Maia Duerr: Socially Engaged Dharma: Roots and Shoots

Dharma Podcasts Maia Duerr: Socially Engaged Dharma: Roots and Shoots Episode Description: Maia Duerr begins her talk by describing how she relates to the tempestuous headlines we often see, and acknowledges her anger, grief, panic, and anxiety. She urges us to sit with those feelings, and we take a moment of silence for the people of… Read More Maia Duerr: Socially Engaged Dharma: Roots and Shoots

What’s Mindfulness Got To Do With It?

Zen and the Art of Social Movement Maintenance JAMES K ROWE 27 March 2015 This article was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. Activists meditating in Zuccotti Park during Occupy. Credit: Waging Nonviolence/Karsten Braaten. Angela Davis, revolutionary activist and philosopher, is a committed yogi. She began practicing in prison when a doctor working with the Black Panther… Read More What’s Mindfulness Got To Do With It?

Folk Theory of Non-Dual Awareness

The next two posts explore non-dualism from Hindu and Buddhist perspectives. The first is by Jody Radzik, whose slideshare “The Folk Theory of Nondual Enlightenment” looks at both Buddhist/Theravada concepts of ‘non-self’ and Hindu/Mahayana concepts of non-dualism and Advaita Vedanta. Jody reveals with brilliant simplicity the underlying assumptions of each, and why they ultimately fall short as… Read More Folk Theory of Non-Dual Awareness