2 weeks of Buddhist Climate Action (Nov 29-Dec 11 2015) Following the launch by the Global Buddhist Climate Change Collective (GBCCC) of the Global Buddhist Climate Change Statement to world leaders (Oct 29), we invite you, to join us in a two week Global Buddhist Climate Action campaign from November 29 – December 11 2015, in support of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit… Read More Buddhist Climate Action Nov. 29-Dec. 11
Opening of Atlantic Theravada Bdudhist Temple. Last picture catches me yawning. Three hours of chanting in Pali. It was a very long night. http://bit.ly/1kAnJWl
Climate advocates and representatives from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota protest against the Keystone XL pipeline in front of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu’s home in Louisiana. (Reuters) http://www.cbc.ca/radio/the180/paris-attacks-why-keystone-was-a-powerful-symbol-and-robot-doctors-1.3316988/keystone-xl-why-one-pipeline-answered-for-them-all-1.3316999
November 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm . Tantallon Library . Free Recent scientific research has indicated that training in compassion, using simple contemplative activities and practices, can deepen and broaden our ability to express, and act upon, the compassion that is inherent in all human beings. In this session we will explore the elements of… Read More Compassion – The Foundation That Binds Communities Together
“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities”—Voltaire Voltaire, the clearest of Enlightenment thinkers wrote those words in his 1765 essay, “Questions sur les miracles.” And they resonate as much now, 250 years later, as they did then. That’s why I guard against Buddhist extremism and absurdities, like “You do not… Read More On the Paris Bombings: A Word from Voltaire
Dharma & Direct Action Training with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship Be part of making it happen: Sponsor a trainee with a $100 donation. “So much warmth and good energy–wish I was there.” –Editor, Engage! New York City, November 2015 Katie Loncke & Dawn Haney, BPF Co-Directors Blockade Practice Embodied Experiences Asking Questions, Sharing Stories Spiritual Community WE STILL NEED… Read More Support Buddhist Peace Fellowship Direct Action Training Tour
A Handful of Leaves is a treasure of scholarly studies in Early Buddhism, encompassing all the issues of the historicity, translation, interpretation, and cultural context of Early Buddhism. It’s a gold-mine of contemporary expert studies of Buddhism, all downloadable as free pdfs. The only caveat: the server is painfully slow, so downloading these texts takes forever.… Read More A Handful of Leaves: A Treasury of Early Buddhist Studies
