Social Activism
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People advocating for a better world.
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Books (6)
Readings (16)
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The peace movements are weaker and largely reactive to and restrained by the [state-backed,] radical, Buddhist nationalist movements.
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… there is no viable future for civilisation that does not include a radical change in the nature of our educational systems
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Belief systems and abstract commitments are, of course, indispensable to social change. But when this isolated interiority becomes the sovereign justification for political action, there are only two possible conclusions: either a quietist withdrawal for endless self-reflection or a dangerous willingness to achieve political ends through violent means.
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On Thích Nhất Hạnh’s enduring legacy in African American activism.
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Audio/Video (14)
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A series of interviews with Sharon Salzberg and a few people profiled in her book of the same name.
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It has to do with spending a great amount of time in a meditative state where I am able to connect with people [energetically] in anticipation of meeting them [physically].
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A Mennonite minister demonstrates how to balance austerity with compassion.
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A meandering conversation about Orwell’s politics and roses.
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Look at the Dalai Lama. For fifty years he’s been cracking jokes about his torturers.
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… but someone was about to arrive in Texas to stick up for these bats
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