Checking the Maths Behind the Police Racism Panic
Many people, including some Buddhists, now believe that black lives are 'systematically and intentionally targeted for demise' by the police. In the second instalment of 'An Immoral Panic', Subhamati examines the evidence.
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22 January 2023
Posted in: Politics
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"Only too often, human beings’ enjoyment of the infliction of pain '...' is associated with a definite ideology"
Latest Articles
This article is taken from chapter 2 of The Destructivists by William Collins, in which he ascribes the divisions in our society to a form of moral corruption which must be countered in moral terms.
- 11 January 2023
Ratnaguna interviews Advayacitta about how recognising and transcending various patterns from the past is an important aspect of psychological and spiritual development.
- 24 December 2022
Posted in: Psychology
Prajnanandi read ‘a good heart is not enough’, and wrote to the author to say, 'I absolutely agree with the principles you outlined, but when I applied the principles, I came to the opposite conclusions. Can we talk?’
- 28 November 2022
Advayacitta explores how decision making in health care has been increasingly taken away from clinicians and their patients, and replaced by authoritarian control by governments and bureaucracies.
- 28 November 2022
Posted in: Politics
Politics
Advayacitta explores how decision making in health care has been increasingly taken away from clinicians and their patients, and replaced by authoritarian control by governments and bureaucracies.
- 28 November 2022
Posted in: Politics
Ratnaguna and Advayacitta discuss the book ‘Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class’ by Paul Embery, and the important issues it raises.
- 26 May 2022
Posted in: Politics
Unconscious Bias Training is a growing industry and is currently highly fashionable among corporations. But is it effective? And in actual use, how free is it from bias? Taking as his starting point the Buddhist notion of avidya, Thomas Hamilton-Shaw casts a critical eye upon UBT.
- 26 May 2022
Posted in: Politics
An American professor of religion and culture has recently published an article in which she accuses Apramāda of trying to 'delegitimize and derail racial justice work'. In this article Ratnaguna responds to her criticisms.
- 8 April 2022
Posted in: Politics
Psychology
Ratnaguna interviews Advayacitta about how recognising and transcending various patterns from the past is an important aspect of psychological and spiritual development.
- 24 December 2022
Posted in: Psychology
In this article Ratnaguna makes a case for spiritual communities changing the world for the better.
- 23 October 2022
Posted in: Psychology
Part 2 of the series Breaking Free of Tribalism and Becoming an Individual
- 8 February 2022
Posted in: Psychology
In this article - the first of a 3 part series - Ratnaguna examines the nature of tribes.
- 30 November 2021
Posted in: Psychology
Culture
In this very stimulating interview Thomas Hamilton-Shaw talks about two books by David Goodhart: The Road to Somewhere and Head Hand Heart. Tom is a friend of David and was his research assistant for the second book.
- 6 January 2022
Posted in: Culture
Ratnaguna asks guitarist Nick Gauntlett about his love of progressive rock music, and what it has to do with his Dharma practice. We also hear some of the music he has recorded, including a song he wrote as part of a concept album on the Buddha.
- 13 September 2021
Posted in: Culture
Maitreyabandhu is an award-winning poet, and in this illuminating interview he tells Ratnaguna about his latest volume of poetry, After Cézanne.
- 10 July 2021
Posted in: Culture
Director and conductor of the New Hampshire Philharmonic Orchestra, and member of the Triratna Buddhist Order Sravaniya (Mark Latham), tells Ratnaguna why he thinks classical music is important.
- 9 June 2021
Posted in: Culture
Philosophy
Vidyaruchi considers the limitations of Popper's political thought, and argues that the liberalism that he espoused needs a framework of higher values such as is found in Buddhism.
- 30 October 2021
Posted in: Philosophy
In this interview - the first in the new series Books Worth Reading - Ratnaguna interviews Jñanavaca on The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist, and finds out why he thinks it is a book well worth reading.
- 6 October 2021
Posted in: Philosophy
An account of Popper's thinking on politics, including his critique of 'historicism', his demolition of Marxism, and his own theory of how to bring about social change.
- 18 August 2021
Posted in: Philosophy
Karl Popper is arguably one of the foremost philosophers of the 20th century. Here, Vidyaruchi considers his theory of scientific method, and attempts to formulate a Buddhist response.
