People want the world to be safe. Why do people want to get rid of foreigners? Or feel threatened by the possibility of aliens and strange things or things that they can’t predict? The more insular you are, the more your world is like that, so even people from the next county, ‘Well, you can’t trust them; they’re not like us.’ You are limited to a very small group of people…
Read MoreDecades of identity politics rhetoric and a misreading of Me Too are justifying a new form of violent, online vigilantism. Buddhist teachers have not only failed to speak out against this type of violence, they have promoted and participated in this new form of vigilantism
Read MoreDoes Buddhism offer any special perspective on the ecological crisis? Do its teachings imply a different way of understanding the biosphere, and our relationship to it…
Read MoreAmericans support due process, and based on overwhelming poll numbers that includes American Buddhists. Disregarding the value American buddhists place on due process protections damages the credibility of the Spirit Rock decision, the organization and its ability to be a leader in the insight meditation movement…
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