David Loy shares an encouraging shift that he observed at the mega-Buddhist-teachers gathering at Omega a few weeks ago: "My presentation argued that the paths of individual transformation and social transformation need each other, and my sense is that we are collectively beginning to understand it."

As the Pope makes an historic statement on climate change, and Co-Director Dawn Haney prepares to go to Rome for an interfaith convergence of emerging leaders, we're curious: what do BPFers think about the strategic role of interfaith organizing?

Want to practice at this intersection of Buddhism and direct action? Join BPF Co-Directors Katie Loncke and Dawn Haney at one of these upcoming events - New York, DC, Oakland, New Orleans, and online!

Sophia Newman on the intersections between Buddhism and the LGBTQ movement.

Stefani Cox: At its heart, the problem with police violence goes down to the root of psychology and the base of our human compassion for one another. Nothing we do on the surface alone will end racism; we need to also get at those human roots. Practicing lovingkindness meditation is a good place to start.

There's only one road to Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. Even in remote settings, how can we practice compassionate confrontation around issues of justice, no matter where we are? Can monastic communities be a place to practice prefigurative interventions, where we imagine and try out the kinds of worlds we want to live in?

Anna Gibson on how and why it is important to persist with activism in spite of jeering and even outright disapproval.

This is an open letter to Brad Warner of Hardcore Zen who critiqued BPF's banner action in front of the White House this week.

BPF Co-Director Katie Loncke and Board member Sierra Pickett from Oakland, CA, have been asked to join the first-ever U.S. Buddhist White House Conference and give a presentation on the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.

Life for an activist would be boring indeed if all we ever did was shout, protest, fume, and fulminate. At BPF we embrace anger, yes, but also agency. The power to build and cultivate the things we want to see in the world.

On Dawn’s professional and personal journey to the Director role, BPF as an institution, and current issues and topics within mindfulness and Buddhism — including racism, community activism, and gendered violence from a Buddhist perspective.

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."—His Holiness the Dalai Lama

We are always practicing something, whether we are conscious of it or not. By becoming conscious of what we practice and intentionally choosing to practice something new, we can transform ourselves and our world.

Do Asian-American Buddhists pray to shrines for good S.A.T. scores? Buddhist Peace Fellowship board member Funie Hsu talks with Arun — creator of Angry Asian Buddhist — about Orientalism, racism, and the causes and conditions for all this anger.

Sometimes wise action means blocking the doors to a police weapons expo. Support Buddhists learning dharma wisdom and nonviolent action tools for social justice.

Buddhists, Native Americans, and white environmentalists unite against fracking in California.

Personal behavior change is not enough to stop the colossal harms of Big Oil and Big Ag. So what can we do?

The real Martin Luther King Jr. was angry about injustice, radical in his politics and militant in his tactics. Kazu Haga, dharma practitioner and Kingian nonviolence teacher, explains.

Tired of pseudo-spiritual derails from #BlackLivesMatter to #AllLivesMatter? Want concrete ideas for sparking racial justice conversation in your sangha? Want the best recent Buddhist writing on police violence and state racism? Check out BPF's new toolkit.