the lotus position

Run Like Fire Once More

Weekly Review

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