Buddhist-Based Resources for Relief and Social Change
Posted on August 28, 2013 by Alan Senauke
Some Thoughts About Engaged Buddhism and Wrong Mindfulness
An Interview with Hozan Alan Senauke by John Malkin, March 2013
What is the interaction between practices like meditation and social change?
When I began an activist path I did not see any interaction. I wasn’t practicing Buddhism then and … Read more
Posted on December 10, 2012 by Alan Senauke
Everything Is Broken: Songs About Things As They Are
Everything Is Broken: Songs About Things As They Are is Alan Senauke’s brand new CD of “buddhistic songs.” The songs here include pieces by Bob Dylan, Bernice Reagon, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, as well as traditional numbers rewritten by Alan … Read more
Posted on May 21, 2012 by Alan Senauke
Updates from Spring 2012
SPRING UPDATE
Spring has arrived in Berkeley, and I suppose, in various other parts of the world. All is growing here. The wisteria surrounding our front windows and door has already blossomed and turned.
BURMA
The flowering of civil society … Read more
Posted on December 2, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Fall/Winter 2011-2012 Clear View Fundraising
NOTE: Since this letter was written, Jill Jameson and I have decided to return to Burma in February 2012 to offer training for activists and monks at their request. We are drafting a proposal to several funding agencies, but your … Read more
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Thanksgiving
This is written by my old friend Hilton Obenzinger. Strikes just the right note for today. Please enjoy the holiday, all we have to be thankful for, keeping in mind all those who have so little and live with untold … Read more
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Alan Senauke
INEB in Bodhgaya: Journey to the West, 1
1 November 2011: Actually I am editing this piece two weeks later, back in Berkeley, dealing with jetlag. — Alan
This year’s International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) conference — The Future of Buddhism: From Personal Awakening to Global Transformation… Read more
Posted on October 22, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Leaving for Asia (On a Jet Plane)
Leaving in the morning for three weeks in Asia. First to the International Network of Engaged Buddhists conference, this year in Bodhgaya. Then about ten days in Burma, meeting people, helping to run some community development trainings, and having a … Read more
Posted on August 28, 2011 by Alan Senauke
Mindfulness & Ethics — Notes from Hamburg’s Int’l Mindfulness Congress
At the end of last week’s International Mindfulness Congress in Hamburg, His Holiness the Dalai Lama was asked whether the practice of mindfulness is inherently ethical. This was, I think, the pressing and recurring question of our conference, which brought … Read more
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Posted on April 25, 2014 by Alan Senauke
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