Buddhism is a dead religion. That is, if you practice it as a religion. If you don’t practice it as a religion, but as a journey to explore the infinite complexity of self and the universe, then it’s vibrantly alive. The dharma is nothing more, and nothing less, than a set of instructions that empowers one to unveil… Read More Beyond Buddhism
This is a preview of the live version of track 6 “Tara’s Mantra” on Krishna Das’s April 2014 album release “Kirtan Wallah”. This live kirtan was filmed on New York City in October 2013. The studio-recorded album will be available on CD and digital download through http://www.krishnadas.com, iTunes, amazon.com and many other outlets.
The following post is explores Buddhist cosmology using fuzzy logic, of which I am only just becoming familiar. Fuzzy logic is a fairly new branch of mathematics that creates sets (categories) out of continuous variables (among other things). In the West, it began to be explored in the 1920s. Professor Lofti Zadeh designed fuzzy logic set theory at the… Read More Non-Self as Fuzzy Logic
Rev. angel Kyodo williams opens the dialogue on racism in America with Buddhists and social justice activists, from a radical dharma perspective. Rev. Kyodo williams’ perspective includes Buddhist concepts but goes far beyond that. I participated in the webinar and have listed to this recording several times. Every time I listen I learn something new.… Read More Radical Dharma with Rev. angel Kyodo williams
From the New Yorker: RISING INEQUALITY: JANET YELLEN TELLS IT LIKE IT IS The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concerns me. … It is no secret that the past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the… Read More Janet Yellen: Rising Inequality
from Michael Bauwens, P2P Foundation: Editor: a bit of pretext: Economies of the future can go one of two ways: 1) amplification and acceleration of “survival of the fittest” in which the wealthiest people with the biggest automatic weapons grab everything they can for their own survival and leave the rest to die, a situation of… Read More Why we need cooperative accumulation
by Shaun Bartone Part I. As a Buddhist, I believe in deities. Or let’s say I have a certain relationship with deities that preceded becoming a Buddhist, and I see no reason to abandon those beliefs. I have had a relationship with Durga for over a decade. Recently I have become acquainted with Bahuchara Mata,… Read More Bahuchara Mata
