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Joan Halifax

@jhalifax

Buddhist teacher, author, social activist, anthropologist, Abbot: Upaya Zen Center

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.@unicef reports that the number of children in Gaza who have been killed or injured now exceeds 50,000. Unicef says: "More than 50,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured since October 2023. How many more dead girls and boys will it take? What level of horror must be

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Thich Nhat Hanh: “The Ninth Mindfulness Training” on truthful and loving speech in his Order of Interbeing ends with these words: “We will do our best to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may make difficulties for us or threaten our safety.”

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Solidarity from a Buddhist point of view is expressed through mutual support and shared responsibility, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all beings, and the importance of actively addressing suffering and working towards collective well-being.

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Francisco Varela: “The only world we humans know is the one we can create together through the actions of our coexistence.”

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Avalokiteshvara with her many hands and eyes...this image of the Bodhisattva attitude reflects the actualization of interdependence and interbeing as a lived collective and participatory experience

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We are in a loneliness hangover from the pandemic. Many of our embodied and connective experiences have been replaced by what Monica Roa calls: “individualized consumption of entertainment and services.”

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Democracy is “woven” through our collective spaces, our collective embodied actions, where we encounter each other, stranger and friend directly, and find our way through and with each other.

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Freedom is not achieved in isolation but through embodied connections that inform, enliven, and sustain us. As Molly Crockett has pointed out, a country is not more secure when it shuts itself off from the world but when it collaborates with others in addressing global issues.

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Planting Life "Kinship with the Earth" weekend! Still space to join and we offer this program online (FREE), so you too can join us during this special time with the earth, Register for in-person here: upaya.org/program/planti… Register for online here: upaya.org/program/planti…

Planting Life "Kinship with the Earth" weekend! Still space to join and we offer this program online (FREE), so you too can join us during this special time with the earth,
Register for in-person here: upaya.org/program/planti…
Register for online here: upaya.org/program/planti…
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Mark Carney just dropped the hammer on Trump. “Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over.” “We are a free, sovereign and ambitious country. We are masters in our own home.” That’s what I’m talking about. 💪🇨🇦