Here are a few good items from the last couple of days:
The New York Times has a piece about a new program organized by Donna Karan and the Beth Isreal Medical Center to transform a hospital wing into “a testing ground for a trendy, medically controversial notion: that yoga, meditation and aromatherapy can enhance regimens of chemotherapy and radiation.”
Tricyle: The Buddhist Review has a rare interview (conducted via email) with Daisaku Ikeda, president of Soka Gakkai International–”the world’s largest Buddhist lay group and America’s most diverse.”
Barbara over at Barbara’s Buddhism Blog reflects on World Vegan Day with provocative questions for her readers.
Theravadin offers a timely post on “Economic Principles in Early Buddhism.”
Lastly, the Buddhist Channel points us to a great piece at The Progressive on nonviolence. In a recent study published in the Journal of International Security, findings show that “major nonviolent campaigns have achieved success 53 percent of the time, compared with 26 percent for violent resistance campaigns.”
