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Four Movements in the History of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Their Central Contributions

by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke

What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all … Read more

Notes Towards a Practical Zen Psychology

Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
I concentrate toward them that are nigh, I wait on the door-slab.

— Walt Whitman, from “Song of Myself”

Thirteen hundred years ago at … Read more

What Did You Learn in School Today — Reflections on the Columbia Strike Gathering

These are brief and incomplete reflections of the CU 68 Strike Gathering, April 24-27, 2008. Consider this “in-house” for those of us who share the history. From the moment I walked back onto the Columbia campus — my first time … Read more

Grace Under Pressure — The Plight of Burma’s Monks

Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as “grace under pressure”—grace which Read more

The Roots of the Saffron Revolution

Burma’s population is 90 percent Theravada Buddhist, so the more than 400,000 monks and 75,000 nuns represent the most stable, ongoing institution of national life. Historically, they have always played a role in society. Monks led the first anti-colonial activities … Read more