I presented the article written by Daniel Wahl on on Gaia Education. If you read through the article carefully, you will notice some terms-of-art that are culturally ‘Buddhist’, although they are not identified as such: ‘inter-being‘, ‘meditation‘, ‘right livelihood‘, and ‘socially-engaged spirituality‘. Granted, most of the terms-of-art used in the article and the teaching syllabus (downloadable for… Read More Gaia Education: Secular Buddhism?
Tricycle is allowing free viewing of video teachings by 13 Buddhists of colour Throughout the month of February. Vimilasara’s teaching on creating ‘true refuge’ for Buddhists of colour, and others marginalized and persecuted by white supremacy, is presented in its entirety. Especially engaging is her ‘parable of the hummingbird and the forest fire’ which teaches… Read More Vimilasara: True Refuge in Dangerous Times
A New Worldview (One of four dimensions in Gaia Design Framework) This dimension explores the why of creating sustainable and regenerative cultures. Participants are invited to contemplate the role of spiritual practices like meditation, pilgrimage, prayer or solo-time in nature in creating deeper socio-cultural and ecological ties with the place we inhabit and the communities we participate in. … Read More Gaia Education for Systemic Transformation
It’s not about diversity or inclusion anymore. It’s facing the truth about white supremacy. The west was built on racism. It’s time we faced that – Kehinde Andrews, Prof. of Sociology | In my opinion. Originally published in the Guardian UK. [Editor] I hope this signals the end of western hegemony and its economic form,… Read More Andrews: West Built on Racism
Originally published at Open Culture: Umberto Eco grew up under Mussolini’s fascist regime, which “was certainly a dictatorship, but it was not totally totalitarian, not because of its mildness but rather because of the philosophical weakness of its ideology. Contrary to common opinion, fascism in Italy had no special philosophy.” It did, however, have style, “a… Read More Resisting Fascism, Building Resilience 2: Mussolini-Style
Think the Women’s March wasn’t radical enough? Do something about it It might not have been as black, brown or working class as many might have liked. But criticizing it from the sidelines doesn’t help anyone Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Jan. 24, 2017, originally published in The Guardian. ‘The movement to resist Trump will have to be… Read More Keenga Taylor: Women’s March a Beginning
