Pope Francis: Buddha or Naomi Klein?
In this Guardian UK editorial, Giles Fraser says that Pope Francis’ encyclical on capitalism and the environment reads like he stole a few chapters from Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything. … Continue reading
Cathy Jones: The Human Realm is the Middle Ground
Cathy Jones gets personal in new one-woman show My brother Andy told me, he said, ‘Stop feeling like your career is like this thing that you’re climbing. Think about it as … Continue reading
The Punk Dharma at Khyber Sound Klub
Here’s a recording of my last session (6-17-15) with the Khyber Sound Klub, an improvisation group in Halifax. We’re a sound improv group that works with the improvisation teachings of Jerry Granelli, jazz … Continue reading
Bikhu Bodhi: Climate Change is a Moral Issue
The moral tide of our age pushes us in two directions. One is to uplift the living standards of the billions mired in poverty, struggling each day to survive. The … Continue reading
The Punk Dharma
On using Buddhism like a drug: Meditation actually makes you feel and experience everything more intensely. So when you feel this intensity, you can do either one of two things: you … Continue reading
Guardian UK: Summary of the Papal Encyclical on the Environment “Laudato Si”
Pope Francis: The Earth, our home, is beginning to look like an immense pile of filth An extract from Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change, the environment and inequality ‘The … Continue reading
Privilege, Knowledge, Power in White Convert Buddhism
by Scott W. Menasco We have a new contributor to Engage!. Scott W. Menasco is a PhD Student studying Buddhism in the United States, a counselor, and a practitioner of … Continue reading
Seeing Through: Emptiness and Networks of Power
Today I begin a new series on the use of the Buddhist concept of emptiness to challenge and dismantle social systems of power and oppression. I translate the term shunyata … Continue reading
Seeing Through: Towards a Buddhist Sociology
[Editor’s note; I was supposed to be taking a break from Buddhism this summer. Well, that resolve lasted all of a week. But I’ve been working on my dissertation, and came … Continue reading
Meditation Group at Dalhousie Multifaith Centre Last Fridays
Ven. Sirinanda is holding a meditation group on the last Fridays of the month at the Dalhousie Multifaith Centre, beginning on Friday, June 26. The group starts at 6:30 PM.
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