How to Hold a Paradox
Playing with vent diagrams can be a great way to vent your frustrations at just how hard it can be to contain multitudes.
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.