Buddhist-Based Resources for Relief and Social Change
Posted on December 20, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Clear View Project Fundraising—Winter 2015-16
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
Posted on August 28, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Ambedkar’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 May 31, 2015 by Alan Senauke
Buddha 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 December 6, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Update 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
Right 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 April 25, 2014 by Alan Senauke
Alan’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
Posted on February 5, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Meditate, 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 February 8, 2012 by Alan Senauke
Leaving Nagaloka
8 February 2012
I am resting between flights in Delhi, on my way to Burma (via Bangkok) after two good weeks among friends in India. Happy to report that I am healthy. Once again no digestive digressions, and the straightforward … Read more
Posted on March 21, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Think Sangha in India, March 2011
As long as I can remember I have yearned for community. Most living beings, human or otherwise, have the same yearning. The Buddha recognized this, creating the fourfold sangha as a ground for liberation. Over the last twenty or twenty-five … Read more
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Posted on October 6, 2016 by Alan Senauke
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