Atman: Brahman (cosmic unity of all things) in personal form as the Supreme Self, as the Original and Originating Soul or Self; the Singular Cause of that exists (aka ‘creator-god’). Anatman: there is no Original or Supreme Self or Singular Cause; there is multiple causality Saying “there is no self” is the same thing as saying… Read More Self: Honour, Heal, Transcend

If the response of the corporate state is repression rather than reform then our strategy and our tactics must be different. We will have to cease our appealing to the system. We will have to view the state, including the Democratic Party, as antagonistic to genuine reform. We will have to speak in the language… Read More Chris Hedges: The Coming Climate Revolt

…”We stood at the turning point.” As we now face the takeover of America by a fascist regime, I am strongly reminded of the words of the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous which are read at many 12 Step meetings in North America. It echoes the sense of resolve that we must have to stop the… Read More Half-Measures Availed Us Nothing

I have seen the future of Buddhism: American Buddhism, neo-liberal Buddhism, Western Buddhism, globalized Buddhism, what have you. It’s the IFC’s new comedy show, The Mirror. Slate is running a story on the new show, and tries to analogize it to The Black Mirror  and the Trump regime. But The Mirror is not a take on Trumpism, which is better represented by… Read More Children of The Mirror

I’ve been searching for something I wrote on ‘dukkha’ as ‘unsatisfactoriness’ and while I haven’t found it yet, I’ve come across other writings which I also ‘lost’ some time ago and gave up looking for—but now I’ve found them. Here’s a comment on ‘yuppie Buddhism’ which I once posted to a Tricycle article. It was so scathing and… Read More Refuge in the Sangha