What’s Buddhist About Buddhist Social Activism?
by Seth Zuihō Segall, originally published at the Existential Buddhist Posted on February 6, 2017 This is an updated, revised version an of essay of mine that was published in the … Continue reading →
What Does Buddhism Offer the World?
A new essay by Jayarava (Compatibility Issues 3. Buddhism) is a brilliant analysis of the cultural role of Buddhism in the world, past and present. Jayarava argues that the Buddhist worldview … Continue reading →
The Dharma of Jean Paul Sartre
Note: I’m very interested in Jean Paul Sartre’s existential phenomenology and its resonances with Buddhadharma. Sartre asked many of the same questions as Buddha and came up with remarkably similar … Continue reading →
The Upper Middle Way
Originally published in Shambhala Sun, 1997 and in Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly. Reposted in numerous Buddhist blogs. Kobai Scott Whitney The Upper Middle Way: Have North-American Buddhists Renounced Renunciation? Historians of … Continue reading →
Buddhism is Dead; Long Live Buddhism
Buddhism Was Only for Rich People—Until Now Dear David Chapman: I’ve read several posts in your series (“We Matter to Buddhism“) and you’re missing the fact that Boomer Buddhism is … Continue reading →
Buddhist Futures: The Void
I’ve decided to write a sci-fi thriller flick called ‘The Void’. It’s a spoof of Buddhist debates on emptiness, featuring a bunch of clueless Buddhist astronauts on an orphaned spaceship … Continue reading →
Integral Theory on the Dynamics of Social Groups
[Note: this article was pubished at Integral Life as a section of a longer article on civil society responses to Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. It’s a synopsis … Continue reading →
One community garden at a time
How New Yorkers are fighting for food justice Tanya Fields’ Libertad Urban Farm joins a city-wide movement to redistribute resources to poor communities that are systemically deprived of healthy food … Continue reading →
Let’s Get Personal for a Moment
I have turned to the work of Chris Grosso, aka the Indie Spiritualist, for some fresh inspiration. Chris blends several traditions and practices in a way that works for him. … Continue reading →
Beyond Bicycles: Ecology as Social Justice
Why the Fight for Environmental Justice Is Also a Fight for Social Justice Nityanand Jayaraman 05/06/2017 originally posted at The Wire Let this World Environment Day be the day you take … Continue reading →
