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Tag: Thich Nhat Hanh
Thich Nhat Hanh(1926-2022) — Buddhist Revolutionary
Posted on January 22, 2022 by Alan Senauke
January 22, 2022 — Yesterday Thich Nhat Hanh died, after a long illness. Two years ago I was asked to write this piece for “Lion’s Roar,” as part of a celebration of Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings and life. It seems relevant … Read more
Some Thoughts About Engaged Buddhism and Wrong Mindfulness
Posted on August 28, 2013 by Alan Senauke
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
Mindfulness & Ethics — Notes from Hamburg’s Int’l Mindfulness Congress
Posted on August 28, 2011 by Alan Senauke
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
Four Movements in the History of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Their Central Contributions
Posted on May 31, 2008 by Alan Senauke
by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke
What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all … Read more
Mindfulness Must Be Engaged—a Meditation
Posted on April 14, 2017 by Alan Senauke
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The Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness invite us to be mindful of the body in the body, feelings in the feelings, breath in the breath. This means becoming aware of actions and thoughts from within themselves, within ourselves. In just this … Read more
Category: Zen Tags: Engaged Buddhism, Meditation, Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen