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Mindfulness Must Be Engaged—a Meditation

The Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness invite us to be mindful of the body in the body, feelings in the feelings, breath in the breath. This means becoming aware of actions and thoughts from within themselves, within ourselves. In just this … Read more

In the Winter of Our Discontent

Nyogen Senzaki was the first Japanese Zen master to live and teach on our shores. Along with one hundred twenty thousand Americans of Japanese ancestry, he was interned as an enemy alien, confined at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during World War … Read more

President Ubu Trump

A friend’s comment last week surfaced my old appreciation for the work of Alfred Jarry, author of the wild and astonishing farce, Ubu Roi, father of the science of Pataphysics. Ubu Roi (King Ubu), a satire about greed, power, … Read more

Notes in Early Autumn (2016)

There’s a lot going on. A few notes before I leave.

Tomorrow morning I fly to India for a conference of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB). We are gathering at Nagaloka, the school I’ve been working with in … Read more

A Soto Zen Buddhist Climate Statement

The statement below is a unique collaboration among Soto Zen Buddhists in the west. With roots in China and in the 13th century teachings of Eihei Dogen, Soto Zen is one of the largest of Japan’s Buddhist denominations. This practice … Read more

Jarvis Masters: A Story in Need of a New Ending

Jarvis Jay Masters

The fabric of a criminal trial is woven of stories…      

the defendant’s story and the prosecutor’s story. Of course, there is also the victim’s story. From these threads come the jury and the judge’s stories. Each subsequent appeal then spins … Read more

Clear View Project Fundraising—Winter 2015-16

Buddhist climate rarch in Rome
Climate March in Rome Following Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue

18 December 2015

Dear Friends,

Since 2008 Clear View Project has been providing education and basic support to the most needy in Burma, India, and elsewhere. Over the years we have raised more … Read more

Jarvis Masters: Notes on Oral Arguments at the California Supreme Court — 6 November 2015

JM   

For thirty-four years, since the age of nineteen, Jarvis Jay Masters has been in San Quentin. For thirty of those years he has lived on the scene of a crime he did not commit. His lawyers Joe Baxter and Rick Read more

The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines

I am happy to announce that my book of essays — The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches from Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines — is now available. I am grateful for advance praise from Joanna Macy, Jarvis Masters, Sulak Sivaraksa, Roshi Joan Halifax, … Read more

Clear View Project is Now Tax-Exempt

September 10, 2015

Dear Friends,

Clear View Project has been up and running since 2008, providing education and basic support to the most needy in Burma, India, and elsewhere. We have raised more than $100,000 in donations, and maintain close … Read more