by Infinite Smile | Jul 30, 2010 | Blog
Listening to Dr. Elke Fein talk about history from an integral perspective. She argues that collective traumatic experience has more of a social, cultural, and political development than we’ve imagined. This and how a society relates to its past work to...
by Infinite Smile | Mar 10, 2010 | Blog
Sojourners has set up a way to “report” ourselves to the appropriate authorities if we espouse social justice in our interpretation of sacred scripture. Feel free to join me. Here’s my report: Dear Mr. Beck, I’m a Buddhist who believes in the...
by Infinite Smile | Mar 9, 2010 | Blog, Photos
This is interesting. I’ve always thought that a commitment to social justice was at the core of Christian (as well as other) spiritual teaching. At least that’s what Thomas Aquinas seems to point out in his writing. Perhaps Beck has something on Aquinas....
by Infinite Smile | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog
So very interesting… The People’s Daily Online reports: According to an interview with People’s Daily Online, professor Shen Weirong, director of the Research Center on Han-Tibetan Buddhism at Renmin University of China, and expert on Tibet, said...
by Infinite Smile | Jun 5, 2009 | Blog
Over at the Intent.com, Deepak Chopra offers some analysis of Obama’s speech in Cairo: …it was a cobweb-clearing speech. The content wasn’t exceptional. Before Muslims assumed the role of bogeyman after 9/11, any tolerant educated person realized...
