All I Need: the Social Is the Spiritual
I’m going through a series of videos by Radiohead on YT. This one is about child labour exploitation, and the differences in life experience by white children from Western countries … Continue reading
The Tar Sands Bubble: Keep Blocking Pipelines
by Brian Palmer, originally published by Onearth | OCT 7, 2014 Photo credit: Lou Gold The Canadian tar sands industry has seen better days. Energy giant Statoil announced last week that it would postpone … Continue reading
The Flat Tire of ‘Mindfulness’
Ouch! Systemic Suffering and the Fourth Noble Truth by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Many see this path as a personal improvement or as an achievement ladder in becoming (and appearing) Buddhist. However, among … Continue reading
Black Buddha: Buddhism as Cultural Critique
I went to the Atlantic News stand on Morris St. in Halifax today. I poked around at the Buddhist magazines, looking for something intriguing, or at least inspiring. Or just … Continue reading
Delusion
At its core, delusion is self-centredness; likewise, self-centredness is by nature, delusional. Delusion is creating a world of my imagination that is all about me, my needs, my wants, my … Continue reading
Ecosattva: Mindfulness and Climate Action
A Series of Online Conversations Open to Everyone An Initiative of One Earth Sangha, Buddhist Teachers Collaborative for Climate Action, and Conversations That Change The World from Maestro Conference We … Continue reading
We Already Have THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA
Without exception and without the need for analytical studies, we can say that we automatically have buddha within us. That heart of the buddha is a very open heart. That … Continue reading
Enlightenment On Your Own Two Feet
Today’s feature article in Tricycle by John Snelling states a truth that I discovered for myself just recently: “At the center of these [issues] lies the popular myth that prefigures … Continue reading
Stop Energy East: Sign the Petition
The federal government wants to use a sham review process to pass the Energy East pipeline proposal to pump a million barrels of toxic tar sands bitumen to the Atlantic … Continue reading
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