Why Buddhists Should Rise for Mauna Kea
Personal reflections; words directly from kia'i (guardians, protectors, caretakers); and 8 actions you can take today.
Slowing Down to Be at BPF
Sabbatical is a time to Be, but it has elements of Blocking and Building woven in, too.
Thich Nhat Hanh, Trees, and the Love of Our Ancestors
As healers and social activists living in a time of great violence and oppression, it can be so easy to become lost in the news of the latest injustice. So easy to be consumed by the effort just to survive, and to help our communities to survive amidst so many very real threats against us. So easy to forget that the love and power of the ancestors is alive and well, blooming in every single breath each of us takes.
Melting Guns, Planting Trees: Police Liaison for Lead to Life
Lead to Life's MLK Day ceremony melted real guns in a 3,000-degree furnace spewing fire — honoring victims of gun violence, and alchemizing anti-Blackness in a people's healing. Here's one small way that BPFers helped support organizers' undivided attention.
Kavanaugh Killed Our Practice: What Survivors Need from Meditation Teachers
With national and Buddhist community tension high over sexual violence, how can dharma and meditation teachers avoid further harm in their communities? Listen to the needs of sexual assault survivors!
Reunite Immigrant Families: 5 Actions, 5 Buddhist Remembrances
Buddhist wisdom teaches us about the truth of impermanence — and that we will one day be separated from those we love. But this doesn't mean we stay silent in the face of state violence, and forced separation of immigrant families. Find out 5 types of action you can take to help.
Every Rope a Snake: A Buddhist Appeal to Stop Funding Police Violence
Dear Supervisor: Buddhist to Buddhist, can we talk?
Water is Life: a memorial for B.A. Naholowa’a
In memory of B.A., a great water protector. Yi Ling writes about their shared island ocean connections and invaluable lessons working alongside him at the medic tent at Standing Rock
I Vow To Stop Police Militarization: Buddhist Eyewitness to Urban Shield
Buddhism teaches us to practice non-discrimination, but this does not mean ignoring cruelty, violence, racism and oppression. After witnessing Urban Shield, I vow to redouble my efforts to stop the continued militarization of our police.
Thinking of Korea
What can we do in the face of the great monster of war? One small offering: extending friendship. BPFers from across the US fold and send hundreds of blue paper butterflies in solidarity to peace activists in Korea.
#BlockBuildBe in the Fight to Make #BlackLivesMatter
After hearing Block Build Be described at the summer retreat with BPF, organizer Aaron Goggans brought the framework home to Black Lives Matter DC. Goggans says, that Block Build Be “helped us explain our work in a new way which elevated the work.”
Burma's Genocide: A Panel Discussion, Plus 5 Things You Can Do Right Now
The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar has reached a tipping point. What can we do?BPF Board member Jess Benjamin reports back from a panel hosted by the Chicago Theological Seminary.
Surviving Auschwitz, Resisting Trump, Staying Open
This week visiting home, I’m pulled to revisit some family papers. Today, under Trump’s ascendancy, I am the exact same age as my maternal grandfather was when Hitler rose to power. Maybe there’s something in here I can use.
What's My Role in the Revolution?
Have you ever wondered if you're doing enough, or doing the right things, to create true social and spiritual transformation? If so, it might be time to re-visit your role in the revolution.
Rest in Power Aaron Lee, the Angry Asian Buddhist
Aaron Lee, author of the blog Angry Asian Buddhist, died Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 34. BPF reflects on all we've learned, and continue to learn, from Arun’s clear critiques and loving shout outs, with his steady aim to see Asian Americans fairly represented in US Buddhism.
To Liberate All Beings from the Dukkha of Deportation
Last year, on November 8, a member of my chosen family deported himself to Mexico. Rodolfo's courage in fighting for migrant justice reminds me of the first vow of the Bodhisattva path—the commitment to the liberation of all beings.
Emergency Teach-In: Buddhists Wage Peace in Korea
You might have heard Trump’s “fire and fury” dick-swinging toward North Korea, risking nuclear escalation. Did you also know that Won Buddhists are playing a major role for peace on the Korean peninsula? Listen in to BPF's special call to learn more.