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Video: The Power of Mind: A talk with Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche

June 22, 2023

During an event hosted by the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School, Khentrul Rinpoche, a Non-Sectarian Master of Tibetan Buddhism, spoke about how to harness the potential of mind to transform unwanted conditions into positive circumstances. When we stop our hate of suffering, we learn how to befriend adversity and find strength in the midst of all that we experience. Not only does this transform our own lives, but it gives us the capacity to better serve others. By cultivating greater compassion and reducing oversensitivity we can effectively help others with the challenges that they face.... Read more about Video: The Power of Mind: A talk with Khentrul Lodrö T’hayé Rinpoche

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Turning Debris into Haute Couture

May 2, 2023
Gosia Sklodowska, associate director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, modeled a skirt of plastic and bubble wrap during the "Marine Debris Fashion Show" at Harvard's 2023 Arts First Festival. Her outfit was created by HDS student Ellen Vaillancourt, who collected materials beachcombing in Revere and Winthrop.
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Theodicy and Job

April 19, 2023
Professor Jon Levenson explores questions about good, evil, and the Book of Job.
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Harvard, National Council of Churches, Reform Jews Seeking Reparations Blueprint

February 20, 2023
The Rev. Cornell William Brooks, a former president of the NAACP, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting professor at HDS, and Harvard students are joining forces with prominent Christian and Jewish organizations to develop a faith-based blueprint to advance the possibility of reparations for African Americans.... Read more about Harvard, National Council of Churches, Reform Jews Seeking Reparations Blueprint
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What the Epiphany Teaches Us About Political Hatred

January 6, 2023
"What’s indisputable is that, in the ancient story, the holy is made manifest in openness to others. Hospitality is how epiphany happens. Hostility to ethnic and religious outsiders, meanwhile, leads to the massacre of one’s innocent own," writes Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church.
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Pondering Benedict XVI, Retired Pontiff

December 31, 2022
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., ponders what he has learned or worried about, when thinking of the example of Benedict as a Catholic intellectual.
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A Harvard Class Reimagines Forgiveness

December 13, 2022
A popular course taught by Professor Matthew Ichihashi Potts at Harvard Divinity School explores the concept of forgiveness and asks when we're obligated to forgive, what forgiveness should look like, and what conditions should be attached to it.

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