The Universe from Nothing
[Editor: Over the last eight years, I’ve carefully examined Buddhism and found that, aside from some unusual doctrines (like ’emptiness’), it functions pretty much like any other religion. People use … Continue reading →
The City as Commons: a Policy Reader
[Dear Readers: wow, a deluge of postings today. Links have been piling up in my inbox since the beginning of June. My goal is to eventually publish a book on … Continue reading →
Buddhist Education for Social Transformation
Buddhist Education for Social Transformation (BEST) program originally published at Women for Peace and Justice The Buddhist Education for Social Transformation (BEST) course is an innovative yearlong certificated course focused … Continue reading →
A Global Network of Fearless Cities
Local assemblies transform citizens. We are made new humans by participating. We grow beyond capitalist modernity. “Nature is intelligence, diversity, and self-organisation. Municipalism is self-organisation at the level of cities.” —Vandana Shiva … Continue reading →
The limits of non-cooperation as a strategy for social change
[Editor: the survival of humanity as a species is dependent on at least two social factors: (1) the capacity to transcend tribalism; and (2) the capacity to trust, share and … Continue reading →
Nafeez Ahmed: As the old world dies, a new world is being born
3 ways Clean Energy will make Big Oil extinct in 12 to 32 Years — without subsidies Nafeez Ahmed June 15 The world is at a point of no return. We find ourselves … Continue reading →
What’s Buddhist About Buddhist Social Activism?
by Seth Zuihō Segall, originally published at the Existential Buddhist Posted on February 6, 2017 This is an updated, revised version an of essay of mine that was published in the … Continue reading →
What Does Buddhism Offer the World?
A new essay by Jayarava (Compatibility Issues 3. Buddhism) is a brilliant analysis of the cultural role of Buddhism in the world, past and present. Jayarava argues that the Buddhist worldview … Continue reading →
The Dharma of Jean Paul Sartre
Note: I’m very interested in Jean Paul Sartre’s existential phenomenology and its resonances with Buddhadharma. Sartre asked many of the same questions as Buddha and came up with remarkably similar … Continue reading →
The Upper Middle Way
Originally published in Shambhala Sun, 1997 and in Buddhadharma: The Practitioners Quarterly. Reposted in numerous Buddhist blogs. Kobai Scott Whitney The Upper Middle Way: Have North-American Buddhists Renounced Renunciation? Historians of … Continue reading →
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