Improv Meditation, Jazz Church
Tonight, I went to the Khyber Gallery’s Wednesday Improv group with Nick Dourado. It was church, y’all, jazz church. Coltrane, John and Alice, Ornette, and Santana, First we sat and … Continue reading
Walks and Blockades: BPF and Buddhist Direct Action
3 Peace Walks Converge For a Nuclear-Free Future at the Peace & Planet Mobilization Via BPFer Louise Dunlap: Marking 70 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki, THREE PeaceWalks will converge at the … Continue reading
Selma, 50 Years Later
From Democracy Now, the 50th Anniversary of the March for Voting Rights in Selma, Alabama (Pt. 1). http://publish.dvlabs.com/democracynow/flash/dn2015-0309.mp4
Buddha was a homeless beggar on Spring Garden Road
Buddha was a homeless beggar on Spring Garden Road. It’s very likely that if Gotama Buddha were alive today, he would be diagnosed by mental health officials as mentally ill, … Continue reading
Buddhism Under Capitalism AAR Seminar Atlanta GA 2015
EDITOR: Can’t wait to see the papers that come out of this conference: Buddhism under Capitalism: Deadline Extended by American Academy for Religion [AAR] for proposals Posted on March 2, 2015 Good … Continue reading
X-Post-Non: Meta Buddhist Inquiry
X-Post-Non. This is a thing which is happening in Halifax. It’s really not that scary.
DPR: Challenge the Status Quo
Question the status quo. Yeah, right on, dude. Everywhere. All the time. That is my practice as an engaged Buddhist. http://www.dpr.info/videos/questioning-the-status-quo/ And whether or not I am officially a “student … Continue reading
After Buddhism: Stephen Batchelor and Joan Halifax Discuss Post-Buddhist Practice
I’m ready to dig into this podcast series from 2013 featuring Stephen Batchelor and Joan Halifax exploring “After Buddhism”, practice in a post-Buddhist context. To listen to the podcasts, you have … Continue reading
Occupy the Neighbourhood: Practice as a Post-Buddhism Buddhist
by the Editor, Shaun Bartone “Get out of the shrine room. You’re more likely to find enlightenment at a bus stop in Seattle than you are in some fancy shrine … Continue reading
A Native American Koan
By Terry Plotkin http://www.freethehuman.com Essays and books by the author about human liberation. Nearly 40 year ago I went to Washington D.C. for the final leg of The Longest Walk. … Continue reading
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