[This graphic is from Krishna Das’ upcoming Kirtan Wallah tour, which will be with us in Halifax for two days, July 18 and 19. It seems that Krishna Das and I getting and giving the same messages these days.] You must understand that you already possess within you the power to become a buddha. You must know… Read More Lessons from a Banyon Tree

Starting Friday, June 12, Tommy Rosen hosts Recovery 2.0 Move Beyond Addiction Conference,  Tommy brings new voices and practices to the work of recovery from addiction. What he says is very much what Gelek Rinpoche says below: the opposite of a life of addiction is not just “abstinence” per se, but compassion and connection to a community of people. Recovery… Read More Replacing Addiction with Compassion

Reblogged from https://www.pacsafe.com/blog/beauty-of-the-chai-stand/ Please visit Pacsafe for great stories and products for travel. Posted by Bryan Schatz+ on March 9, 2012 at 7:00 am [kshishtof]/[iStock]/Thinkstock Some people go to India for spiritual rejuvenation. They go there to meditate and do yoga and generally get all blissed out, viewing the country as a pure place to put the mind… Read More Beauty of the Chai Stand

Engage! will be on hiatus for the next three months. I am on a three-month sabbatical from Buddhism, Buddhists, and the whole shebang. I will only be posting dispatches from days at the beach. The Meta-Buddhist Inquiry group will also be on hiatus for the summer. We will start again in September. I have really enjoyed… Read More How to Disappear Completely

by Shaun Bartone I read through Stephen Jenkins’ Ph.D. dissertation, “The Circle of Compassion: An Interpretive Study of Karuna in Indian Buddhist Literature.” It was his thesis for a Ph.D. in Religion from Harvard University. Dr. Jenkins is Chair of the Dept. of Religion at Humboldt State University in California. His dissertation is available online… Read More Distillations from Stephen Jenkins’ “Circle of Compassion”

Word up, man. Image: Allen Ginsberg in New York City, 1953, taken by William S. Burroughs Buddhism’s Radical Contribution The central philosophy [of Buddhism] is compassion rather than the Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest. The central notion is giving your space rather than clinging to your space and making it secure. It seems to… Read More Yo, Ginsberg

“‘It’s a complicated situation,’ says the [Canadians] council’s head, Maude Barlow. ‘But if we can get the issues out and get more people voting, we can get rid of Harper even if there isn’t any formal coalition ahead of time.’ BRENT PATTERSON | MAY 26, 2015 The Guardian UK warns of the prospect of a Conservative minority… Read More Voter Turnout Key to Changing Governments