Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alan Senauke
1 Comment8 March 2011
I am back at Nagaloka in Nagpur after three days in Mumbai, the start of our Think Sangha study tour. Although I only left Nagaloka three days ago, it felt almost like a homecoming to return.
Arriving … Read more
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
1 CommentI am here at Nagaloka in Nagpur. The atmosphere is excellent—outside of town, pretty quiet, and relatively cool in the evening. The cadre of students is all new. None left that I met last year. But they are very friendly … Read more
Posted on February 26, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentLeaving in an hour or so for a month’s journey in India. Flying endlessly to Mumbai, via Frankfurt, next day transfer to Nagpur, where I will teach for a week at Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute–a school for young Dalit men and … Read more
Posted on February 23, 2011 by Alan Senauke
2 CommentsLife is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink.
— Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
In late January at a gathering of students at Ameland, in the north of Holland, Dennis Genpo Merzel acknowledged … Read more
Posted on February 18, 2011 by Alan Senauke
1 CommentLeaving for India
I leave for a month in India on 26 February. I will be teaching and visiting in Dalit Buddhist communities of Maharastra — on my own and as part of a “Think Sangha” study group comprising old … Read more
Posted on February 14, 2011 by Alan Senauke
2 CommentsNote: This post kind of overlaps with Day 10 of Justice in Long Halls. But this is more of a summary of the hearing from the Masters team’s standpoint. Although the legal issues and testimony of these hearings are technically … Read more
Posted on February 4, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentJust trying to get a few things on the page this morning. They are not particularly connected.
1. Reading & Celebration for my recent book
The Bodhisattva’s Embrace — Dispatches From Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines
at Diesel Books Sunday, February … Read more
Posted on January 31, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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Closing Arguments — 27 January 2011
Last Thursday’s oral arguments brought Jarvis Master’s evidentiary hearings almost to an end. (Almost, because there is still one more expert witness for the petitioners/defense scheduled for 15 February.) Judge Duryee had asked both … Read more
Posted on March 3, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Leave a CommentIndia 2011, #2
3 March
Settling in a bit. Very different experience this time. Drawing energy from the Nagaloka students, which is good. Doing a 2 ½ hour class each morning, then eating and talking with them. Talking is sometimes hard, with limited … Read more