Civildisobediencebecomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. Anda citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption andlawlessness…Everycitizen is responsible for every act of his government…Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty ascooperationwith good… –M.K. Gandhi On an unrelated note, if you are in NYC by any…

It is no secret that millions of Americans experience massive amounts of credit card debt , especially college students. I remember in the mid 90’s, my college allowed (invited?) credit card companies to set up shop and sign students up for cards inside the cafeteria, offering free giveaways of utterly useless stuff on our way…

What a joy to spend time with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s poetry!  A student of mine canceled this afternoon, so I had the good fortune of having a few free hours to sit on my balcony–which, incidentally, my girlfriend has recently strewn with flower boxes–and read First Thought Best Thought: 108 Poems, Trungpa’s only collection of…

So the confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor are set for July 13. Let the projections begin! There are lots of projections out there, but the most mystifying yet illuminating may well be this one, sent to me for this week’s Buddha of the Week feature. it’s the June 2009 cover of The National Review, founded…

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