Radical Faeries: Modern Day Siddhas

[Developing story: I will be expanding on this article over the next little while, eventually to become part of a book on tantric Buddhism as engaged practice.] Danielle Levitt, photographer, shot the photos of the Radical Faeries of NYC. Go to Daniell’s website below to see a video of the faeries he photographed. http://www.daniellelevitt.com/galleries/27-radical_faeries_nyc Definitively… Read More Radical Faeries: Modern Day Siddhas

How To Stop An Oil And Gas Pipeline: The Unist’ot’en Camp Resistance

Over the past four years, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation have literally built a strategy to keep three proposed oil and gas pipelines from crossing their land. Concerned about the environmental damage a leak could cause on land they’ve never given up, they’ve constructed a protection camp to block pipeline companies. As opposition… Read More How To Stop An Oil And Gas Pipeline: The Unist’ot’en Camp Resistance

Call the Fossil Fuel Industry what it is: Global Genocide

The fossil fuel industry knows full well that their product is causing the sickness and death of people everywhere that oil, gas and coal are being mined, shipped and burned. They also know full well that their industry is the leading cause of global environmental destruction and climate change. They know full well that the… Read More Call the Fossil Fuel Industry what it is: Global Genocide

Right Anger and the Path to the End of Caste

by Alan Senauke And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. — Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta The Buddhist precepts speak our moral code, flowing from and leading to liberty, equality, and fraternity. The precepts’ instruction regarding… Read More Right Anger and the Path to the End of Caste

DPR on the Forum Panel for Awake in Seattle Nov. 15

  Dear Sangha Family: We have some excellent news:  Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche has confirmed his participation on the November 15 panel at “Awake in Seattle,” the 10th anniversary of our sangha home, NalandaWest!The panel on meditation will begin at 10am Pacific, and will also include Ven. Pannavati and John Tarrant Roshi, as representatives of the Theravadin and… Read More DPR on the Forum Panel for Awake in Seattle Nov. 15