Ambedkar Jayati: Baba Saheb’s 124th Birthday April 14 Jai Bhim!

Ambedkar Jayanti What’s New this YearAs per the media, there is a planning to decorate the constructed Ambedkar’s memorial in the Mumbai which would be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14th of April 2015. A yearlong celebration programme would be launched (during rally at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, means birth place of B R… Read More Ambedkar Jayati: Baba Saheb’s 124th Birthday April 14 Jai Bhim!

Engaged in Service and Relationship

April 08, 2015 In the Spirit of Service  [Editor; I’m highlighting Sharon Salzburg’s statement below because engagement is not limited to social justice or service work. We also engage in our relationships to each other, full engagement means being fully open to each other in feeling and conversation, sharing honestly from our hearts, being genuine with each other.]… Read More Engaged in Service and Relationship

STOP EATING BEEF:

STOP EATING BEEF:  http://www.cowspiracy.com Animal agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation, water consumption and pollution, is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry, and is a primary driver of rainforest destruction, species extinction, habitat loss, topsoil erosion, ocean “dead zones,” and virtually every other environmental ill. Yet it goes on, almost entirely… Read More STOP EATING BEEF:

The One Demand: Is Occupy the First Buddhist Mass Movement?

Buddhist teachings on emptiness challenge us to think about broad-based social movements as an unfolding process, as that which has deep roots in history, and which has no certainty of outcomes, no guarantee of arriving at a projected utopian future. We can understand social movements as open-ended processes of continuous change and evolution, ennobling us to confront every new era as a challenge to work out… Read More The One Demand: Is Occupy the First Buddhist Mass Movement?

Buddha and Marx Pt. 1: The Spiritual Crisis of Capitalism

The Spiritual Crisis of Capitalism | Adbusters by Stuart Smithers https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/102/spiritual-crisis-of-capitalism.html also published in Tricycle.com Audio version read by Sloan Garrett – Right-click to download When the Dalai Lama announced his Marxist leanings last summer in Minneapolis, the only surprise was how surprising it was. The blogosphere was once again stirred up by this non-revelation. Tsering Namgyal,… Read More Buddha and Marx Pt. 1: The Spiritual Crisis of Capitalism