Tag: Buddhism
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Inaugurating a monastery
This last Saturday, 19th Sept. 2018, I was lucky to be part of the inauguration of a new Buddhist vihāra here in Chittagong. I was invited by Dr. Ananda Vikas...
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Very quiet sounds
Chittagong is a raucous tumult. The racket is penetrating and ceaseless: horns, screams, brakes, creaking ceiling fans, the tinnital whine of tube lights, the grind of suffering transmissions, rickshaw bells,...
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interspecies play as the antidote
That recent post, ‘The Myth of Sustainability‘, is a short realist critique of sustainability. Here I want to dig under the realism and pull out the more profound challenges. Then...
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Buddhist racism is wrong.
I want to express my sorrow and frustration at the ongoing oppression of the Rohingya. I was reporting on the plight of the Rohingya in Burma and the Chakma in...
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Disease and playful generosities
(This post is originally from 6 November 2014; it is reposted here after the server was hacked in summer of 2015) We’ve got Hand Foot and Mouth disease running through...