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Remembering Leslie Feinberg, Revolutionary Communist
Her last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.” By hir wife, Minnie Bruce Pratt. Leslie Feinberg, who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist, died on November 15. She succumbed to complications from multiple tick-borne co-infections, including Lyme disease, babeisiosis, and protomyxzoa rheumatica, after decades of illness.… Read More Remembering Leslie Feinberg, Revolutionary Communist
Sangharakshita: Anti-establishment Buddhism
Tricycle: How do you account for Buddhist monasticism, at least as you experienced it, as having evolved in such a uninspiring way? Sangharakshita: Initially, the Buddha’s teachings had to be preserved through memorization and oral repetition. That was more easily accomplished by full-timers. So the monks inevitably gained a sort of monopoly. The original Buddhism was a… Read More Sangharakshita: Anti-establishment Buddhism
A Clockwork Mindfulness: Challenging Corporate Buddhism
Clark Strand is a Tricycle contributing editor. His latest book is Waking the Buddha. With headlines like “Gentrifying the dharma: How the 1% is hijacking mindfulness” and “Rebel posturing and ‘mindfulness training’ can’t cover up tech world’s awful labor standards” on Facebook courtesy of Salon.com, suddenly American Buddhists find themselves pushed to one side or the other of an age-old… Read More A Clockwork Mindfulness: Challenging Corporate Buddhism
Buddhists: Get F’n Real
Pope Francis Against Free Market Ideology
Pope Francis: “Unbridled consumerism” will have destructive consequences for the planet In letter to host of upcoming G-20 summit, the pope decries free market fundamentalism LUKE BRINKER Pope Francis (Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino) Free market fundamentalism poses a grave threat to both economic security and the health of the planet, Pope Francis warns in a letter to… Read More Pope Francis Against Free Market Ideology
Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something
Western Buddhists are very suspicious of attachment. They feel they need to be detached . . . so dont get upset about racism, or injustice, or the poison in the rivers, because that means youre too attached. I think one of the problems with Westernized Buddhists is premature equanimity. When the Buddha said dont be… Read More Don’t Just Sit There, Do Something
