HBC Buddhism and Race Conference
Harvard Buddhist Community recording of a conference on Race and Racism within a Buddhist context. Great discussion, please watch! Advertisements
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Doyle Canning: Five Ways to Change the Story in 2016
So you’re a social change maker looking to shake things up this year? Here are some ideas on how to make your campaign stand out with story-based strategy: 1. Cast Your Characters Who is the protagonist of this story? Can we see their face(s)? Hear their voice? Often times the most memorable thing about a… Read More Doyle Canning: Five Ways to Change the Story in 2016
¡Nunca Mas! People Powered Strategy in the Time of Trump
Doyle Canning strategist, co-founder Center for Story-based Strategy, doylecanning.com Nov 12 originally published at https://medium.com/@doylecanning/nunca-mas-people-powered-strategy-in-the-time-of-trump-a10c214b05db#.s4vse3ayi My mother was in Buenos Aires during the dirty war of the 1970s. She was stringing for an international wire service and began reporting on the disappearances of student leftists, Jews, and the intellegensia. She began making lists of people. Gathering facts.… Read More ¡Nunca Mas! People Powered Strategy in the Time of Trump
Spiritual Secular Movements in the Anthropocene
The fact that creed and existential spirituality are interinvolved but not equivalent opens up the possibility of a new pluralist assemblage. The new assemblage will not be organized around one class, one party, or one secular creed. Rather, in an age of multiple minorities of multiple sorts diverse constituencies may draw upon spiritual affinities across… Read More Spiritual Secular Movements in the Anthropocene
Yeshe Matthews: Cultivating Awareness
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness. -Lao Tzu Cultivating Awareness Last week, I asked you if you were really and truly ready to understand what it means to “be woke.” Have you been thinking about it? There is no better time than now to wake up from the dreams… Read More Yeshe Matthews: Cultivating Awareness
If communism is dead, can spirituality revive it?
[Editor: the following thesis, “communism as spirituality”, is a total revision of the way communism has been theorized and practiced historically, which has been overtly hostile toward any kind of spirituality or religion. However, perhaps this green revisionist communism is a welcome change. For the theistic language used here, one could easily substitute non-theistic Buddhist philosophy.] by PAUL TRITSCHLER 21… Read More If communism is dead, can spirituality revive it?
Why this gay Buddhist teacher is dubious about Buddhist refuge in the Trump era
BY PABLO DAS NOVEMBER 17, 2016 originally published in Lion’s Roar Last week, someone sent me a link to the LionsRoar.com article, “Buddhist Teachers Respond to Trump’s Presidential Win.” Several Buddhist teachers had written a paragraph or two offering their wisdom. As I read, I felt a very familiar disappointment and anger arising in me. While some of the… Read More Why this gay Buddhist teacher is dubious about Buddhist refuge in the Trump era
