The Role of Spirituality and Faith in a Divided World – Harsha Navaratne’s 2022 Keynote Address
The Role of Spirituality and Faith in a Divided World This keynote address was delivered by INEB Executive Committee Chairperson, Harsha Navarante, on October 29th, 2022 at INEB's 2022 Public Symposium hosted at the Jungto Society headquarters in Seoul, South Korea....
From a Divided Myanmar to a Divided World (Sai Sam Kham – 2022 Keynote Address)
Peace, Planet, Pandemic and Engaged Buddhism: from a Divided Myanmar to a Divided World Sai Sam Kham delivering the keynote address at the Jungto Society's Center in Mungyeong, South Korea. Sai Sam Kham is a member of INEB's Executive Committee, Former Executive...
Human Rights and Digital Privacy: A socially Engaged Buddhist Reflection on Surveillence
Words by KV Soon (Vidyananda) | Dexter Cohen Bohn, Editor When we talk about human rights we must consider the fact that privacy is an important element. More so in the digital environment where data linked to us as individuals is easily available on self-input social...
Uncovering the Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas
Interview with Elisabeth Benard by Sarah Fleming June 05, 2022 Jetsun Kushok at nineteen years old, Dolma Palace, Sakya, Tibet, 1957 For over a thousand years, the Sakya Khon family has trained both its sons and daughters as great spiritual teachers. Though many of...
Statement Calling for Solidarity and Preserving the Sanctity of Life in Myanmar
Digital Bodhisattva Reflections: China’s Expanding Surveillence State
This New York times article is an eye-opener. The author utilizes an innovative approach in reviewing the sensitive nature of these documents while analyzing both the requirements and strategic thinking that generated them. These short reflections are intended to...
Digital Ethics and Sustainability – the Role of Youth
I recently spoke at a forum in the Center for Universiti Malaya’s Civilizational Dialogue entitled “Ethics and Sustainability - the Role of Youths.” I was really happy to meet again with Prof Dr Azizan Baharuddin (now Director of the Center). She is an inspiration. I...
Opening Our Hearts to the Mettāverse – Part I
It’s been 7 months since the company-formerly-named-Facebook became Meta. A move that dazed some and confused most but has now faded back into the frenetic pulse of our social media mindstream. However, something foreboding was announced, or at least implied, about...
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.
27th Sem Pringpuangkeo Public Lecture, Saturday 13 February 2021 COME ON, LET’S COMMON
East – West perspectives on Earth Trusteeship.Hans and Wallapa van Willenswaard – Right Livelihood College Bangkok “Professor Sem is involved in both the birth of children and the birth of a new society” – This is how Prof. Sem Pringpuangkaew, former Minister of...
Buddhist Heritage of Gandhara, Pakistan
Prof. Dr. M. Ashraf Khan Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan ashrafarchaelogist@hotmail.com Pakistan is an important region in South Asia since ancient time. It served as a pivotal point of Buddhism from centuries that’s...
STATEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERFAITH RAINFOREST INITIATIVE
STATEMENT OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE INTERFAITH RAINFOREST INITIATIVE (This statement is addressed to leaders in government and business, to leaders and followers of our spiritual and religious traditions, and to the wider human family) 21 JUNE 2017 The Earth’s...
Interfaith Rainforest Initiative
Phra Paisal Visalo Nobel Peace Center, Oslo 19 June 2017 Without nature, human being is nothing. Our existence is possible because of air, water, food and other requisites provided by nature. Not only survival, our well-being also depends on the generosity of nature....
World Future Council World Future Forum 2017
The Bregenz Declaration - A Call to our Collective Consciousness 2 April 2017 We, the World Future Council commit to take action for systems change. If you, like us, believe this time of breakdown is and can be a time of breakthrough; if you are willing to commit...
Govt Bans U Wirathu from Preaching Sermons
Burma’s infamous nationalist Buddhist monk U Wirathu was banned from delivering sermons across the country for one year, starting from March 10, due to his religious hate speeches. The decision was made at a special meeting of the country’s 47 senior Buddhist monks...
What a Buddhist Monk Taught Xi Jinping
ZHENGDING, China — In 1982, two men arrived in this dusty provincial town. One was Shi Youming, a Buddhist monk who was taking up a post in the ruins of one of Zhengding’s legendary temples. The other was Xi Jinping, the 29-year-old son of a top Communist Party...
What Should we do to fight these problems while maintaining our inner peace
"There are problems involving with children, women, violence, people's suffering and injustice which are clearly visible and should be solved. What should we do to fight these problems while maintaining our inner peace, this is a big challenge." - Dhammananda Bhikkuni...