For the practitioner of Buddhism, there are several ‘modes’ or phases of awakening that one can experience. First, there is awakening from suffering, in which the practitioner begins to understand … Continue reading →
Engage! artist spotlight features author Lindsay Wong and her latest book, The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, a darkly comic memoir … Continue reading →
Dear Readers: You may remember from a few months ago the controversy over the 17th Karmapa and allegations that, during a retreat at his center in upstate New York, he … Continue reading →
I’m pulling together some research I’ve done on the early history of Buddhism, not [just] as a religion, but as an ancient civilization, and its implications for our present global … Continue reading →
This newsletter from Work That Reconnects, Unravelling Patriarchy and Shifting the Paradigm is a library of deep thinking and transformation of power-over systems of all kinds. —Editor. The theme for … Continue reading →
Interview with George Yancy: bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats and Loving Blackness I believe whole-heartedly that the only way out of domination is love. bell hooks BY GEORGE YANCY AND BELL … Continue reading →
Second, President Biden has declared the Tatmadaw’s campaign of rape, torture, bombing and forced migration of the Rohingya people out of Myanmar in 2017 a ‘genocide’ and crimes against humanity. … Continue reading →
While the world’s attention is drawn to the devastating violence in Ukraine, the Tatmadaw continue their violent assault on the people of Myanmar. But we finally have some better news … Continue reading →
The following article by Daniel Faber of the Global Center for Climate Justice, drills down even further into the real reason Russia is invading Ukraine–Ukraine’s huge reserves of oil and … Continue reading →
If you think the links between American banks, oil and Russia’s war-making aren’t deep and profound, think again. by Svitlana Romanko, climate activist with 350.org, founder of Stand With Ukraine … Continue reading →
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