Democracy, and especially democracy in America, is a concept we usually take for granted. It means a vast variety of things: freedom, liberty, the right to vote, equal representation, freedom of religion, and so on. The world is now experiencing a vast upheaval throughout the Mideast and Arab countries; and for us here in the [...]
Ask randomly a hundred people in America whether they have an interest in Buddhism, and many will reply, in varying degrees of enthusiasm, yes. They may not know much about Buddhism, but their interest has been piqued by things they have heard or read or seen. Many of these people have turned away from organized [...]