By Ian Simpson COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 7 (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday decried Buddhist monks' attacks on Muslims in Myanmar, saying killing in the name of religion was "unthinkable." ...
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There is suffering not only in ourselves but in this world... how can Buddhist practice inform our actions?
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Ouyporn Khuankaew and Ginger Norwood are two Buddhist feminist activists based in Thailand who co-founded the International Women's Partnership for Peace and Justice (IWP) in 2002. Through IWP, Ouy... Delete the scoop?
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How do we accept things as they are *and* fight to change them?
An edgy new initiative from the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.... Delete the scoop?
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Should Bodhisattvas become involved in the political arena as a method of helping everyone attain the requisites of a spiritual life? Delete the scoop?
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To preach personal responsibility without preaching interdependence seems to isolate our view of life outside of its true context... Delete the scoop?
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Today’s quote, from Mushim Ikeda-Nash, really more of a short essay, comes with a call to action — and is very appropriate given that today is Labor Day. Mushim is a dharma teacher, diversity... Delete the scoop?
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As disciples of the Buddha who live in the West, we would like to take the holy month of Ramadan as an opportunity to express our growing concern about Islamophobia, both within our governments and within the Buddhist community worldwide... Delete the scoop?
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It was January. I had suddenly stepped in as Acting Director of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship while Sarah Weintraub went on temporary disability, trying to get healthy... Delete the scoop?
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My first experience in food justice was delicious. I scooped it up with a shovel-sized serving spoon from a bottomless platter of intentionally blessed local organic righteousness. It was fresh bright crunchy green, pale yellow creamy, deep orange sunsets, and vibrant dancing reds. I was on my first meditation retreat in the Vipassana (Insight Meditation) tradition. I was eating lovingkindness in every bowl.... Delete the scoop?
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On a day when the New York Times headline story is “Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops,” I wanted to call your attention to some good work going on with returning combat veteran... Delete the scoop?
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Some news from the world of socially engaged Buddhism that’s come across my desk this past month... Delete the scoop?
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Roshi Joan Halifax reflects on the deep meaning of "Right Speech"... Delete the scoop?
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BY MATTEO PISTONO Can individuals make a difference? Are we to reject capitalism? Where do we start to dismantle structural violence and bring about a more equitable society? Delete the scoop?
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Watch Professor Robert Thurman’s discussion of the contemporary situation in the US Congress... Delete the scoop?
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Ironically, in a time when we hear the phrase “compassion fatigue” with increasing frequency, compassion as we are defining does not lead to fatigue. In fact, it can actually become a wellspring of resilience as we allow our natural impulse to care for another to become a source of nourishment rather than depletion. Delete the scoop?
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Sulak Sivaraksa, author of The Wisdom of Sustainability: Buddhist Economics for the 21st Centry, tells Robert Miller why Buddhism will help to conserve dwindling commodity reserves and how charges of treason for criticisms of Thailand's Royal... Delete the scoop?
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A collection of Buddhist teachings on worker rights from Joshua Eaton... Delete the scoop?
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Last night, the deep quiet of the Upaya Zen Center temple embraced 20 visitors who started their journey a week earlier in Tijuana, Mexico. The Caravan for Peace and Justice with Dignity is comprised of men and women who have lost loved ones to the “drug war” waged by the United States since the 1970s.... Delete the scoop?
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Mount Equity Zendo is located in the small rural village of Pennsdale in central Pennsylvania, twenty minutes from Williamsport... Delete the scoop?
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Roshi Joan Halifax has had a career as colorful as the Hall of Philosophy platform from which she spoke. She's a medical anthropologist, an author, a social ... Delete the scoop?
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As humans, we usually think that we are separate from the natural world and entitled to use it for our own ends... Even Buddhists rarely live in accordance with the very clear teachings of their religion on this subject. Delete the scoop?
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For the month of July at Turning Wheel Media, help us highlight issues of food justice! Submit your prose, poetry, photographs, interviews, video, audio, and multi-media work by June 15th... Delete the scoop?
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A tenet of the faith is to not be paralyzed by emotions but to use them to fight for just causes. Delete the scoop?
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Good to hear His Holiness speaking out on this...