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The Buddha’s Teaching: Permission to Be Ourselves

Satya Robyn 2 March 2023

Contemplating the space between Buddhist activism and community building

How Do You See Current Political Issues from a Buddhist Perspective?

Jungto Society 23 February 2023

Taking the Middle Way in our approach to personal and social change

Breaking Free: Doing Nothing and Being Nobody

Ratnadevi 16 February 2023

A meditation on the freedom possible in prison and the way our minds can imprison us even when we believe that we are free

Still Standing: Resistance and Resilience of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation

Sarah C. Beasley 7 February 2023

Leaders in the symbiosis of activism and prayer

Soup and a Broken Heart

Satya Robyn 20 October 2022

A Buddhist reflection on the recent UK “soup protest,” the climate crisis, and the lack of political motivation to make changes needed to keep our planet livable

Buddhist Voices in the Climate Crisis: Earth Words and Watershed Activism

Robertson Work 18 October 2022

A student in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh, Robertson Work applies his wisdom gained through his time at the UN and in academia to the climate crisis

Telo Tulku Rinpoche, Supreme Lama in Russian Republic of Kalmykia, Condemns War

Justin Whitaker 5 October 2022

With his condemnation, the Vajrayana Buddhist becomes the first Russian religious leader to openly oppose the war.

The Center Within

Satya Robyn 5 August 2022

Allowing questions to unravel threads of identity and clinging so as to see and breathe more clearly and freely in our lives

International Network of Engaged Buddhists Issues Statement Urging Compassion and an End to Violence in Myanmar

Craig C Lewis 3 August 2022

The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has issued a public statement calling for compassionate restraint and respect for the sanctity of life in Myanmar