Happyish Buddhist New Year

Buddhism can be a serious buzzkill. If you are really enjoying your New Year vibe, trigger warning — read no further.

The coming year will not be much different than any preceding year. Okay, some years are arguably better than others. In 1945, World War II ended, albeit with nuclear bombings of two cities in Japan. In 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act and the Immigration Reform Act, two laws that have had a dramatic impact on the United States, so dramatic that “white supremacists” now want to undo them. In 2020, Donald Trump lost in his attempt to have a second term as…