Thich Nhat Hanh, Trees, and the Love of Our Ancestors
As healers and social activists living in a time of great violence and oppression, it can be so easy to become lost in the news of the latest injustice. So easy to be consumed by the effort just to survive, and to help our communities to survive amidst so many very real threats against us. So easy to forget that the love and power of the ancestors is alive and well, blooming in every single breath each of us takes.
Kavanaugh Killed Our Practice: What Survivors Need from Meditation Teachers
With national and Buddhist community tension high over sexual violence, how can dharma and meditation teachers avoid further harm in their communities? Listen to the needs of sexual assault survivors!
Fuck Your Right Speech (Are You Listening?)
Is Right Speech rigged to support the status quo?
Announcing: 2017 Soma Award Winners
Bringing together the deep streams of Buddhist wisdom and organizing for social change, it is our honor to offer awards of $2,000 to 7 activists influenced by Buddhism.
U Mad? Wisdom for Rageful Times
Screaming at your phone silently? Or not so silently? Join our 6-week web curriculum with spiritual and political wisdom on anger, rage, and betrayal.
Safety, Sanctuary, Refuge: Session 1 of Refuge & Resistance
What do the Three Jewels of refuge look like in today's political world, as people become more desperate for safety?
Start the New Year with Refuge & Resistance
All beings deserve refuge, but oppression requires resistance. Can we do both? Welcome to our January 2017 series, brand-new from BPF.
VIDEO, AUDIO, TRANSCRIPT: BPF Reportback from Standing Rock
Just released! Hear from a diverse crew of BPFers who went to Standing Rock this fall in solidarity with indigenous leaders against the Dakota Access Pipeline -- including YiLing Cheng and Aaron Goggans from our 2016 Block+Build+Be retreat, and socially engaged dharma teachers Venerable Dr. Pannavati and Thanissara.
4 Elements to Strengthen Us
As people committed to collective liberation, we are living in overwhelming, uncertain, and frightening times. Here are 4 friends we can call on.
"We've Been Here All Along" – Love for Asian American Buddhists
BPF Board member Funie Hsu's latest article on white domination in Western dharma has generated a flurry of defensiveness, as well as some powerful support. Read for yourself, share your thoughts, and see what heartfelt conversations on racial justice and liberation might look like.
ACTION ALERT: Buddhists Stand with Larung Gar, Tibet
One of the world's largest Buddhist studies institutes is under threat. Can you join BPF and #StandWithLarungGar?
Sitting For the Frisco Five
The first time I remember sitting in front of San Francisco City Hall was at my high school prom, 12 years ago. I was barely politicized back then. The last time I sat in front of San Francisco City Hall, the steps were completely blocked off by a police barricade.
Dharma & Direct Action Training comes to Michigan in September
Join BPF and the Environmentalist Group of the Zen Buddhist Temple, Ann Arbor, for a two-day September workshop to develop inspiring responses to injustice guided by spiritual wisdom and political awareness.
Block, Build, and Be: Buddhism and Social Justice
What do you want to Block? What do you want to Build? And what do you want to Be? For a limited time, give to the BPF campaign and receive lovely perks for your donation.