In this context, “healing justice” is understood as a broader framework that aims to describe the relationship between social justice work and spirit by focusing both on the consequences of systemic oppression on the hope and agency of community members as well as how communities can heal and be restored to vibrant ways of living (Ginwright… Read More Healing Justice: Using Art and Spirituality to Make Social Justice
An invitation “Tragically, the history of the world for the past 2,000 years is, in great part, the story of the epidemiology of the wetiko disease.” tweet Jack D Forbes Calling all painters, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, dancers, graffiti artists, fine art students, animators, sculptors, designers, actors, advertisers, poets, writers, illustrators, tech specialists, crafters and anyone with… Read More Seeing Wetiko, Ending Vampire Capitalism
A cloud of noxious particles brewing in the air above the Alberta oil sands is one of the most prolific sources of air pollution in North America, often exceeding the total emissions from Canada’s largest city, federal scientists have discovered. The finding marks the first time researchers have quantified the role of oil sands operations… Read More Oil sands found to be a leading source of air pollution in North America
The following excerpts are from a TransBuddhists interview with Caitrìona (Cait) Reed, co-founder of Five Changes and Manzanita Village Retreat – www.fivechanges.com. The full interview by Kevin Manders is here: https://transbuddhists.org/2016/05/25/community-member-spotlightinterview-with-caitriona-reed/ My work is informed by my understanding that everyone is challenged by change, by self-imposed limitation, and by the degree they can allow themselves to feel safe in… Read More Post-Buddhism: On Graduating from Buddhism
Part 1: Canada’s Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect Part 2: Canada’s Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect Black, Indigenous prisoners over-represented in Nova Scotia jails Youths are the most over-represented, compared to provincial population By Shaina Luck, CBC News Posted: May 20,… Read More DN: Occupied Canada: Indigenous & Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence & Neglect
I’m having some fun as a new guest editor over at Non-Buddhist. This recent post by Patrick Jennings, “Another Stab at the Non“, provoked some discussion, which led to my new take on the “emptiness” conundrum: Nontology. Nontology: No presumption is made about the existence or non-existence of anything. ‘Ontology’ presumes the existence of something;… Read More Post-Buddhism: Nontology
All the study and reflection I have done in early Buddhism and the recent study I’ve done in the Mahayana broke through to a new level of understanding. What was the Buddha pointing to? Where do we find awakening? Nikaya dharma, the early Pali canon, is all about the “human experience”. The Nikaya is about the specific,… Read More Post-Buddhism: Nikaya and Mahayana Contrasts in Dharma
