by MaryStancavage | Feb 21, 2019 | Dharma, Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, It's Like This
A couple of weeks ago I watched the Netflix documentary on the Fyre Festival. If you don’t know what that is, the Fyre Festival was supposed to be an incredibly high end party in the Bahamas for well-to-do folk, but ended up being a disaster, to put it mildly, and the...
by MaryStancavage | Jan 3, 2019 | Dharma, Intention
For the first time since 2005, I did not attend a New Year’s Eve Intention Setting Ceremony. Intellectually I knew it was happening, or not happening so-to-speak, but I don’t know if there was a lot of emotion around it. I’ve been reflecting over the last week that...
by MaryStancavage | Dec 17, 2018 | Dharma, Social Justice
A couple of weeks ago I was in a meeting with clergy and others who work for social justice. We were asked to reflect on how our faith supports us as we work to right injustice where we see it. I loved the question because it’s something I’ve thought about a lot over...
by MaryStancavage | Nov 23, 2018 | Dharma, Social Justice, Three Defilements
I was in London a few weeks ago and was taken aback by all the people who were wearing poppies on their lapels. It’s been a fading tradition in the States to wear them on Veteran’s Day in November which is why I was so surprised by their prevalence. But then I...
by MaryStancavage | Oct 27, 2018 | Dharma, Social Justice
This is the month our country doubled down on systemic misogyny. This is the month we continued the criminalization of refugees including children. This is the month that there were assassination attempts on two ex-presidents as well as other outspoken critics of the...
by MaryStancavage | Sep 13, 2018 | Dharma
The dharma can be seen as either the teachings of the Buddha or, more fully, the way it is. I love the phrase, “Right now, it’s like this” which embodies the idea that the dharma is front and center all the time. However, we have spent a lifetime protecting ourselves...
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