The following presents what I understand to be the approach to teachers that is typical of Theravada and Nikaya (early) Buddhism. As my friend Vimilarasa Mason John (Triratna) said once: “Our teachers are all around us. The question is, are we ready to learn from them?” This article was originally published in Tricycle online: The Trouble… Read More Olendzki: The Trouble with Teachers
This has to stop. We have to deeply examine what’s going on in western sanghas that makes people vulnerable to sexual abuse. This story is almost a year old (May 2015) but it’s the first I’ve heard of this happening in Europe: Austria and the Netherlands. Having been through the experience of abuse within Buddhist communities—verbal,… Read More BUDDHIST MONK’S SEXUAL ABUSE REVEALED
by Katie Loncke, originally published at BPF/Turning Wheel Media Dear practitioners: time to talk strategy! As Buddhists or spiritual people committed to justice, what will we do about hateful, ultra-conservative, quasi-fascist movements like the rise of Donald Trump? For a while now, I’ve been hearing growing interest among progressive Buddhists in attending Trump rallies near us. (Shoutout to… Read More 5 Ways Buddhists Can Counter Trump’s Bigotry
LATimes When black, Muslim and Latino student activists at the University of Illinois at Chicago heard last week that Donald Trump was planning a rally on campus, they did what any good organizers do in 2016: They went online. Within days, thousands of people had liked a Facebook page called “Stop Trump – Chicago.” Tens of thousands added their… Read More How black, Latino and Muslim college students organized to stop Trump’s rally in Chicago
