Shaun Bartone

Buddhism as Fiction: Metaphorical, not Metaphysical

I have been working with this idea within my Buddhist studies for several years. It is the idea that a religion, including Buddhism, can be treated like a series of … Continue reading →

2019/07/21 · 2 Comments

#XR: Food Production and the Climate Emergency

Dr. Gail Bradbrook speaks on Extinction Rebellion and climate impacts on food production and human civilizations.

2019/07/20 · 2 Comments

Buddhist Futures: The Future is the Network

Western Buddhism is evolving into a Network form. I predict the Network will become the dominant form of Buddhism in the West. There will still be shrines and meditation halls … Continue reading →

2019/07/19 · Leave a comment

Acid Dharma 2: Beyond is Beyond

Let’s get into more acid dharma. Here’s Bodhi Cheetah’s Choice by Prana Crafter, from Seattle, Washington, in his video, “Holy Tempel of Flow.” On the Beyond Beyond is Beyond label, … Continue reading →

2019/07/19 · Leave a comment

Dhani Harrison: In/Parallel

Dhani Harrison: In/Parallel Harrison’s album, released in 2017, is a bold and complex form of psychedelia. A tribute to his father, George Harrison’s 60s psychedelic style, Dhani blended psyche with … Continue reading →

2019/07/18 · Leave a comment

#XR: Regeneration

Two monks from Plum Village offer their insights for #XR Regeneration. What interests me most is that, on some level, they are also participants in Extinction Rebellion. I was a bit … Continue reading →

2019/07/14 · Leave a comment

Politics and Buddhism in China

[Editor: The following article is from ‘Bitter Winter’, which claims to be a ‘A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China’, written under a pseudonym. The blog seems … Continue reading →

2019/07/13 · Leave a comment

Buddhist Futures: Acid Dharma

Acid Dharma is Fractal and Iconoclastic We are witnessing the the demise of institutional Buddhism in North America. Not the end of Buddhist dharma per se, but the end of … Continue reading →

2019/07/11 · 1 Comment

Champagne Dub: Sound w/o Intention

‘Drops’ by Champagne Dub The sound you get when rhythms of various parts of a composition are complementary but not exactly locked together. The slight time/groove shift is really expansive … Continue reading →

2019/07/11 · Leave a comment

White People Are Noticing Something New: Their Own Whiteness

[Editor: this article by Emily Bazelon looks at racial politics of the last decade, from Obama to Trump, and how ‘whiteness’ as a racial phenomenon is changing. What happens when … Continue reading →

2019/07/11 · Leave a comment

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