‘Here Is My Offer’: A Dalit Poet Responds to the Adityanath Government’s Gift of Soap to Dalits Asang Wankhede29/05/2017 ‘Soap and shampoo only feed your ignorance/ not my stomach.’ UP chief minister Adityanath. Credit: Reuters Last week, Dalit villagers in Uttar Pradesh were given soap, detergent and shampoo to ‘clean’ themselves before chief minister Adityanath came to their… Read More Here is My Offer: a Dalit Poet
Pablo Das asked these set of questions on fb: Buddhist practitioners: How do you relate to Buddhism? Do you consider the Buddha a person who had an infallible lock on the truth? Are there teachings that don’t resonate? Do you rely on early texts to source this truth? Your tradition? Your teachers? Have you considered… Read More The Story So Far
[Editor: this is an excellent analysis of the geopolitics of global capitalism. But I want to draw your attention to one major point: Robinson asserts that under global capitalism most of humanity has become “excess population” that can no longer be employed by the global capitalist system, nor does it have enough money to buy what capitalism… Read More Global Capitalism: Reflections on a Brave New World
Edwin Ng and Zack Walsh are two Buddhist scholars who share a vision for a future of humanity beyond Capitalism, a vision grounded in contemplative and cooperatives forms of culture such as Buddhism. The proceeds of this conference should be very empowering for Buddhists who believe that ‘another world is possible.’ Towards a Contemplative Commons *… Read More Buddhist Futures: The Commons as Practice
Matt O’Connell at Post-traditional Buddhism interviews Hokai Sobol: https://soundcloud.com/post-traditional-buddhism/113-imperfect-buddha-guest-hokai-sobol-on-buddhism Matt: “Hokai Sobol joins us for an in-person chat in Trieste. Our conversation was a second attempt at a podcast episode and this time it all worked out and there was enough content to span two episodes. Before lunch, we discussed Buddhism in the West. After… Read More Post-Institutional: Thriving in the Network
by Maia Duerr, June 3, 2010, mentioned in her recent teaching on socially engaged Buddhism at Upaya Zen Centre, posted today at engage. originally posted at https://jizochronicles.com/2010/06/03/mandala-of-socially-engaged-buddhism/ I’ve referred to the “Mandala of Socially Engaged Buddhism” a couple of time in previous posts on this blog, and I’ve finally dug it up to share it with all of… Read More Mandala of Socially Engaged Buddhism
