Umair Haque: Pathologies of Collapse
The world’s task is this. Should the world follow the American model — extreme capitalism, no public investment, cruelty as a way of life, the perversion of everyday virtue — then these new social … Continue reading →
The True Cost of Producing Oil
[Editor: This article from the Canadian National Observer reports the cost imposed on the Canadian taxpayer by oil production from Alberta’s tar sands in terms of carbon emissions and other … Continue reading →
Life After Hate
What we’re saying is: “I see how you got to that point in your life. I can see your process and start to dismantle that process through a lens of … Continue reading →
Ezra Klein: How Democracy Dies
Ezra Klein interviews the authors of the book, How Democracy Dies. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-democracies-die/id1081584611?i=1000400956112&mt=2 “How Democracies Dies” comes at exactly the right moment. We’re already awash in public indignation — what we desperately … Continue reading →
Five Mass Graves Evidence of Rohingya Genocide
AP finds mass graves, latest evidence of Rohingya genocide in Myanmar AP February 1, 2018, 2:52 AM Last Updated Feb 1, 2018 6:39 AM EST BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh — … Continue reading →
We’re Not Gonna Take It
The Power of Peer-Pressure: Soft Authoritarianism in Buddhism The theme of ‘awakening’ in The Who’s rock opera Tommy needs to be explored further as an allegory for ‘awakening’ religions in the … Continue reading →
MBI: No Final Answers
This is the first of a new podcast I am producing called Meta Buddhist Inquiry. The podcast is actually a series of ‘guided meditations’ or contemplations on what I call … Continue reading →
Engagedharma.net
Dear Readers: I posted my first article on this blog on June 10, 2014. This blog has been through as many transformations as I have. Some of you may notice that … Continue reading →
The Broken Buddha
The Broken Buddha; Critical Reflections on Theravada and a Plea for a New Buddhism, by S. Dhammika http://www.buddhistische-gesellschaft-berlin.de/downloads/brokenbuddhanew.pdf This essay was written by S. Dhammika in 2001, published in 2004 … Continue reading →
Love Is the Force of Total Revolution
by VIMALA THAKAR: Excerpt from Spirituality and Social Action: A Holistic Approach (Bio) The Indian spiritual master Vimala Thakar is best known in Europe and the US as a strikingly … Continue reading →
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