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On the Web
- Joanna Macy | Engaged Buddhism - Teachings from an eco-philosopher and student of Buddhism on engaged Buddhism.
- Engaged Buddhism Resources - Links to pages on Engaged Buddhism related topics including environmentally aware Buddhism, Gay and Lesbian, hospice projects, prison projects, development, women's groups.
- Engaged Buddhism - Comments on engaged Buddhism and practicing in everyday life.
- Strong Lessons for Engaged Buddhists - Critique of socially engaged Buddhism from a situationist perspective.
- Socially-Engaged Buddhism - Class project of a Buddhism and Social Action class at Naropa University Online. Some sections are not completed.
- Zen Practice for Inmates - Meditation training as an alternative to conventional sentencing. During the past year a "scholarship" fund has been created to assist serious inmate practitioners in attending a monastic training period on parole or at release from prison. The Engaged Zen Foundation intends to establish a monastic-based alternative sentencing facility where offenders may serve out sentences in a highly disciplined Zendo atmosphere.
- Buddhist Inmate Sangha - An interfaith group of Buddhists devoted to connecting prisoners who desire to learn about Buddhism with pen pals of their respective faiths. Provides books on Buddhism and Eastern Philosophy to inmates and prison libraries upon request.
- Evanston: Heartland Sangha - Practices a pan-sectarian Buddhism drawn from the original teachings of Gautama Buddha, Jodo Shinshu, Zen Buddhism and engaged Buddhism. Offers periodic Buddhist services.
- Sangha Metta Project - Engages monks in HIV/AIDS prevention and care. The monks, taking the Buddha's teachings as their inspiration, concluded that a core aspect of HIV/AIDS was ignorance about the condition among both the sufferers and the general public.
- Zen Hospice Project - An engaged Buddhist community supporting and staffing a large San Francisco hospice. The website also feature resources for hospice caregivers worldwide.
Wikipedia Articles
- Engaged Buddhism - Engaged Buddhism is a term originally coined by Vietnamese Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. During the Vietnam War, he and his sangha (spiritual community) made efforts to respond to the suffering they saw around them.
- Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health and Insight - The Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health and Insight is a Non-Governmental Organisation that undertakes sustainable interventions in the developing world. BODHI is an example of engaged Buddhism: their goal is "to utilise skillful means in helping sentient beings, in the developed as well as the developing world.
- Gaden Relief Project - Gaden Relief Projects is a part of the Gaden Choling Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Centre in Toronto, Canada. It is a non-sectarian but an example of engaged Buddhism, following their founder Zasep Rinpoche in recognising a debt to Buddhist communities by alleviating their material needs.
- Buddhist Peace Fellowship - Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a socially engaged Buddhism organization which aims to employ the wisdom
- Non-abidance - In Buddhism, especially Zen and Chan, Non-abidance (Apratisthita in Sanskrit) is the practice of avoiding mental constructs during daily life. That is, other than while engaged in meditation (zazen).