I’ve been looking back over my blog posts for an upcoming publication and discovered that I posted the first article on June 10, 2014. So Happy Fifth Birthday Engage! Five … Continue reading →
China Uighurs: One million held in political camps, UN told Getty ImagesUighur protesters pictured in 2009 wield the ID cards of detained relatives A UN human rights committee has heard … Continue reading →
Human Rights Watch May 1, 2019 China’s Algorithms of Repression Reverse Engineering a Xinjiang Police Mass Surveillance App A Xinjiang Police College webpage shows police officers collecting information from villagers … Continue reading →
Editor: I wish the rest of the Shambhala Admin had the integrity and the courage that this woman has and just resigned from their positions. The Buddhist Spring is coming. … Continue reading →
[Editor: this is the first I have heard of this process, called Deep Packet Inspection, whereby an ISP can read not only the ‘address’ data of your online communications, but … Continue reading →
This is why we need to declare a Buddhist Spring: to topple hierarchies that produce violent racists like Wirathu. “The day when the ICC comes here,” he said, “is the … Continue reading →
DECLARING A BUDDHIST SPRING: 2020 I am just utterly fed up with Buddhist authoritarianism, with narcissists disguised as gurus and ‘authoritative’ teachers, with hierarchies and one-ups-manship. I’m fed up with … Continue reading →
Today Engage! introduces Xander Fraum and his response to Natalie Wynne, aka “Contrapoints”, on the subject of “Beaty” in a transgender and feminist context. The video is posted so that … Continue reading →
So here’s something I didn’t know until last week: Spirit Rock rescinded Noah Levine’s authorization to teach Buddhism under the auspices of Spirit Rock. I was told that Levine was … Continue reading →
The following email came to me from the Northwest Dharma Association. It’s an example of how powerful a Buddhist organization can be when it comes together with a profound intention … Continue reading →
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