Hundreds of Thousands of Dalits are Converting to Buddhism
Converting Out of Caste: the suicide of Rohith Vermula, the Dalit doctoral student at Hyderabad University, has spurred the mass conversion of Dalits in India.Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s vision is finally … Continue reading
Lama Rod Owens: Activism as Spiritual Practice
Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love and Liberation, with Lama Rod Owens, Angel Kyodo Williams, and Jasmine Syedullah, will be published on June 14, 2016. Originally published in Harvard Divinity School student … Continue reading
Enlightenment, Inc.
The Imperfect Buddha Podcast, by Matt and Stuart, presents “The Big Enlightenment Show!” while I share my strangely congruent impressions on the visit of Dzogchen Ponlop to Halifax this weekend. Yes I … Continue reading
Idle No More and Black Lives Matter TO Join Together
Shaun — Indigenous Activists Peaceful Occupation of INAC Offices As many as 20 Indigenous grassroots and Black Lives Matter activists began a peaceful occupation of the Toronto office of Indigenous … Continue reading
Pushing Past Tokenism: La Sarmiento in Colorlines
La Sarmiento has been a leader of American LGBTQ and people-of-color Buddhist communities for close to a decade. I caught up with the trans, queer Filipino teacher before a silent retreat to … Continue reading
Our Children’s Trust in Landmark Climate Case
Issues raised by youth and Dr. James Hansen in this case have been ruled “justiciable”, in other words, judicially recognized as having a basis in law and foreseeable damages. This … Continue reading
Joseph Boyden: The True Tragedy of Attawapiskat
April 13, 2016 Award-winning author Joseph Boyden reflects on his love for places like Attawapiskat, and the desperate need for investment and education Attawapiskat is a microcosm of intergenerational trauma. … Continue reading
The scientific way to train white people to stop being racist
written by Katherine Kirkinis,Metal health counselor and doctoral fellow at SUNY Albany. Sarah Birdsong, Mental health counselor and emotional intelligence educator No one wants to be called fragile. And if you’re white, what … Continue reading
‘Up All Night’ Protests Sweep France as 100,000 Join Pro-Democracy Movement
Published on Monday, April 11, 2016 by Common Dreams ‘This movement was not born and will not die in Paris…It has no limit, no border and it belongs to all of … Continue reading
Non-Self: Ego Dissolution on LSD
[Editor’s Note: By publishing this article, I am not recommending that people use LSD to dissolve the ego and enhance sensate experience. You can achieve the same effect with daily … Continue reading
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