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Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon, marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of Prof. Jim Blumenthal with a dedication ceremony for its library and a puja. Jim was integral to the Maitripa community and was also a frequent contributor to…
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Mandala is mourning the loss of our dear friend Dr. James Blumenthal, who passed away very early in the morning of October 8, 2014, at age 47, due to complications from cancer. Jim was a regular contributor to Mandala for…
LIKE NECTAR ON FLOWERS July-September 2010 By James Blumenthal Among Buddhism’s many remarkable qualities has been its ability to adapt across centuries to various cultural and historical situations without compromising its core insights. It has done so to meet the…
TAKING CARE OF OTHERS April-June 2011 By James Blumenthal Engaged Buddhism, the application of the teachings of the Buddha to the assortment of sufferings and problems in the world, is quintessentially Buddhist. It sets its target on the sufferings of…
REMEMBERING THE KINDNESS October-December 2011 A Simple Buddhist Monk His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is known throughout the world as a living symbol of peace and compassion. This “simple Buddhist monk,” as he often refers to himself,…
TIBETAN SCHOLARSHIP October-December 2008 By James Blumenthal The past few years has been an exciting time for scholars, historians, and practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism as dozens of forgotten and lost Buddhist manuscripts have been newly discovered in Tibet. The majority…
LIKE A WAKING DREAM January-March 2013 By James Blumenthal The first time I met Geshe-la was about 20 years ago, not long after receiving notification that I had been accepted for graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin. The university…
NALANDA MASTERS July-September 2012 By James Blumenthal, Ph.D. Nalanda Monastastic University was the greatest center of Buddhist learning in India’s glorious past. With upwards of 30,000 monks and nuns including 2,000 teachers living, studying and practicing there during its heyday,…
This collection of engaged Buddhism resources is a continuation from “Compassion in Action” by James Blumenthal, Ph.D. from the April-June 2011 issue of Mandala located on page 44. Books Chappell, David Wellington. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace. 3rd ed.…
TURNING THE WHEEL October-December 2008 By James Blumenthal Buddha’s very first teaching at Deer Park to the first five disciples. The “three turnings of the wheel of the dharma” mark three historical points at which new developments in Buddhist thought…
BUDDHIST HISTORY February-March 2007 By James Blumenthal When Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen began teaching his controversial Other-Emptiness or Shentong philosophy in the early fourteenth century, he made his mark in what was evolving into the most dynamic and vibrant period of…
October-November 2006 Professor of Buddhism, Jim Blumenthal , recollects his early days as an activist for the environmental non-profit Greenpeace and considers the Buddhist philosophical imperatives to bringing witness to injustice … Let me begin with a confession. Though I…