Refuge as a Challenge to Western Systems and Paradigms
This talk by Khemasuri of Triratna UK on “Transcending Paradigms” looks at “Refuge in the Three Jewels” as challenges to western systems and paradigms. While I don’t agree with everything in her … Continue reading
The Never-Ending Project: 21st Century Buddhist Social Theory
In Pruning the Bodhi Tree (1997), Paul Swanson explains Hakamaya Noriaki’s essay Critical Buddhism (1990) thus: Hakamaya’s next collection opens with “Introduction to Critical Buddhism: ‘Critical Philosophy’ versus ‘Topical Philosophy’. It’s point, in … Continue reading
Theravada: It Starts with Loving-Kindness
I went to the first session of meditation with Ven. Sirinanda last Friday at the Dalhousie Multifaith Centre. Every teacher has something different to teach, and Bhante did likewise. (“Bhante” … Continue reading
The Punk Dharma is DIY
The Punk Dharma is DIY. I finally realized that there are no right views or wrong views with regard to awakening. I’m free to believe anything I want, so long … Continue reading
Stonewall: Sylvia Rivera and the Legacy of Resistance
UPDATE: While I was away on a bicycle camping retreat, the US Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal in all 50 states. The Guardian UK reports. I am going to visit … Continue reading
Pope Francis: They Cry of the Earth, the Cry of the Poor
From Democracy Now: “The First Third World Encyclical”: Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana drafted the encyclical. In his long-awaited encyclical on the environment and climate change, Pope Francis has called … Continue reading
US: White, Anti-Gov Extremists Kill More Than Muslims
From Democracy Now: Report: Non-Muslim Extremists in U.S. Kill Far More Than Muslims A new tally has confirmed white supremacists and other non-Muslim fanatics have killed far more people in … Continue reading
Emptiness, Suffering, Beauty and Truth
Emptiness, emptiness, emptiness. It just goes round and round, like a dog chasing it’s tail. There’s no end of thinking about what it means, even though lately I’ve gotten ever … Continue reading
Fire Puja: Burning Secrets Revealed
Some members of Nalandabodhi Halifax are participating in a Fire Puja at a graveyard in the North End of Halifax tonight. I don’t know why they’re conducting Fire Puja in … Continue reading
IMF: Fossil Fuels Subsidy $10 Million per Minute
‘Shocking’ revelation finds $5.3 trillion subsidy estimate for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world’s governments Damian Carrington @dpcarrington Monday 18 May 2015 14.30 BSTLast modified on … Continue reading
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