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An interesting chapter in engaged Hawaiian Buddhism

Posted on May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 by Karin

Thanks to Engaged Jodo Shinshu Buddhism on Twitter, I just learned of this interesting chapter in engaged Hawain Buddhism–involving an indigenous woman, meeting with Anagarika Dharmapala, Bo tree, establishment of Japanese Buddhism in Hawaii, support of Mahabodhi Society, and Land Back! Read more in these short wikis (1, 2), and in the book by Patricia…

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“What B.R. Ambedkar Wrote to W.E.B. Du Bois”

Posted on February 9, 2021May 8, 2021 by Karin

This short article describes an exchange between W.E.B. Du Bois and B.R. Ambedkar on their feeling of common cause in the fight against anti-Black racism in America and caste and colonial oppression in India. B.R. Ambedkar is important to Buddhism in that he drew on Buddhist teachings (especially, its anti-caste ethics) in his drafting of…

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Summary of Anālayo’s “Confronting Racism with Mindfulness”

Posted on February 5, 2021February 8, 2021 by Karin

This article[1]Anālayo, B. Confronting Racism with Mindfulness. Mindfulness 11, 2283–2297 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01432-4 by Bhikkhu Anālayo (a foremost scholar of early Buddhist literature) examines Buddhist teachings and modern scientific research on mindfulness in order to recommend ways in which mindfulness may be relevant to anti-racist practice for Buddhists and non-Buddhists. He suggests that while the scientific…

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