Are Trump Protests A Collective Form of Boundary Setting?
What would it mean to set healthy boundaries against Trump's violent rhetoric?
5 Responses to the Awkwardly Titled "New Face of Buddhism"
Reflections on the pitfalls of a Buddhist makeover. 5 BPFers — Funie Hsu, Kate Johnson, Dedunu Sylvia, Katie Loncke, and The Angry Asian Buddhist himself — respond.
"We Do Not Live Single-Issue Lives": Buddhadharma
Wisdom from revolutionary Grace Lee Boggs: "Real wealth is not the possession of property, but the recognition that our deepest need, as human beings,
BPF Among 14 Faith Leaders Arrested in Solidarity Action with 14 #BlackLivesMatter Activists
BPFers join other interfaith leaders to support the Black Friday 14 in Oakland, CA: a group of Black Lives Matter activists including BLM co-founder Alicia Garza.
Dharma & Direct Action Training: New Orleans in November
BPF heads to Mid City Zen Center for our first 2-day Dharma & Direct Action training in New Orleans.
May All Beings... Social Justice Portraits from Buddhist Leaders
We asked leaders from the First U.S. Buddhist Delegation to the White House to pose for portraits repping their most-beloved social justice or environmental issue. Teachers and luminaries jumped in. See what they had to say.
Dharma & Direct Action comes to New York City in November
Join us for a weekend NYC intensive on Dharma & Direct Action, building concrete skills for compassionate confrontation. In a world tormented by racism, sexism, climate disasters, economic oppression, and more — learn how to develop inspiring responses guided by spiritual wisdom, political awareness, and a bodhisattva's vow for collective liberation.
There's Only One "One Earth Sangha": Don't Miss It!
Are you interested in the EcoSattva Training hosted by One Earth Sangha, from September 13 - November 15? BPF co-directors Dawn Haney and Katie Loncke will be presenting at 2 of the 8 sessions!
The Conversation is Changing
David Loy shares an encouraging shift that he observed at the mega-Buddhist-teachers gathering at Omega a few weeks ago: "My presentation argued that the paths of individual transformation and social transformation need each other, and my sense is that we are collectively beginning to understand it."
Direct Action Dharma in the Wilderness: BPF at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
There's only one road to Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Even in remote settings, how can we practice compassionate confrontation around issues of justice, no matter where we are? Can monastic communities be a place to practice prefigurative interventions, where we imagine and try out the kinds of worlds we want to live in?
The Rigors of Protest, Social Activism, and Bodhicitta
Anna Gibson on how and why it is important to persist with activism in spite of jeering and even outright disapproval.
I Arrived At The White House… And Didn’t Go Inside.
If you were invited into the White House, would you automatically say Yes?Why?
Can we critique US militarism when we benefit from it?
This is an open letter to Brad Warner of Hardcore Zen who critiqued BPF's banner action in front of the White House this week.
BPF Joins first-ever U.S. White House Buddhist Leaders Conference
BPF Co-Director Katie Loncke and Board member Sierra Pickett from Oakland, CA, have been asked to join the first-ever U.S. Buddhist White House Conference and give a presentation on the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
Seeds of Mindful Resistance: BPF Joins "Occupy the Farm"
Life for an activist would be boring indeed if all we ever did was shout, protest, fume, and fulminate. At BPF we embrace anger, yes, but also agency. The power to build and cultivate the things we want to see in the world.
Dawn Haney featured on Women Hold Up Half the Sky with Della Duncan
On Dawn’s professional and personal journey to the Director role, BPF as an institution, and current issues and topics within mindfulness and Buddhism — including racism, community activism, and gendered violence from a Buddhist perspective.
The Dharma of Harm Reduction
"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."—His Holiness the Dalai Lama
How Does Practice Transform Us and Our World?
We are always practicing something, whether we are conscious of it or not. By becoming conscious of what we practice and intentionally choosing to practice something new, we can transform ourselves and our world.
BPF and the Angry Asian Buddhist
Do Asian-American Buddhists pray to shrines for good S.A.T. scores? Buddhist Peace Fellowship board member Funie Hsu talks with Arun — creator of Angry Asian Buddhist — about Orientalism, racism, and the causes and conditions for all this anger.