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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 … Continue reading →

2014/11/11 · 4 Comments

Radical Faeries: Modern Day Siddhas

[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, … Continue reading →

2014/11/09 · 2 Comments

Call the Fossil Fuel Industry what it is: Global Genocide

The fossil fuel industry knows full well that their product is causing the sickness and death of people everywhere that oil, gas and coal are being mined, shipped and burned. … Continue reading →

2014/11/05 · Leave a comment

Right Anger and the Path to the End of Caste

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 … Continue reading →

2014/11/04 · Leave a comment

Josh Korda Goes Against the Stream @Tricycle

This film portrait of Josh Korda is about the only type of American Buddhism that I can get behind, that is genuine, honest, frank, and real. I can only share the … Continue reading →

2014/11/03 · Leave a comment

Send books, not weapons. Education, not Drones, will stop terrorism.

Malala Yousafzai Has a Wise Message About Terrorism for the World By Coleen Jose October 22, 2014 “The best way to fight terrorism is to invest in education,” she said. “Instead of sending … Continue reading →

2014/10/25 · Leave a comment

Sulak Sivaraksa: Tackle Social Structures

“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 … Continue reading →

2014/09/30 · Leave a comment

Joanna Macy & Sulak Sivaraksa: BPF Keynote Aug 2014

2014/09/30 · Leave a comment