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This article takes a comprehensive look at the labor movement and trade unions through multiple lenses: biological, ecological, historical, anthropological, sociological, political, economic, and psychological.
We will explore how to discern truth from fiction through the tools of unbiased empirical inquiry and critical thinking.
Explore the history, technology, and future of Artificial Intelligence in this comprehensive article on AI’s global impact. Learn how AI can serve truth, peace, and independent intelligence through the visionary role of the Neutral Analytical Vigilance Institute (NAVI).
This article traces the journey from Siddhartha to Bodhidharma, to Dōgen and mountain monasteries, to urban zendos and American homes.
Sōtō Zen was born from a deep current of wisdom that flows from India through China to Japan, shaped not by conquest or proclamation, but by the gentle, steadfast practice of sitting in silence.
Explore how the structure of the universe and the foundations of morality arise from the same relational laws. This powerful integration of science, ethics, and philosophy reveals a universal moral compass grounded in the fabric of reality.
This article traces the global journey of the Dharma, beginning with the Buddha’s lifetime and spreading outward across Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.
Sex is not just biology. It is identity, emotion, connection, pleasure, vulnerability, and creativity. It is tied to reproduction, but it is also a fundamental part of human bonding and well-being. To talk about sex honestly and responsibly is to affirm something deeply human.
Sleep isn’t laziness—it’s biology. Discover the science behind rest, the dangers of deprivation, and why even monks should sleep well. A call for wisdom, health, and spiritual clarity.
This article traces the journey of Japanese monasticism—from its earliest roots to its global flowering—revealing a tradition that, though ancient, remains vibrantly alive.
This article follows the story of Chan from its earliest roots in India and Daoist China, through its flowering in Tang and Song dynasties, and outward into the temples, poetry, and practices of East Asia.
This essay is an invitation to rediscover morality not as a command from above or a whim of culture, but as a living science: one that evolves, adapts, and integrates knowledge from across the human experience.
