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A Necessary Antidote

Investigating the Risks of Buddhist Practice

The Dharma changes as it encounters the contexts of different cultures. How do we guard against a Dharma that serves late capitalism? And instead, serve the arising of Dharma that serves collective liberation?
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We Need You on the Ground

An Interview with Mohsen Mahdawi

One Earth Sangha interviews Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi on nonviolence, peacemaking, and Gaza.
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Dharma Shadows on Gaza

A Challenge to Buddhist Leaders and Practitioners

Sara Shapouri urges us into a challenging, uncomfortable, but oh-so-critical self and sangha examination of Western Dharma and dehumanization, practitioners and their role in oppression.
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World as Teacher

What Am I Practicing For?

On the occasion of Thich Nhat Hahn’s continuation day, we invite you to listen and enjoy activist and ecodharma practitioner Alex Swain’s crisp and rhythmic engagement with the heart of Thay’s teachings.
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Buddhist Ethics for a World in Crisis

An Interview with Bhikkhu Bodhi

What are the latent potentialities of the Dhamma for our deep troubles today? Bhikku Bodhi offers visions of an alive Dhamma responsive and evolving to a world in crisis.
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Dharma Teaching and Dharma Values in the Age of Climate Change

An Open Letter from Rob Burbea

On the third anniversary of his death in May of 2020, we share this letter from Rob Burbea challenging dharma leaders to embrace the full implications of its ethical demands.
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Deafening Silence

We Cannot Ignore Buddhist Extremism

Why are so many Buddhist practitioners reluctant to acknowledge Buddhist extremism? How can we respond when hateful ideologies take root and cause harm within our own traditions?
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A Challenge to Dharma Leadership

How can Dharma teachers and Buddhist sanghas renounce spiritual bypass and respond courageously to environmental crises and systemic injustice?
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Pilgrimages, Pandemics, and this Precious Planet

As we begin to emerge from Covid-19 restrictions, psychotherapist Emma Palmer calls into question our 'right to travel,' including the spiritual pursuit version.
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Waking Up in (Our Own) Time

Is Western Dharma willing to address its own role in ecological crises? Posed a decade ago, a beloved teacher's questions reverberate.
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