What Are You Doing For Others? Insight on the Inside There were a lot of insightful questions directed both to me and their peers, who chimed in with insights that may have come straight out of the dharma. There were discussions on how to make peace with the treatment by police and the justice system, as well as how to make peace with the things that landed them there in the first place. We ended up going a bit over time because everyone was so engaged... May 29, 2019By Carolyn Stachowski announcement, SocialJustice
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out In her newest publication, Mindful of Race, Ruth King invites us to: Tend first to our suffering and confusion, listen to what it is trying to teach us, and direct its energies most effectively for change. July 4, 2018By Ruth King SocialJustice
Families Belong Together Rally Rallies are planned all across America for a National Day of Action for Children. Buddhist groups will be meeting at Farragut Square (adjacent to both the Farragut North and Farragut West Metro Stations) at 9:00 a.m. for walking meditation. We then intend to walk silently and mindfully to Lafayette Square to lend a silent, mindful presence to the rally. June 29, 2018By Editor SocialJustice
Holding all beings with a compassionate heart IMCW would like to reach out to our community as we process what, for many, has been deep distress following the recent election. All of us, however we voted, can use this time to recommit ourselves to mindfulness, compassion, and awareness. We can use our practice every day to give what we can--whether time, talent or money-- to help work for issues that affect all of us November 15, 2016By Editor meditation, SocialJustice
Engaging with the Suffering of Our World The Buddha’s teachings offer skillful ways: - of engaging in wise action to bring about the change that our world needs without being attached to outcomes; - of disagreeing without turning those we disagree with into enemies; - of having views and opinions but not being lost in or attached to our views and beliefs; - and of knowing that violence cannot be ended by violence, only by love. The poet T.S. Eliot said, "Teach us to care, and not to care." The Buddha’s teachings likewise encourage us to care deeply but not to cling and hence cause additional suffering to ourselves and others.... February 9, 2009By Hugh Byrne SocialJustice, teachings