The Afterlife of Japanese American Wartime Incarceration
Poet Brandon Shimoda explores the ongoing legacies of the US government’s mass incarceration of Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans during World War II.
Activism
Activism in Buddhism, also called socially engaged Buddhism, applies the dharma and meditation to social justice. Buddhist leaders such as Thich Nhat Hanh have helped to make socially engaged Buddhism widespread. Read articles on how dharma can inform social action by Buddhist activists, meditation teachers, and scholars.
Being a ‘Bad’ Buddhist
Scholar Sharon A. Suh discusses why she describes herself as a “bad Buddhist,” as well as what she’s learned from bell hooks about love as an action to end domination.
A Return to the Soil
Honoring the legacy of the great ecologist and feminist activist Joanna Macy (1929–2025)
Building the Great Turning
A close friend and student of Joanna Macy reflects on her life and legacy—and what we can learn from her example of acting courageously in service of all of life.
Remembering Joanna Macy
Climate activist Jess Serrante reflects on the lessons she learned from working with the late environmental activist and spiritual leader.
What Joanna Macy Taught Me About Facing Eco-Grief
Tricycle’s publisher reflects on his relationship with the late spiritual leader.
Larry Ward, Respected Buddhist Teacher in the Plum Village Tradition, Has Died
The poet, author, and cofounder of the Lotus Institute is remembered as a “lighthouse of love.” Ward was 77.
Working with Our Despair for the World
How to channel distress and overwhelm into a more inclusive worldview
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An Engaged Perspective
A brief teaching on becoming engaged
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