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Clear View Project is a partner of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB). To contribute to INEB through Clear View Project, use our support page. News and statements from INEB appear at inebnetwork.org.

The Clear View Project provides Buddhist-based resources for relief and social change, hosts dialogue on socially engaged Buddhism, and supports communities in need in the United States and overseas.

Our vision reflects the Buddha’s view of dependent origination: life on this planet rests on the collective action and understanding of each of us. The Buddha’s moral teachings can be expressed in a single great vow: not to live one’s life at the expense of other life.

In line with what the Buddha called the “four requisites” (food, shelter, clothing, and medicine), we stand with children, the poor, prisoners, and other oppressed people in their quest for survival with dignity.

We aim to feed those who are hungry, care for those who are ill, and offer spiritual tools of transformation for self and society.

What you will find on this site

Visitors use Clear View Project to learn about Burma (Myanmar), the Rohingya crisis, India’s Dalit Buddhist communities, prison ministry, interfaith witness, and Zen practice resources. Start with Engaged Buddhism for program pages, read commentary on the Clear View Blog, and browse books and media in the Store.

Topic hubs include the Rohingya crisis page, the Burma (Myanmar) project area, and writing on the Jarvis Jay Masters case. You can follow older essays and new posts together through news and essays, or go straight to contact if you want to reach the office in Berkeley. When you are ready to give, support explains how donations reach partners such as INEB field programs.

If you are new to the network, the Alan Senauke page summarizes how leadership connects Berkeley Zen Center practice with public Buddhism over decades.

For a plain-language map of how donations reach partner groups in Asia, read How support reaches the field. That note links back to this home page when you want the wider overview.

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