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November 2013

November 19, 2013

Spanish court rules for Tibetan victims of Chinese genocide

Spain's National Court has issued arrest warrants for former Chinese President Jiang Zemin (b. 1926), former...

November 14, 2013

The Dalai Lama, the Pope, and Jennifer Lawrence.

The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression. The...

November 10, 2013

Moves to block China from the UN Human Rights Council

“All victims of human rights abuses should be able to look to the Human Rights...

November 04, 2013

“AKONG a remarkable life” – an interview by Lisa Tully

Many of you may have heard about the recent and tragic death of the Tibetan...

October 2013

October 11, 2013

Reposting “Femicide” for the International Day of the Girl Child

This is a repost of an article written by Naga R Dhoopati last spring. Given...

October 02, 2013

Growing up in India and My Kolhapuri Chappal

Today would have been the 144th birthday of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi. His principled stand for...

October 02, 2013

Threats to Mes Aynak as all foreign archeologists leave site

First, a bit of good news. Despite previous threats to shut down archeological work and...

September 2013

September 13, 2013

The hateful rhetoric of the “anti-war” left toward Syria

I should begin with a disclaimer or two. First, I typically am a proud member of...

September 12, 2013

Three great Buddhist projects deserving your support

"The practice of giving is universally recognized as one of the most basic human virtues,...

September 03, 2013

Community Organizing

Sometimes the events in the news get to be too much. I have been torn...

August 2013

August 15, 2013

We were fighting in Egypt… Leonard Cohen and hope for the future

In 1985, Leonard Cohen sang his newly-written song, "The Night Comes On," for an audience...

July 2013

July 15, 2013

I am Trayvon Martin, I am George Zimmerman

As fate would have it, I have been very busy lately, seemingly bombarded with duties,...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

Femicide, a guest post by Naga R Dhoopati

Educating girls around the globe. There have been many cases where a girl’s life has...

March 14, 2013

Maladjusted Buddhism – A Guest Post by Nathan Thompson

Today we have a guest post by Nathan Thompson of Dangerous Harvests. Nathan is one...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

The Future of Tibet

The Tibetan Center in Kingston, New York has announced an upcoming discussion of the six...

February 10, 2013

Tibet on Fire: a Resource for Activists and Educators

As those of you who read this blog know, I'm a strong supporter of Tibetan...

February 01, 2013

Six Months given to Save the Buddhas of Mes Aynak

Breaking News from The Buddhas of Aynak (via facebook): I have some unfortunate news - archaeologists only...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Tibetan Language: more than you imagined

When many Western practitioners speak of learning Tibetan, they don't often realize that the Tibetan...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Global day of Solidarity for Tibet

Today, December 10, is Global Human Rights Day. Activists around the world are reaching out...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

There has been an 82nd, an 83rd, an 84th and an 85th self-immolation inside occupied #Tibet. All today.

Such is the news from Joshua Eaton (website) today. Radio Free Asia states that "The burnings take...

November 13, 2012

Save the Buddhas of Mes Aynak

Click the link above to go directly to the "The Buddhas of Mes Aynak" Kickstarter...

November 07, 2012

Montana: Where Nate Silver got it wrong in Election 2012

I almost minored in Political Science in my university days. I was president of my...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

New Petition to save the Mes Aynak Buddhas

In just over two months, a Chinese-owned mining company is scheduled to begin work in...

October 08, 2012

“A Buddhist Perspective on Occupy Wall Street” by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi

I have not yet met the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, but I very much hope to...

September 2012

September 20, 2012

A Great Day for Burma

Follow Aung San Suu Kyi's address to Amnesty International live with Joshua Eaton at !/search/thelady (or that...

September 18, 2012

25 miles barefoot

Well, sort of. As the chart shows, that 25 miles is spread over 4 runs...

August 2012

August 26, 2012

American Buddhism: Unraveling a Scandal

For several months (or in fact, possibly much longer), a former student of Ken McLeod...

July 2012

July 27, 2012

On Eve of the Olympics, China Rolls out new Tibet Propaganda

Yesterday, England's newspaper The Telegraph (nicknamed the "Tory-graph" after the country's conservative political party to...

July 22, 2012

Wake up America: Greed, Hate, and Guns

Sometimes the only word I can come up with to describe my country is "exacerbated." ...

July 09, 2012

Buddhism in the News

For Monday, July 9, 2012. I'm catching up on a few missed weeks here, just...

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