Gender is Not Biology
We’ve Got Gender All Wrong Laurie EssigSep 14 Gender is in a messy state. We’ve come around to the idea that it shouldn’t limit whom we marry. We’ve even, in small … Continue reading
Artists Envision 2015 Trans Day of Resilience
Artists Envision Justice for 2015 Trans Day of Resilience by Carey Dunne on November 16, 2015 On November 20, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), communities all over the world will hold memorials for those who lost … Continue reading
Buddhist Climate Action Nov. 29-Dec. 11
2 weeks of Buddhist Climate Action (Nov 29-Dec 11 2015) Following the launch by the Global Buddhist Climate Change Collective (GBCCC) of the Global Buddhist Climate Change Statement to world leaders (Oct 29), we invite … Continue reading
Photos from Dedication of Atlantic Theravada Buddhist Temple
Opening of Atlantic Theravada Bdudhist Temple. Last picture catches me yawning. Three hours of chanting in Pali. It was a very long night. http://bit.ly/1kAnJWl
Victory over the Keystone XL
Climate advocates and representatives from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota protest against the Keystone XL pipeline in front of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s home in Louisiana. (Reuters) http://www.cbc.ca/radio/the180/paris-attacks-why-keystone-was-a-powerful-symbol-and-robot-doctors-1.3316988/keystone-xl-why-one-pipeline-answered-for-them-all-1.3316999
Compassion – The Foundation That Binds Communities Together
November 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm . Tantallon Library . Free Recent scientific research has indicated that training in compassion, using simple contemplative activities and practices, can deepen and broaden … Continue reading
On the Paris Bombings: A Word from Voltaire
“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities”—Voltaire Voltaire, the clearest of Enlightenment thinkers wrote those words in his 1765 essay, “Questions sur les miracles.” And … Continue reading
Support Buddhist Peace Fellowship Direct Action Training Tour
Dharma & Direct Action Training with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship Be part of making it happen: Sponsor a trainee with a $100 donation. “So much warmth and good energy–wish I was there.” –Editor, Engage! … Continue reading
A Handful of Leaves: A Treasury of Early Buddhist Studies
A Handful of Leaves is a treasure of scholarly studies in Early Buddhism, encompassing all the issues of the historicity, translation, interpretation, and cultural context of Early Buddhism. It’s a … Continue reading
Buddha, the Revolutionary Realist
I’ve been working on some scholars of early Buddhism, Joanna Jurewicz and Richard Gombrich (“What the Buddha Thought). I’ve been reading about the Buddhist concept of the 12 Nidanas. According … Continue reading
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