Not Buddha, Not Dharma
To see the Buddhanature in everyone, you have to see all the ways that people are awake; you have to see all the many ways that people can awaken: psychologically, socially, politically, culturally, … Continue reading →
US Supreme Court Signals ‘Open Season’ on Trans Youth
[This article was written by a member of Trans Buddhists (US), and myself, Shaun Bartone. Originally published at TransBuddhists.org] Trans Buddhists Urge Full Affirmation and Support for Trans/GNC Students: A … Continue reading →
Third Annual Conference on Buddhism and Race 2017
Harvard Buddhist Community’s Third Annual Conference on Buddhism and Race, March 2017; three videos. https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHarvardBuddhistCommunity%2Fvideos%2F1842059452675802%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Second Video https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHarvardBuddhistCommunity%2Fvideos%2F1842346985980382%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Third Video https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHarvardBuddhistCommunity%2Fvideos%2F1842386689309745%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Presenters include: rev. angel Kyodo Williams Lama Rod Owens … Continue reading →
Syria: This Endless Nightmare Must Stop
This Endless Nightmare Must Stop: Syrian Author Speaks Out as Chemical Attack Death Toll Rises The brutal war in Syria has been raging for six years, with dozens of chemical … Continue reading →
Issue Focus: Climate Justice and Human Rights
Dear Readers: I am focusing the blog on these issues for a time because I want to show the deep interconnection between environmental justice and human rights There are a … Continue reading →
Unbearable Whiteness of Being
This article by Afrosapiophile brings up an issue that I immediately connected with. It helped me identify a deep discomfort that I’ve had with white-majority western sanghas in North America. … Continue reading →
Pablo Das: Fight on, Bodhisattvas!
[Editor: My friend, Pablo Das, has been active in the resistance to the Trump Regime, especially in the fight to save the Affordable Care Act. Here as some of his … Continue reading →
Workers of the Third World-Unite
The global industrial working class: interview with Immanuel Ness Originally posted at Triple Crisis. [Editor: this article is an excellent summary of the social conditions of industrial workers who are primarily … Continue reading →
Pussy Riot and…Buddhism?
Guess what? Nadya Tolokno, leader of the Russian feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, has a strong connection to Buddhism. The ‘Revolution’ issue of Bust magazine (Feb/March 2017) features an interview … Continue reading →
Echoes from the Void: Poems
Duty of Care In this amazing world we are surrounded by magic, nature is beautiful but the way we treat it is tragic. Humanity should wake up and reality … Continue reading →
