Articles

Chan retreat leader Jake Lyne reflects on a koan about enlightenment and the ‘secondary’ – and on what actually happens to people on retreat.

Roshi Joan Halifax asks what Buddhism can offer in the midst of the tsunami of AI development, from the Diamond Sutra to appamada, the vow of vigilance and care.

Patricia Sazatornil Alonso examines what happens when AI care robots take over caregiving tasks, and what delegating care means for compassion, dignity and interdependence.

AI ethicist Joanna Joy Bryson unpacks the suitcase word consciousness and explains why an LLM may be conscious in a psychological sense yet is a terrible candidate for a moral agent.

A report on Jeroen van den Hoven’s keynote at a European Parliament roundtable on AI, urging Europe to make its ethics work in the age of AI through responsible innovation and design for values.

Francesco Tormen compares transhumanist and Buddhist ideas of human enhancement, from the siddhis of the Bodhisattva path to neurofeedback and other contemplative technologies.

Soto Zen priest Jiryu Mark Rutschman-Byler tells the story of Roshibot, an AI chatbot he trained on the teachings of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, and asks whether a chatbot can preach the dharma.

Sara Manzi describes how Buddhist worldview education (BVO) works in Dutch primary schools, drawing on interviews with teachers Helma Ton and Silvie Walraven.

David Rycroft contrasts the ‘outside in’ knowledge of modern science with the ‘inside out’ approach of ancient Indian contemplatives and asks what schools are really for.

Guntram Ferstl reports on four years of integrating Buddhist practice at FMS-Altach, the first Austrian private school with Buddhist confessional recognition.