Principled Nonviolence

Principled nonviolence is the nonviolence of those who feel that it is a calling, as opposed to strategic nonviolence. In this view nonviolence is not merely a strategy nor the recourse of the weak, it is a positive force that does not manifest its full potential until it is adopted on principle. Often [...]

Charkha

The charkha, or (spinning) wheel, was the physical embodiment and symbol of Gandhi’s constructive program. It represents localism (swadeshi), self-sufficiency (but at the same time interdependence, as the wheel only had meaning in the center of a vast network of cotton growers, carders, weavers, distributors, and users), the dignity of labor, equality and unity [...]

Metta

A Love Beyond Supreme: A Tribute to METTA
by Thien Huu Nguyen.
Since I started walking the Buddhist path, the practice of metta (loving-kindness) has become more and more an important part of my life. If there were one practice that I would say is the most far-reaching practice for me, it would have to be [...]

The Big Picture of the Treesit: Challenging the Lack of Imagination of the Last Empire.

by Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Stierle and Adam Wight
“Imagination is more important than knowledge;
knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the World.”
-Albert Einstein

Berkeley, CA, January 6th, 2008. When the ruling oligarchy of a leading University shows lack of imagination to resolve a problem (i.e. respect an urban forest and construct a new gym for our age-long-forgotten-oppressed-woman athletes), [...]

Slow Down, Slow Food, Slow Science

The Challenge of Education for a New Generation: Converting Swords into Plowshares.
Slow Down, Slow Food, Slow Science.
“Where ignorance is your master, there is no possibility of peace.”
The XIV Dalai Lama.

The scientific contributions of Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman were fundamental for the construction of the atomic bomb. Today, their reflections on the subject [...]