I’m glad that Thay and I are on the same page with this doctrine. From the Lion’s Roar, Jan. 2012 Do you have to believe in reincarnation to be a Buddhist? Reincarnation means there is a soul that goes out of your body and enters another body. That is a very popular, very wrong notion… Read More Thich Nhat Hanh: There is no Rebirth
Slavoj Zizek manages to get the whole message out, without getting lost, in this rather short video (for him): the Left doesn’t have a plan. It’s a very similar message to the second video by Naomi Klein, based on her latest book, No is Not Enough. I haven’t read the book yet, but she ends the video… Read More Resistance is Never Enough
Kamalanandi and Shradasiddhi teach at the second Triratna Gender Diverse Retreat at Adhistana in Coddington, UK, 2017. Kamalanandi teaches on ‘Practicing Ksanti in the face of Adversity.’ Shradasiddhi teaches on ‘The Power of Metta in Transforming Self and World’. ,
Lama Rod Owens’ teaches at Worldwide Insight on ‘The Practice of Love as Social Resistance”, Lama Rod offers profound teachings on Buddhist approaches to non-violent resistance to dominant forms of violence and oppression. (paraphrase) ‘Buddhist forms of resistance that are not wounding or traumatizing, that is natural, healing, sustainable, appropriate and adequate for long-term social… Read More Lama Rod Owens: Loves In Need of Love
Almost from the beginning of this blog, I have tried to understand what ‘sangha’ is, and what it means to ‘take refuge in the sangha’. I figured out a few things: first, it’s not the Buddhist organization you belong to, nor the lineage or tradition, nor students of the teacher or guru you follow (but… Read More In My Tribe 2: Sense8
The Aro g’Ter lineage offers one of the best explanations of the spirituality of emptiness and non-duality that I have seen. What I have found amongst Mahayana/Vajrayana sects (Dzogchen in particular) is an obsessive focus on extreme forms of emptiness, to the point of voidness. Some Zen sects focus obsessively on form, favouring an excessive… Read More Aro: Form, Emptiness and Non-Duality
“Right Now, It’s Like This”: It’s a phrase whose usage is catching on, especially among members of the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society community, and related groups like Dharma Punx and Refuge Recovery. You may have even heard non-Buddhists using it. Read the rest of the article featuring Vinny Ferrano of Against the Stream… Read More Slumdog Buddha #2
