Ostrom in the City: Design Principles for the Urban Commons About the Writer: Sheila Foster Sheila R. Foster is a Professor of Law and Public Policy (joint appointment with McCourt School of Public Policy) at Georgetown University. Professor Foster is the author of numerous books, book chapters, and law journal articles on property, land use,… Read More The Commons in the City
I’ve started a companion blog to Engage!: Dharma Nerds. It will be less serious and more fun than Engage!, even silly at times. Have a look. https://dharmanerds.wordpress.com Dharma Nerds aims to be a hub for intellectual and creative exploration of dharma themes in Buddhism, Yoga, Advaita and related traditions. I welcome submission of your articles, photos… Read More Dharma Nerds
Love In the Time of Chaos is a five-part series featuring the collective advice of the Be Here Now Network’s teachers on dealing with the chaos of the current political climate with love, compassion, and equanimity. Get your free PDF ebook: Love in the Time of Chaos: A Guide to Compassion in 2017; from Buddhist and… Read More Love in a Time of Chaos
Buddhism – a Path beyond Religion Yogi Prabodha JnanaFebruary 20, 2016 By Yogi Prabodha Jnana Buddhism is a journey beyond religion – a deepening awareness into our own nature relying on reason and direct seeing, free from all forms of clinging – theistic, atheistic or agnostic. If we try to practice it like a religion,… Read More Yogi Prabodha Jnana: Why Buddhism is not a Religion
Our life is like a vast net connecting us to all other lives on this planet, and each part of this net is linked to all of the rest. The essence of our life is not limited within the confines of our bodies but rather is distributed across all the people and things that we… Read More The Karmapa: Interconnected
Doing Our Own Work Series: In this is a fantastic video, Dr. Robin DiAngelo unpacks white fragility, white racial denial, white privilege, white racial stress and white worldview. Dr. Robin DiAngelo coined the term “white fragility” and has done extensive research and teaching on white fragility and white worldview. Her book. What Does It Mean to… Read More Dr. Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
Published on Jul 18, 2017 Rev. Guo Cheen’s comments after Dr. Funie Hsu’s powerpoint presentation about racial justice, which is not available at this time due to online personal attacks against Dr. Hsu and other outspoken Asian American Buddhists. [Editor: the video has been published and is posted here.] Rev. Guo Cheen emphasizes the importance… Read More NABA Webinar on Recentering Asian Americans in American Buddhism
