Dig for Wisdom, Not for Oil: Buddhists Join Eco-Blockade Against Fracking by Katie Loncke Dig for Wisdom, Not for Oil Mindful of Environmental Racism Fracking Kills Precious Beings With Buddhist voices from Tricycle magazine to Green Gulch Zen Farm, One Earth Sangha, and so many other corners turning to squarely face the perils of climate change (what organic Zen farmer Qayyum Johnson… Read More BPF & Climate Change: “The Mother of All Practice Opportunities”

Posted by: Dawn Haney Posted date:  February 04, 2015 In:  Eco Justice, Take Action Image via Catskill Mountain Keeper Do you eat potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, onions or bell peppers? Do you like almonds or pistachios? How about oranges, grapes or pomegranates? Put a little honey in your tea? …. These are all crops that are grown in Kern County, in the… Read More BPF: Wastewater from Oil Drilling is Used to Irrigate Our Crops

All Paths lead Home by Rowan St. John A bunch of us were gathered there in the dimly lit studio with the beats pulsating in the background and we were just talking about whatever came to mind. We got into the ideas about a future event and how it might expand the community in a… Read More All Paths Lead Home

For a couple of months, I have been studying the life of India’s Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. In a recent post, I extolled his achievements as a constitutional lawyer, politician and social reformer, champion and liberator of India’s “untouchables.” His personal conversion to Buddhism was tied to his larger vision to start a Dhamma Revolution,… Read More Jai Bhim! A Revolution of the Heart

Historically, Vedanta (Vedic or ‘Hindu’ religions) has been heavily influenced by Buddhism. Vedanta has developed a strain of “theism” that is called “non-dualism”. Adi Shankara was an 8th century [CE] yogi who developed the concept of non-dualism, Advaita Vedanta, to it’s highest degree. So depending on who you follow, there can seem to be almost… Read More No Self, Not Self and 18 Forms of Emptiness

from Tricycele: January 30, 2015 Putting an End to Buddhist Patriarchy  In order to become a force for social change, Buddhism needs to rid itself of enduring ills—the barring of female ordination first among them.Ajahn Brahm  On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, an African-American woman refused to obey a bus driver’s order to give… Read More Ajahn Brahm: Put an End to Buddhist Patriarchy