Paul Chaffee Writes About Shinnyo-en

Esther Jantzen brought Paul’s recent article from The Interfaith Observer to my attention and suggested that I post it here, and I’m happy to do so.  The title of Paul’s article is: “Shinnyo-en Memorial Ceremony Draws 40,000”.  It is partly about this impressive Honolulu Memorial Day event and Shinnyo-en, the young Buddhist order that is behind the event.  But it is about a more important need in the Interfaith movement.

Click here to see Paul’s article.  Thanks, Paul; well said (well, well written!).

David Brooks of the NYT on the “New Humanism”

 

Click here to read another excellent item from today’s NYT by David Brooks.  Could it be that Obama had this all right during the campaign and has since relied too heavily on intellectual reason alone?

I think Woodstock served us all very well with this humanism bit.

Monetizing Religious Worship

 

Something is very wrong with this.  What’s worse is that the Pashupati Area Development Trust was established with help and support from the UN.

http://www.speroforum.com/a/49753/Nepal---Poor-Hindu-protest-ten-euro-to-pay-homage-to-Shiva

(Posted by Hank)

Bill Moyers at His Best

If we just had one mainstream journalist with Bill Moyer's integrity and quality I might return to watching TV news again!  This four-minute video, in which he talks about our American "plutonomy", is part of his final PBS broadcast and well worth your time.  Click here to watch.