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Notes in Early Autumn (2016)

There’s a lot going on. A few notes before I leave.

Tomorrow morning I fly to India for a conference of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB). We are gathering at Nagaloka, the school I’ve been working with in … Read more

Clear View Project Fundraising—Winter 2015-16

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Climate March in Rome Following Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue

18 December 2015

Dear Friends,

Since 2008 Clear View Project has been providing education and basic support to the most needy in Burma, India, and elsewhere. Over the years we have raised more … Read more

Ambedkar’s Children: Indian Buddhism Reborn Among the Untouchables

With justice on our side, I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy… For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is a battle for Read more

Buddha and the Future of His Religion by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar is the father of modern Buddhism in India, which has taken root among Dalit/ex-untouchable communities who practice the Buddha way because it teaches directly about the nature of suffering and the way to liberation.  Ambedkar’s essay “Buddha Read more

Update from December 2014

Dear Friends,

I am running late with this year’s fundraising letter, having just returned from four weeks in Asia. It was a rich trip—though not always easy—with visits to Tamil Nadu, Nagpur, and Mumbai in India and to Mandalay, Pyin … Read more

Right Anger and the Path to the End of the Caste by Hozan Alan Senauke

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And this, monks, is the noble truth of the way of practice leading to the cessation of dukkha: precisely this Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
                                                                                                 —Dhammacakkappavattana Read more

Alan’s new book — Heirs To Ambedkar: The Rebirth of Engaged Buddhism in India

While many people know of Buddhism as part of India’s past, it may well be India’s future. The Buddhist movement inspired by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in the 1950s has taken root as an “engaged Buddhist” uprising among millions in the … Read more

Meditate, Educate, Organize: With India’s Dalit Buddhists

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Pune, 6 February 2013

Laurie and I have been here in India for the last two weeks.  First with friends in Mumbai, where we led a weekend Zen retreat, teaching from Dogen and Suzuki Roshi in the heart of Maximum … Read more

Leaving Nagaloka

8 February 2012

I am resting between flights in Delhi, on my way to Burma (via Bangkok) after two good weeks among friends in India.  Happy to report that I am healthy.  Once again no digestive digressions, and the straightforward … Read more

Think Sangha in India, March 2011

As long as I can remember I have yearned for community. Most living beings, human or otherwise, have the same yearning. The Buddha recognized this, creating the fourfold sangha as a ground for liberation. Over the last twenty or twenty-five … Read more