United struggle of indigenous peoples will establish their right of self-determination, BIPF press conference told
KF Report, 6 August 2015: Despite all the obstacles, indigenous peoples in the country are continuing with their struggle, in association with the democratic, liberal and progressive political and citizen forces of the country to establish their rights. Following the...
POLITICS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL: CURBING VIOLENCE; ENHANCING HARMONY
Categories: Articles By October 15, 2014 Paper presented at the conference on Buddhist-Muslim Tensions in the Bay of Bengal, organized by the Center for Asian Research, Arizona State University, USA, 8 and 9 October 2014. In this paper I shall attempt to analyze the...
Spearheading Buddhist knowledge and education in Sri Lanka
Spearheading Buddhist knowledge and education in Sri Lanka WEDNESDAY, 08 OCTOBER 2014 01:26 Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies (PGIPBS) Ven. Professor Kotapitiye Rahula Thera, Director of Postgraduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist StudiesUniversity...
Confessions of a Buddhist Environmental Activist
Reflections on 22 May 2014 Coup
I suggested that we become interested in PLAYBOY magazine (seehttps://www.facebook.com/ sulak.sivaraksa/posts/ 10152186019152798) because I felt that now is the time to rely on humor more than sorrow, anger or hatred. It’s not good to be attached to any...
2014 Coup: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
At first sight, the most recent coup d’état on 22 May 2014 seemed to have learned admirably well from the failures of the previous coup in 2006. But what have and what haven’t the military leaders learned from the 2006 coup? Here are some observations. 1. The...
Sulak Sivaraksa by Matteo Pistono
Sexual and Relationship Therapy
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Why Buddhism and the West Need Each Other
David R. Loy The mercy of the West has been social revolution. The mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void. We need both. -- Gary Snyder Another way to put it: the highest ideal of the Western tradition has been to restructure our...
The New Bodhisattva
Bodhisattva (Pali and Sanskrit, from bodhi “awakened” + sattva “being”): any person who, motivated by compassion, wishes to attain Buddhahood for the sake of all living beings. Unless you’reon long retreat in a Himalayan cave, it’s becoming more difficult to overlook...
Can Mindfulness Change a Corporation?
The letter that follows is self-explanatory. Last October I sent it to Mr. George three different ways – to two email accounts and by post to his office. Unfortunately, he has not responded, so after some deliberation I’ve decided to express my concerns publicly. I...
The Problem with Karma
What are we going to do about karma? It’s no use pretending that karma hasn’t become a problem for contemporary Buddhism. In many ways Buddhist teachings seem very modern in their emphasis on impermanence and interdependence (evolution, ecology),...
Transcendence or Immanence?
The influence of Axial traditions will continue to decline as it becomes ever more apparent that their resources are incommensurate with the moral challenges of the global problematique. In particular, to the extent that these traditions have stressed cosmological...
Collective Bubbles of Delusion
What makes human beings unique is also our Achilles heel – the defect that may yet destroy our species, along with most others. Like other animals, we have instincts, but, thanks to our large neo-cortex, we can gainsome degree of freedom from them by choosing how to...
Advancing Peace through Inclusive Development
“Advancing Peace through Inclusive Development” Lahpai Seng Raw, at Raman Magsaysay Centre Awardees’ Lecture Series No 3, Manila 29 August 2013 Lahpai Seng Raw is pictured with children in the Irrawaddy Delta during post-Cyclone Nargis rebuilding efforts in 2008....
Understanding the Status of Buddhism in Contemporary Thai Society
A number of prominent scandals have recently surfaced from the Sangha community, leading to public outcry and confusion. One involves a famous foreign monk who abruptly disrobed after 37 years in the monkhood. He has a lot of followers as many Thais, especially in...
Rebuilding Family, Community, Region, and Nation
Amidst Nuclear Fallout Rev. Toku-un Tanaka Rev. Toku-un Tanaka is the abbot of Dokei-ji temple in the Odaka Ward of Minami Soma City in Fukushima, some 17 kilometers from the nuclear power plants, as well as abbot of Chuzen-ji temple in the town of Futaba even closer...
Ecological suffering: From a Buddhist perspective
“...There will be great suffering caused by our human-created climate change, but we may need to go through this process in order to see the 'light'.” Nigel Crawhall (IUCN, CEESP representative, South Africa) Ecological suffering is the result of centuries of...