Pema: Holding the Suffering of the World
Like many of you, I get dharma quotes from Pema Chodron and other published teachers in my mailbox everyday. This quote from Pema’s book, “The Wisdom of No Escape”, seems … Continue reading
Mark Power on Cultivating Compassion
Mark Power, a senior Western teacher and meditation instructor of Nalandabodhi, gives us a glimpse of the nature of compassion and its possibilities. Recorded in June 2013.
Sulak Sivaraksa: Buddhism as Social Movement
Buddhism is not concerned just with private destiny, but with the lives and consciousness of all beings. Any attempt to understand Buddhism apart from its social dimension is fundamentally a … Continue reading
Outcastes As Activists: A Tantric Approach to Engaged Buddhism
I’ve spent most of my life with outcastes, drunks and queers mostly; second to that, artists and academics, and of course activists. Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time … Continue reading
Interdependence is Deeply Political
Ethan Nichtern’s book, One City: A Declaration of Interdependence, is a collection of extraordinary insights into the experience and practice of interdependence from a Buddhist perspective. The following is his take … Continue reading
Pema on Compassionate Action
The basic ground of compassionate action is the importance of working with rather than struggling against, and what I mean by that is working with your own unwanted, unacceptable stuff, … Continue reading
Why Meditate?
Because by meditating you might be of greater benefit to yourself and all other beings.
Ezra Garza: The Simple Path to Empowerment
The Simple Path to Empowerment. The Simple Path to Empowerment by Eric Garza I believe it was Oscar Wilde who said: “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, … Continue reading
The Tantra of Vimilasara
I am a Black African Queen with four arms and three eyes with a thousand snakes that coil from the top of my crown chakra my upper left hand holds … Continue reading
Taking Meditation Off the Cushion and Into the Endangered Forest
By Jane Brunette [Editor: We welcome author Jane Brunette, a teacher of Buddhism and Indigenous spirituality, to Engage!. Please visit her site at http://flamingseed.com] HOW DOES SPIRITUAL PRACTICE leave the meditation … Continue reading
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