Queer Dharma Circle, Solstice 2016
Three friends held our first Queer Dharma Circle on Winter Solstice at Bird Hill Farm in Ware, Massachusetts. Vance, my friend and owner of the farm, my partner Vicky, and … Continue reading →
An Open Letter to White People on Becoming Indigenous
This letter by Adebayo Akomolafe on whiteness and colonization is so richly complex that it shifts our fixed ideas about every category of race. And it contains within it a profound teaching … Continue reading →
The Descent
December 20, 2016 Thanissara originally published at her blog. So, there it is. A total wipe out. For now, let’s stop battling and shoring up strategies. Instead of floundering around for certainties, … Continue reading →
Self: Honour, Heal, Transcend
https://vimeo.com/193872637 Atman: Brahman (cosmic unity of all things) in personal form as the Supreme Self, as the Original and Originating Soul or Self; the Singular Cause of that exists (aka ‘creator-god’). … Continue reading →
Chris Hedges: The Coming Climate Revolt
If the response of the corporate state is repression rather than reform then our strategy and our tactics must be different. We will have to cease our appealing to the … Continue reading →
Half-Measures Availed Us Nothing
…”We stood at the turning point.” As we now face the takeover of America by a fascist regime, I am strongly reminded of the words of the 12 Steps of … Continue reading →
Honouring Nizah Morris: Pioneering Black Trans Buddhist
TransBuddhists are honouring the life and passing of Nizah Morris, an African American Trans Buddhist who was killed in police custody. Her case is still being covered up until this day, … Continue reading →
Children of The Mirror
I have seen the future of Buddhism: American Buddhism, neo-liberal Buddhism, Western Buddhism, globalized Buddhism, what have you. It’s the IFC’s new comedy show, The Mirror. Slate is running a story … Continue reading →
Refuge in the Sangha
I’ve been searching for something I wrote on ‘dukkha’ as ‘unsatisfactoriness’ and while I haven’t found it yet, I’ve come across other writings which I also ‘lost’ some time ago and gave … Continue reading →
Spirituality is a Whole Brain Phenomenon
Non-Self and Spiritual Experience are a Natural Result of Shifting Brain Function It’s my opinion, based on my experience, that an increase in capacity for non-dogmatic spiritual experience is concomitant … Continue reading →
