With justice on our side, I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy… For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for … Read more
Tuesday morning, August 11, I visited with my friend Jarvis Masters, an innocent man on California’s San Quentin Death Row. On the ground of our common Buddhist practice Jarvis and I have been meeting and talking regularly for more than … Read more
Along with other U.S. Buddhists, Hozan Alan Senauke, Zen teacher and founder of the Clear View Project, visited the Vatican in June of 2015, meeting with U.S. Catholics and with Pope Francis on the … Read more
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is the father of modern Buddhism in India, which has taken root among Dalit/ex-untouchable communities who practice the Buddha way because it teaches directly about the nature of suffering and the way to liberation. Ambedkar’s essay “Buddha … Read more
The streets of Washington DC were lined with blossoms and greenery, the prospect of promise. One hundred thirty Buddhist teachers, monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen, academics, and organizers met on Thursday May 14 for the first “White House—U.S. Buddhist Leadership … Read more
I am running late with this year’s fundraising letter, having just returned from four weeks in Asia. It was a rich trip—though not always easy—with visits to Tamil Nadu, Nagpur, and Mumbai in India and to Mandalay, Pyin … Read more
And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration. —Dhammacakkappavattana … Read more
Our good friend Nancy McClellan—Seiu Shinshu/Gentle Rain Deep Resolve—passed away peacefully early on the morning of October 8 at Elmwood Care Center in Berkeley. A small circle of friends and teachers were at her bedside shortly after she passed. We … Read more
While many people know of Buddhism as part of India’s past, it may well be India’s future. The Buddhist movement inspired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the 1950s has taken root as an “engaged Buddhist” uprising among millions in the … Read more
Posted on August 28, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentAmbedkar’s Children: Indian Buddhism Reborn Among the Untouchables
With justice on our side, I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy… For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for … Read more
Posted on August 12, 2015 by Alan Senauke
3 CommentsFreedom Seems Near For Jarvis Masters
Tuesday morning, August 11, I visited with my friend Jarvis Masters, an innocent man on California’s San Quentin Death Row. On the ground of our common Buddhist practice Jarvis and I have been meeting and talking regularly for more than … Read more
Posted on July 29, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentTowards a Social Dharma—Caring For Our Common Home, Our True Body
By Hozan Alan Senauke
July 2015
Along with other U.S. Buddhists, Hozan Alan Senauke, Zen teacher and founder of the Clear View Project, visited the Vatican in June of 2015, meeting with U.S. Catholics and with Pope Francis on the … Read more
Posted on May 31, 2015 by Alan Senauke
4 CommentsBuddha and the Future of His Religion by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is the father of modern Buddhism in India, which has taken root among Dalit/ex-untouchable communities who practice the Buddha way because it teaches directly about the nature of suffering and the way to liberation. Ambedkar’s essay “Buddha … Read more
Posted on May 15, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentBuddhists Go to the White House
The streets of Washington DC were lined with blossoms and greenery, the prospect of promise. One hundred thirty Buddhist teachers, monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen, academics, and organizers met on Thursday May 14 for the first “White House—U.S. Buddhist Leadership … Read more
Posted on December 19, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentActive Non-Violence and More: Turning Wheel Media Interviews Alan Senauke
Have you ever wondered if non-violence
Posted on December 6, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentUpdate from December 2014
Dear Friends,
I am running late with this year’s fundraising letter, having just returned from four weeks in Asia. It was a rich trip—though not always easy—with visits to Tamil Nadu, Nagpur, and Mumbai in India and to Mandalay, Pyin … Read more
Posted on November 4, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentRight Anger and the Path to the End of the Caste by Hozan Alan Senauke
And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
—Dhammacakkappavattana … Read more
Posted on October 12, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentIn Memory of Nancy Jo McClellan / Seiu Shinshu 1942 – 2014
Our good friend Nancy McClellan—Seiu Shinshu/Gentle Rain Deep Resolve—passed away peacefully early on the morning of October 8 at Elmwood Care Center in Berkeley. A small circle of friends and teachers were at her bedside shortly after she passed. We … Read more
Posted on April 25, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentAlan’s new book — Heirs To Ambedkar: The Rebirth of Engaged Buddhism in India
While many people know of Buddhism as part of India’s past, it may well be India’s future. The Buddhist movement inspired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the 1950s has taken root as an “engaged Buddhist” uprising among millions in the … Read more
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