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Chan Buddhism in the United States

Chan is a vibrant practice tradition in America. Lina Verchery recommends four communities. (Lion’s Roar Magazine, 2022)

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A Profoundly Social Solitude

This new documentary film about Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is ostensibly about the spiritual work of solitude, but there is another message that rises to the surface: that solitude, paradoxically, is consummately social. (Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, 2021)

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How to Film Buddhism, According to Buddhism

Filmmaker and scholar Lina Verchery discusses what film can teach us about perception, reality, and Buddhist thought. (Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, 2019)

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Bitter Practice, Sweet Heart 苦盡甘來.

Bitter Practice, Sweet Heart. Ku jin gan lai 苦盡甘來. Translated into Chinese by Yihuan Shi and Lina Verchery. (Published in Vajra Bodhi Sea: A Monthly Journal of Orthodox Buddhism. 536, 2015.)

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On Fieldwork and Film

Reflections on Fieldwork and Film: Studying the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (法界佛教總會) in Malaysia. (Published in Eastern Horizon. Vol. 45, 2015.)

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