ENGAGEMENTS
“We have to liberate each other and ourselves. We can do this because we have a love of life.
It is calling us in all our converging streams through the teachers of the main religions.
I see structural violence as a way to collectively address the fact that we are all victims and we are all accountable.
It is the work we are born to do.”
Joanna Macy
NEWS
INEB Newsletter – May 2022
Reconsidering the SDGs in Light of Grassroots Socially Engaged Buddhism
Toward a Worldwide Culture of Love
he practice of love, says bell hooks, is the most powerful antidote to the politics of domination. She traces her thirty-year meditation on love, power, and Buddhism, and concludes it is only love that transforms our personal relationships and heals the wounds of oppression.
INEB Newsletter – April 2022
A Socially Engaged Spiritual Response to the Climate Crisis
10 January, 2022 Bobo Lwin How personal awakening can help societal transformation. I recently contributed to a Buddhist dialogue at one of the fringe activities in COP26 in Glasgow, I want to explain why I did so, based on my personal experiences,...
Female Buddhas: A Revolution for Nuns in the Plum Village Tradition
SEEDS OF PEACE
Seeds of Peace Vol. 37 No. 3 (September – December 2021)
Dear Friends of INEB, greetings from Bangkok. We appreciate your ongoing support as we continue the work throughout the pandemic and following the military coup in Burma/Myanmar. Please read the diverse country reports which highlight issues, as well as, inspiring...
Seeds of Peace Vol. 37 No. 2 (May – August 2021)
Dear friends of INEB,We send greetings and best wishes for your health and wellbeing as the pandemic continues to affect the entire world.Here in Southeast Asia, the military coup that took place in Burma on February 1, 2021, has sent shock waves across the entire...
Seeds of Peace Vol. 37 No.1 (January – April 2021)
2021 is beginning with new opportunities for expanding our work in the region.We have been collaborating USAID Wildlife Asia, WildAid Thailand, the Thai Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP), FHI60 and the Sekhiyadhamma network and Wat...
Seeds of Peace Vol.36 No.3 Sep-Dec (2020)
In response to the high levels of suffering among the poorest and most marginalized communities in South and Southeast Asia, the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) has set up a COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. As of this printing. INEB has awarded funds...
Seeds of Peace Vol.36 No.2 May-Aug (2020)
The International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB) is appealing all people around the world across religions and beliefs to recognize the interconnected and interdependent nature of our shared humanity during the global COVID19 crisis. This is an opportune moment...
Seeds of Peace Vol.36 No.1 Jan-Apr (2020)
We send our best wishes for a most auspicious 2020, in addition to celebrating Chinese New Year in February and Songkran in April! This issue of Seeds of Peace highlights sessions from INEB's recent conference held in Deer Park, Bir, India, during October 2019. Among...