[Developing story: I will be expanding on this article over the next little while, eventually to become part of a book on tantric Buddhism as engaged practice.] Danielle Levitt, photographer, shot the photos of the Radical Faeries of NYC. Go to Daniell’s website below to see a video of the faeries he photographed. http://www.daniellelevitt.com/galleries/27-radical_faeries_nyc Definitively… Read More Radical Faeries: Modern Day Siddhas
by Alan Senauke And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. — Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta The Buddhist precepts speak our moral code, flowing from and leading to liberty, equality, and fraternity. The precepts’ instruction regarding… Read More Right Anger and the Path to the End of Caste
Fulon Gong members and others imprisoned, tortured and abused as slave labour to make Halloween decorations. The New York Times The administrative building of the Masanjia labor camp and other facilities in China. By ANDREW JACOBS MASANJIA, China — The cry for help, a neatly folded letter stuffed inside a package of Halloween decorations sold at… Read More Behind Cry for Help From China Labor Camp
on her baby’s future impacted by climate change.
Fleet Maull: Service as Path
“We would do better to understand and de-structure these corporations. My main concern is social structure that is unjust and violent. Corporations are the biggest and most powerful examples. Most churches, and even the Buddhist Sangha, also have structures that are violent. We cannot ignore that issue. We may talk of “the future of Buddhism”,… Read More Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa: Tackle Social Structures
