Do Bodhisattvas get Angry? A Response to the Killing of Eric Garner. Via Rev. M. Jamil Scotton Dec 5, 2014 As the devastating news of the lack of justice in the brutal slaying of Eric Garner was released, I was suddenly jolted from a state of numbness that had taken hold of my mind since… Read More Do Bodhisattvas get Angry?
SATURDAY, DEC 6, 2014 11:45 AM AST Sam Harris wants practitioners out of religion business. But the supposed science behind it is its own mythology RONALD PURSER AND ANDREW COOPER Stephen Colbert, Sam Harris (Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/Simon & Schuster/Ray Garcia/Photo montage by Salon) The spike of popular interest in the mindfulness movement, with its enthusiastic endorsements among celebrities,… Read More Mindfulness’ “truthiness” problem: the ‘Science’ of Mindfulness
After reading much Buddhist text, I realize that what Buddhism teaches is to deconstruct the power of projection. “Our worlds” are a projection of our minds; tantric connection with a “deity” is a projection that we both create and destroy. Much of our klesha suffering is the result of our projections onto others and the… Read More Towards a Buddhist Sociology: The Power of Collective Projections
Narendra Modi, Favoring Growth in India, Pares Back Environmental Rules By ELLEN BARRY and NEHA THIRANI BAGRIDEC. 4, 2014 A fisherman on the banks of the Daman Ganga River. CreditGraham Crouch for The New York Times VAPI, India — Factory owners in this city on the western coast of India have been fuming, railing, and arguing for years against a single… Read More India’s New Prime Minister Rolls Back Environmental Rules
I am exploring the origins of the Tara cult in India, both in Hindu and Buddhist cults. The Hindu origin of Tara seems to be that she is one of the Saivic Goddesses, along with Shakti, Durga, Lakshmi, Kali and related Goddesses. Ethnoarcheaologist Elora Tribedy has published two papers that explore the origins, history and geo-cultural spread… Read More Who is Tara? Indic Hindu and Buddhist Origins
No Magic Bullet is a book for anyone interested in exploring the causes of and solutions to children’s attentional / behavioral / emotional difficulties today In the links below there are references from the book and new emerging ideas which could be part of the picture thus creating an ongoing conversation. Also I encourage readers… Read More Are We Surrounded by Warriors in the World?
A new music video featuring the music of Kinnie Starr has stop-motion wood carved characters confronting Prime Minister Stephen Harper, depicted on a super tanker travelling around Haida Gwaii. Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters was released this week, in response to the December 2013 recommended approval of the controversial EnbridgeNorthern Gateway. The video is a collaboration of activism and culture, produced… Read More Haida Raid 3: Save Our Waters Animation
