by MaryStancavage | Nov 8, 2023 | Death, Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Undefended Dharma
Every day my heart breaks again for my Jewish friends and my Muslim friends, for my Israeli friends and my Palestinian friends. Every day my heart breaks for every person in this world who is subject to hatred and terror. My heart breaks because the dominant paradigm...
by MaryStancavage | Nov 29, 2020 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Social Justice, Undefended Dharma
I’m heartbroken by the devastation COVID-19 has wrought on our country I’m heartbroken by the number of people experiencing food insecurity I’m heartbroken by the number of people experiencing economic insecurity I’m heartbroken by the idea that our government is not...
by MaryStancavage | Sep 2, 2020 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Social Justice, Undefended Dharma
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about extrajudicial executions. Wikipedia says, “An extrajudicial killing (also known as extrajudicial execution) is the killing of a person by governmental authorities or individuals without the sanction of any judicial proceeding or...
by MaryStancavage | Sep 4, 2019 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Social Justice, Undefended Dharma
How do you live with an undefended heart in this day and age? I get this question all the time. How is it possible when there is so much hatred and violence coming at us on a daily basis? Does it make sense? Why would you consider it? I’ve just come back from...
by MaryStancavage | Aug 2, 2019 | Dharma, Ignorance, Intention, It's Like This
I’ve been thinking about this blog for quite a while. A few months ago a friend of mine wrote about body positive sites and blogs that go a long way in breaking down the myths of what is beautiful and acceptable and give us permission to be at ease in our own skin....
by MaryStancavage | Mar 25, 2019 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Intention, Social Justice, Undefended Dharma
I’ve been sitting on this blog for a week or so not knowing how or where to begin or where to go. But I’ll take a cue from my dharma talks last week and reflect on how to hold the killings in Christchurch and the ubiquity of white supremacy, Islamophobia, racism,...
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