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Posted on March 21, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Deer Park Institute, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Indian Buddhism, International Network of Engaged Buddhism, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Lama Rangdral, Mumbai, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute, Prashant Varma, Think Sangha, Tibetan Buddhism
Posted on March 12, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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We left Nagaloka at 6 this morning, for the Nagpur airport and an early flight to Delhi. Tonight, an overnight train to Panthankot and passage to Dharamsala and Deer Park monastery in Bir.
Nagpur’s morning streets were blessedly free of … Read more
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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8 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 3, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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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
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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I 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 May 31, 2008 by Alan Senauke
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by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke
What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all … Read more
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India, U.S. Politics, Zen Tags: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Chan Khong, Dalit communities, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Dr. Ambedkar, Indian Buddhism, Indian caste system, Mahatma Gandhi, Robert Aitken Roshi, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Thich Minh Duc, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam
Tag: Dalit communities
Think Sangha in India, March 2011
Posted on March 21, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Deer Park Institute, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Indian Buddhism, International Network of Engaged Buddhism, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, Lama Rangdral, Mumbai, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute, Prashant Varma, Think Sangha, Tibetan Buddhism
India 2011, #4: To the North
Posted on March 12, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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We left Nagaloka at 6 this morning, for the Nagpur airport and an early flight to Delhi. Tonight, an overnight train to Panthankot and passage to Dharamsala and Deer Park monastery in Bir.
Nagpur’s morning streets were blessedly free of … Read more
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Dr. Ambedkar, Indian Buddhism, Lama Rangdral, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute, Nagpur, Think Sangha
India 2011, #3
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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8 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
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Indian Buddhism, International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Jill Jameson, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute, Think Sangha
India 2011, #2
Posted on March 3, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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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
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Gender, Indian Buddhism, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute
India 2011, #1
Posted on March 1, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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I 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
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India Tags: Dalit communities, Indian Buddhism, Maylie Scott, Nagaloka/Nagarjuna Training Institute
Four Movements in the History of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Their Central Contributions
Posted on May 31, 2008 by Alan Senauke
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by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke
What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all … Read more
Category: Dr. Ambedkar & Dalit Communities, India, U.S. Politics, Zen Tags: Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Chan Khong, Dalit communities, Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne, Dr. Ambedkar, Indian Buddhism, Indian caste system, Mahatma Gandhi, Robert Aitken Roshi, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Thich Minh Duc, Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam
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