Every time I walk into the shrine room at Nalanadabodhi Halifax (or think about it), I always say to myself, “The only way you’ll get me to pay $5 to walk in the door of this place is if you hang a spinning disco ball from the ceiling. Because the only place I ever pay… Read More We Need a Disco Ball in the Shrine Room

what do catholicism, zen, yoga & prisons have in common? a profile of Sister Elaine MacInnes by talya rubin photos by patricio davila I have been reading about freedom in confined spaces. How a prison cell can become a practice ground. I have never been to a prison and somewhere in my mind I have an… Read More Not Broken: Nun, Zen Teacher, Prisoner Ally Sister Elaine MacInnes

Narendra Modi, Favoring Growth in India, Pares Back Environmental Rules By ELLEN BARRY and NEHA THIRANI BAGRIDEC. 4, 2014 A fisherman on the banks of the Daman Ganga River. CreditGraham Crouch for The New York Times  VAPI, India — Factory owners in this city on the western coast of India have been fuming, railing, and arguing for years against a single… Read More India’s New Prime Minister Rolls Back Environmental Rules

Batchelor was interviewed after the publication of his book,  Awakening of the West; the Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture in 2012.

The 350 Pacific Climate Warriors paddled out into the Port of Newcastle, followed by hundreds of Australians and came head to head with gigantic coal ships. It truly was David versus Goliath. Words alone are not enough to describe the courage of the Pacific Warriors as they came face to face with the fossil fuel… Read More Canoes vs. Coal Ships

You had to know this was coming. Buddhism with a big “B”, what Slavoy Zizek, Killing the Buddha and others have called “corporate Buddhism.” I mean Buddhism as a Big Business. It’s Buddhism in the Big Business of selling you happiness, liberation, contentment, satisfaction, inner peace, joy, but most of all career success, wealth and social… Read More Buddhism with a Big “B”

Revenue Canada targets birdwatchers for political activity [Note: Because bird watchers actually collect significant data that contributes to the science of wildlife and environmental conditions, and that’s very, very bad for Harper’s Schulz-based science policy: “I Know Nothing, I See Nothing!”] Canada Revenue Agency issues warning letter to wildlife club to curb any political activities By Dean… Read More Revenue Canada Targets Terrorist Bird Watchers!