An International Coalition of Dharma Teachers, Leaders, and Sangha Members has put together a powerful webzine highlighting the need to dialogue and explore how biases and other factors influence our response to Gaza, and beyond.Click below to access the pdf:https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:42db5519-1bcc-4cbf-b3da-edf99a27b617 As the unrelenting onslaught on Gaza continues, we are confronted by a world spiraling intoContinueContinue reading “GAZA: Calling for a Dharma Response”
Category Archives: Social justice
Glimmers of Good News p1
In relation to social justice, some recent shifts in the media, in the UK … Cotton Capital A special series by the Guardian newspaper on how slavery changed the Guardian, Britain and the world. It focuses on Manchester, the city where the Guardian was established, because of its connection to transatlantic slavery through the cottonContinueContinue reading “Glimmers of Good News p1”
A Few More Anti-Racism Resources
United States White and Awakening Together An online course run by Spirit Rock starting August 2 Description:This is a time in America when white people’s awareness of the terrible impact of racial injustice has increased dramatically in the context of the pandemic and following the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor. HowContinueContinue reading “A Few More Anti-Racism Resources”
Can you hear these voices?
Can you listen as if it was your sister speaking? Your grandson? Your niece? Your father? Your aunt? Kimberley Jones, US Black Lives Matter Activist https://youtu.be/E46uaDCcT9Y In the Buddha’s teaching, all beings have been our mothers and fathers at some point in the past … Trevor Noah, South African comedian https://youtu.be/v4amCfVbA_c Whether or not weContinueContinue reading “Can you hear these voices?”
The Police Killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Wherever you are in the world, you may have seen the recent video from 26 May of police officers standing over an unarmed black man lying on the ground. One of those police officers kneels on the neck of the black man, George Floyd, for at least nine minutes, preventing him from breathing. He diesContinueContinue reading “The Police Killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis”
Jill Shepherd: insight meditation 