Bhikkhu Bhodhi brilliantly analyses the climate crisis from the perspective of the Four Truths of the climate crisis and the Eight-fold Path as a way forward from the climate crisis. One of his most interesting points is the cultural domination of the “Capitalist Atman”, a social and spiritual paradigm for designing the economy around the god-like… Read More Bhikkhu Bhodi on Climate Crisis

I have been participating in the Triratna International Urban retreat and enjoying it very much. It is designed for people to participate in online in it’s entirety, which is especially good for people like me who don’t live near a Triratna Buddhist Centre. The International Urban retreat brings together members from the UK,  Europe, North… Read More Living in the Greater Mandala: Triratna Int’l Urban Retreat

BY JASON BOX AND NAOMI KLEIN The French government has stated that the COP21 climate summit will begin as scheduled at the end of November, but police have barred the huge planned marches and protests. Photograph by Chesnot/Getty Soon after the horrific terror attacks in Paris, last Friday, our phones filled with messages from friends… Read More Klein: Why Climate Deal is Best Hope for Peace

Interfaith groups call for three days of climate change contemplation Inspired by Pope Francis’s Encyclical and Sri Lanka’s mass meditation movement, a coalition of citizens and groups are organizing three days of global reflection on climate change. The Interfaith Moral Action on Climate and the Climate Crisis Coalition are calling for people to gather in public places… Read More Days of Public Meditation for Climate Justice Dec. 4-6

A Webinar With Be Scofield / Monday, November 23rd @ 7pm Mindful Awakening In Capitalist America  What if some of the most influential spiritual thinkers have made a fundamental mistake about the nature of awakening? Online Webinar – Monday, November 23rd @ 7pm Eastern Sign up for this webinar at: http://www.mettaversity.com/mindful-awakening-in-capitalist-america-with-be-scofield/ What do awakening and… Read More Mindful Awakening in Capitalist America

We’ve Got Gender All Wrong Laurie EssigSep 14 Gender is in a messy state. We’ve come around to the idea that it shouldn’t limit whom we marry. We’ve even, in small ways, become more accepting of persons whose true gender doesn’t match the one assigned to them at birth. But there’s a disturbing undercurrent here. We’ve… Read More Gender is Not Biology

Artists Envision Justice for 2015 Trans Day of Resilience by Carey Dunne on November 16, 2015 On November 20, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), communities all over the world will hold memorials for those who lost their lives in 2015 in acts of transphobic violence. This year, the 15th annual TDoR will be expanded upon with the Trans Day of Resilience, a new art… Read More Artists Envision 2015 Trans Day of Resilience