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Aung San Suu Kyi is free — but what happens now?

“Whatever they do to me, that’s between them and me; I can take it. What’s more important is what they are doing to the country.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, 1994

The images of Aung San Suu Kyi greeting thousands of … Read more

A Letter To President Obama & Secretary Clinton On Burma’s Election

WESTERN BUDDHIST TEACHERS FOR A FREE BURMA
c/o Clear View Project
1933 Russell Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
jack@clearviewproject.org / 510.845.2215

November 1, 2010

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama,

As you know, the upcoming … Read more

California Execution Alert, September 30, 2010

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed Albert Greenwood Brown execution by nearly two days. Brown is now scheduled to die by lethal injection at 9 p.m. Thursday. He initially was scheduled for execution at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Join us on Thursday … Read more

California Execution Postponed

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

(09-28) 20:05 PDT SAN JOSE — A federal judge blocked the execution of condemned murderer Albert Greenwood Brown late Tuesday, saying he needed months, not just a few days, to decide whether California’s new Read more

Robert Aitken Roshi — A Personal & Biographical Reflection

Robert Aitken Roshi

Robert Baker Aitken — Dairyu Chotan/Great Dragon (of the) Clear Pool — died on August 5 in Honolulu at the age of 93. He was the “dean” of Western Zen teachers, a great light of dharma. Aitken Roshi was a … Read more

Reflections on Gaza and the Ritual of Mutual Destruction

Gaza is burning. The violence must end before anything else can happen. We can all think nice thoughts about right and wrong, who acted first, who acted worst. We can argue about politics — national, international, geopolitical, corporate. Whatever intellectual … Read more