Posted on April 22, 2013 by Alan Senauke
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Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them from
Desolation Row
— from “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan
It starts with dread. In a distant strange city, face up … Read more
Posted on March 18, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentThe Fire This Time: Religious Violence in Burma
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred only is hatred appeased. This is an unending truth.
— Dhammapada, 5
On February 27, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was ordered to close all its long-established clinics in Myanmar/Burma. … Read more
Posted on November 22, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentA Fact-Finding Commission — Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar
Posted on November 1, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentAll People Are Chosen; All Lands Are Holy: Interfaith Dialog for Peace & Sustainability
This is the text of a talk given on 1 November 2013 at the Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) in Kuala Lumpur, at the start of the 2013 conference of the International Network of Engaged … Read more
Posted on August 28, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentSome Thoughts About Engaged Buddhism and Wrong Mindfulness
An Interview with Hozan Alan Senauke by John Malkin, March 2013
What is the interaction between practices like meditation and social change?
When I began an activist path I did not see any interaction. I wasn’t practicing Buddhism then and … Read more
Posted on May 31, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentBurma Unbound?
Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred only is hatred appeased. This is an unending truth.
— Dhammapada, 5
Religious and ethnic confrontation in Burma challenge cherished ideas of Buddhism and religious tolerance. This week, … Read more
Posted on April 29, 2013 by Alan Senauke
8 CommentsTangled Up in Blue: Zen Practice and Depression (edited version)
Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them from
Desolation Row
— from “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan
It starts with dread. In a distant city, on top … Read more
Posted on April 22, 2013 by Alan Senauke
2 CommentsTangled Up in Blue
Right now I can’t read too good
Don’t send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them from
Desolation Row
— from “Desolation Row” by Bob Dylan
It starts with dread. In a distant strange city, face up … Read more
Posted on February 13, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentZEN and WAR — A Film
In the first half of the 20th Century Japan waged wars in which it committed atrocities rivaling those of the Nazis during World War II. Brian Victoria’s book “Zen At War” was published in 1998, detailing how Japanese Buddhist monks … Read more
Posted on February 5, 2013 by Alan Senauke
1 CommentMeditate, Educate, Organize: With India’s Dalit Buddhists
Pune, 6 February 2013
Laurie and I have been here in India for the last two weeks. First with friends in Mumbai, where we led a weekend Zen retreat, teaching from Dogen and Suzuki Roshi in the heart of Maximum … Read more
Posted on January 16, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentJarvis Masters On California’s Failed Anti-Death Penalty Initiative
An Open Letter on California’s Proposition 34 — “SAFE California”— to Death Penalty Focus from Jarvis Jay Masters, an innocent man on San Quentin’s Death Row
The 2012 election is over, with its victories, defeats, candidates, and propositions. California’s Proposition … Read more
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