In one of the very first pieces I wrote for this blog, “Outcastes as Activists: A Tantric Approach to Engaged Buddhism“, I introduced the idea of activism from a tantric perspective. I am now going forward with a more fully developed model, by constructing a Mandala of Sacred Activism. The Mandala is a model of… Read More Mandala of Sacred Activism
Engage! is dedicating it’s space on the web to highlight one cause, and this time it’s Detention Watch Network’s campaign to end family detention, to end the rape and abuse of women and children in immigrant detention centers, to demand justice for the “disappearance” of 1500 children under DHS custody…this brutality and injustice is an… Read More Engage w/Detention Watch Network
ENGAGE! IS THE DHARMA OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT, social, scientific and spiritual. Our mission is to bring about awakening through the exploration of our deep interconnectedness, our interbeing with the phenomenal world. Engage! is beginning a new project of focusing on social innovation and creativity. If you would like to participate in this project, by submitting articles… Read More Get Engaged! Submit Your Beautiful Noise
Jacques Ellul: A Prophet for Our Tech-Saturated Times By Andrew Nikiforuk 12 Oct 2018 | TheTyee.ca Read his works to understand how we’ve been caught in technology’s nightmarish hold. By now you have probably read about the so-called “tech backlash.” Facebook and other social media have undermined what’s left of the illusion of democracy, while smartphones damage young… Read More Jacque Ellul: Techno-Dystopia
Leaked Internal Report: Famous Buddhist Leader Noah Levine Was Accused of Rape and Assault Anna Merlan Originally published in Jezebel, Wednesday Oct. 31, 2018 In mid-August, Jezebel wrote about the murky sexual abuse allegations surrounding Noah Levine, an influential Buddhist teacher based in Los Angeles. In the time since our story was published, the meditation… Read More Levine Report: the Back Story
Don Evegouma, A Hopi Elder Speaks “You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour and there are things to be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right… Read More Hopi Elder: Speak Truth, Create Community
The Honey Bee Network finds innovative technologies created by people in poor, marginalized and adverse conditions to solve their own problems of living, and ‘pollinates’ or spreads that innovation to people in similar situations around the globe, in a ‘grassroots to global’ model. Many innovations are also ‘scaled up’ in conventional markets for widespread use… Read More The Honey Bee Network: Grassroots Innovation
Editor: Most North American Buddhists fall into the ‘passive liberal’ mode. Although they hold liberal views, they are not activists and can’t even be counted to vote consistently. Passive Liberals, along with the Politically Disengaged, are among the ‘exhausted majority’ that ceded the political landscape to conservative extremists who elected Trump. They’re also likely to be… Read More Passive Liberals and the Rise of Trump
[Editor: I’d like to introduce Vivek Agnihotri, producer of the film, “Buddha in a Traffic Jam”, which I reviewed on Dharma Nerds. Vivek has a social media project called #IAmBuudha on Twitter and other platforms. Vivek is a contemporary Indian entrepreneur and secularist, and I find his take on Buddhism unconventional and thought provoking.] What… Read More #IAmBuddha…by Vivek Agnihotri
