Clear View Project is Now Tax-Exempt
September 10, 2015 Climate March in Rome Following Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue Dear Friends, Clear View Project has been up and running since 2008, providing education and basic support to the most...
View ArticleJarvis Masters : Notes on Oral Arguments at the California Supreme Court— 3...
For thirty-four years, since the age of nineteen, Jarvis Jay Masters has been in San Quentin. For thirty of those years he has lived on the scene of a crime he did not commit. His lawyers Joe...
View ArticleClear View Project Fundraising—Winter 2015-16
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View ArticleJarvis Masters: A Story in Need of a New Ending
The fabric of a criminal trial is woven of stories… the defendant’s story and the prosecutor’s story. Of course, there is also the...
View ArticleA Soto Zen Buddhist Climate Statement
The statement below is a unique collaboration among Soto Zen Buddhists in the west. With roots in China and in the 13th century teachings of Eihei Dogen, Soto Zen is one of the largest of Japan’s...
View ArticleEarly Autumn Notes
The Golden Buddha of Nagaloka There’s a lot going on. A few notes before I leave. Tomorrow morning I fly to India for a conference of the International Network of Engaged Buddhists (INEB). We are...
View ArticlePresident Ubu Trump
A friend’s comment last week surfaced my old appreciation for the work of Alfred Jarry, author of the wild and astonishing farce, Ubu Roi, father of the science of Pataphysics. Ubu Roi (King Ubu), a...
View ArticleIn the Winter of Our Discontent
Nyogen Senzaki was the first Japanese Zen master to live and teach on our shores. Along with one hundred twenty thousand Americans of Japanese ancestry, he was interned as an enemy alien, confined at...
View ArticleMindfulness Must Be Engaged—a Meditation
The Buddha’s teachings on mindfulness invite us to be mindful of the body in the body, feelings in the feelings, breath in the breath. This means becoming aware of actions and thoughts from within...
View ArticleQuestions about Responding to White Supremacy
The comments below were catalyzed by an ongoing exchange of ideas on the Buddhist Peace Fellowship website. I encourage you to explore the dialogue there. Mine is just one voice....
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