“The mountain that becomes a path” by Augusto Gen’Un Alcalde

I recently made the acquaintance of Augusto Gen’un Alcade Roshi, a Zen teacher from Argentina. He is also, as it turns out, a lifelong anarchist militant. As a youth in the 1970’s he participated in struggles against the American-backed civil-military dictatorship. Many dissident Argentines were disappeared during these years. Augusto was thankfully never subject to […]

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Dukkha

Dukkha cannot be easily defined. But it is one of those things that you know when you see it. Suffering only begins to scratch the surface of it. They say the origin of dukkha is the axle of a cart wheel. Its opposite is sukkha, meaning a wheel which is well formed and runs smoothly. […]

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THE DRUMS OF LIBERATION

One Piece and Zen One Piece is my favorite anime, and quite possibly one of the greatest works of fiction, ever. Fight me. I have so many thoughts about the importance of its themes that I struggle to write them down. While its anarchist themes are fairly self-evident, this video’s Buddhist interpretation is very interesting […]

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Reinventing the Wheel?

Anarchism in the buddhist peace fellowship The Buddhist Peace Fellowship was, at least in the West, the most influential organization of the “Engaged Buddhism” tendency in the late 20th Century. It is still active today but has declined in membership and influence since its heyday. To understand the politics of the BPF it is especially […]

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How to Organise Your Building

Authors: Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal PDF file size: 207 KB Download PDF This article by Rose Lenehan and Tracy Rosenthal originally appeared in … How to Organise Your Building We don’t just talk about philosophy and meditation here: the point of practice is not to benefit yourself, but to help others. Get your shit […]

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