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Tag: International Network of Engaged Buddhism

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

Buddhist climate rarch in Rome
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

The Fire This Time: Religious Violence in Burma

Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world; by non-hatred only is hatred appeased. This is an unending truth.
— Dhammapada, 5

On February 27, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) was ordered to close all its long-established clinics in Myanmar/Burma. … Read more

A Fact-Finding Commission — Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar

Here is the press release for an important initiative that came out of our INEB meeting in Malaysia two weeks ago.  The meeting itself had an ongoing focus on interfaith relations, particularly between Buddhists and Muslims in South and Southeast
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All People Are Chosen; All Lands Are Holy: Interfaith Dialog for Peace & Sustainability

Petronas Tower, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This is the text of a talk given on 1 November 2013 at the Institut Kefahaman Islam Malaysia (IKIM) in Kuala Lumpur, at the start of the 2013 conference of the International Network of Engaged Read more

Conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine State — A Statement from the International Network of Engaged Buddhists

The statement below was written and ratified by the International Network of Engaged Buddhist at its annual Advisory and Executive Board meeting this month. We hope that it expresses the concerns of Buddhists around the world who are witness to 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