Posted on January 6, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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Another short day at the Masters’ hearing in Marin. It was an encouraging day of testimony, as Jarvis’s team continued to build a strong case. I was happy to be accompanied in court by my daughter Silvie.… Read more
Posted on January 5, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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Today’s session ran from 10 to 12, then broke until tomorrow when further witnesses will be called. Jarvis looked alert and relaxed when we came in. He is still shackled, except for his left, writing hand. Looks like this will … Read more
Posted on January 4, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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Today was the first day of open evidentiary hearings for Jarvis Masters, in response to his habeas corpus petition to the California State Supreme Court. The hearing took began at 10am at the Marin County Courthouse at the Civic Center, … Read more
Posted on January 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
4 CommentsThis afternoon, ushering in a new year, a new decade, and—I hope—a new turning of the dharma wheel in America, Shinge Roshi Sherry Chayat was installed as abbot of Dai Bosatsu Zendo in upstate New York. I celebrate her new … Read more
Posted on December 31, 2010 by Alan Senauke
1 CommentHappy New Year!
They don’t make musicians like this any more. Check out Rosetta Tharpe’s biography Shout, Sister, Shout by Gayle Wald.
… Read morePosted on December 30, 2010 by Alan Senauke
3 CommentsThree days ago, more than two hundred Karen refugees sheltering at a temple on the Thai-Burma border were forcibly driven back across the border into Burma by units of the Thai Army. Like thousands of refugees, they came to Thailand … Read more
Posted on December 27, 2010 by Alan Senauke
7 CommentsI have been visiting Jarvis Jay Masters on San Quentin’s death row for nearly fourteen years. Jarvis is a writer with countless published articles and two excellent books — Finding Freedom: Writings From Death Row (1997) and That Bird Has … Read more
Posted on November 14, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Leave a Comment“Whatever they do to me, that’s between them and me; I can take it. What’s more important is what they are doing to the country.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, 1994
The images of Aung San Suu Kyi greeting thousands of … Read more
Posted on November 1, 2010 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentWESTERN BUDDHIST TEACHERS FOR A FREE BURMA
c/o Clear View Project
1933 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
jack@clearviewproject.org / 510.845.2215
November 1, 2010
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Obama,
As you know, the upcoming … Read more
Posted on January 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentClear View/Right View
Owl said, “Then where does Right Realization come in?”
Brown Bear said, “Right Views! Right Views!”
Owl said, “What are Right Views?”
Brown Bear said, “We’re in it together, and we don’t have much time.”
— from Zen Master Raven: … Read more