- 23 June 2021
Posted in: Philosophy
science
In this second article on Buddhism and physics, Advayacitta explores an important parallel between Relativity Theory and the Buddhist doctrine of śunyata.
- 26 January 2022
Posted in: Science
In ‘The Burning House’, a Buddhist shares his Dharma insights, promising practical resources for those moved to respond to a perceived climate emergency. This review explores the author’s depiction of the problem, and his solutions.
- 14 December 2021
Posted in: Science
In this interview Silavadin discusses the materialist view of evolution and, following the philosopher Thomas Nagel, proposes a different paradigm: that there is a cosmic predisposition to the formation of life, consciousness and value.
- 5 August 2021
Posted in: Science
In this article Advayacitta begins to explore interesting parallels between two core Buddhist principles, and modern physics.
- 8 June 2021
Posted in: Science
Buddhism
An exploration of the crucial twofold distinction of the Dharma into doctrine and method, as found in A Survey of Buddhism and Sangharakshita's later thought.
- 9 October 2022
Posted in: Buddhism
In this second article based on his celebrated 'Eros and Beauty' talks, Subhuti examines the nature of aesthetic experience using the language of 'imagination'.
- 3 August 2022
Posted in: Buddhism
An examination of Sangharakshita's teaching on the progressive trend within reality, especially as regards its implications for the doctrinal unity of the Buddhist tradition.
- 24 June 2022
Posted in: Buddhism
Articles
Subhuti explores the pursuit of beauty as a spiritual path. Part 1 of 2 parts.
Ratnaguna interviews Advayacitta about the nature of consciousness, and how this relates to the question of rebirth.
The Buddha was aware of the dangers of engaging in debates, and he had some observations about how to conduct discussions.
The second part of Vidyaruchi's series on A Survey of Buddhism.
The importance of Buddhists transcending political ideologies.
Thomas Hamilton-Shaw talks about two books: The Road to Somewhere and Head Hand Head Hand Heart.
Ratnaguna and Advayacitta discuss aspects of Buddhism and psychological therapy - their similarities and differences.
Subhamati takes a closer look at Stephen Batchelor's Tricycle article on Brexit.
Ratnaguna asks guitarist Nick Gauntlett about his love of progressive rock, and what it has to do with his Dharma practice.
Ratnaguna marks Apramda’s first year by discussing why the objective truth is crucial for the health of society
This is the first in a new series we're calling Thus Have I Heard: Brief Essays on Buddhism.
Vidyaruchi argues Popper's political thought needs a framework of higher values such as is found in Buddhism.
What is the root of our suffering and how can it be quenched? What did the Buddha discover?
Another short Dharma essay, Gotama, Mole, and the Wild Wood.
In this article Ratnaguna makes a case for spiritual communities changing the world for the better.
Whole societies can split into mutually unintelligible ‘tribes’.
This article is intended for those who are curious about Buddhism but as yet knows little about it.
The first article in a series on Sangharakshita's magnum opus A Survey of Buddhism.
Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class
Ratnaguna looks at instances from ancient texts of the Buddha debating, and draws out lessons that we can learn from him.
Political ideologies can undermine psychological functioning.
This review explores ‘The Burning House’, a response to a perceived climate emergency.
Advayacitta interviewed about the importance and meaning of music in general, and in particular of the chanting of mantras.
Silavadin discusses the materialist view of evolution and, following the philosopher Thomas Nagel.
Maitreyabandhu's latest volume of poetry, After Cézanne.
A Buddhist response to Karl Popper’s theory of scientific method.
Aryajit interviews Ratnaguna on Walking with the Wind by the Civil Rights activist John Lewis
What is ‘racial equality’? What should Buddhists make of it?
A conversation on the series 'A Good Heart is not enough'.
Apramāda has been accused of trying to 'delegitimize and derail racial justice work'.
Advayacitta begins to explore interesting parallels between two core Buddhist principles, and modern physics.
How can we really know anything, and how often are our opinions based on a lack of real knowledge?
Cass Sunstein argues that groups, and society, need dissenters to prevent them from making bad decisions.
Devamitra's account of his treatment of prostate cancer. Inspiring, and thought-provoking.
In this second article based on his celebrated 'Eros and Beauty' talks, Subhuti examines the nature of aesthetic experience.
Vidyaruchi examines Popper's thinking on politics, his critique of 'historicism' and his demolition of Marxism.