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Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by aneeeeeeeta

aneeeeeeeta — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:59:14 +0000

yes! yes and yes! i think for me, even when the idea of collective liberation is there, the whole how to get there part gets muddled into utopian ways of looking at how the world works or lifestyle activism. for example, “if we can bring dhamma to corporations, the president, politicians, [insert person of power] then we will be on our way to a fundamentally new world.” so even though there is an understanding that institutions and even systems, like capitalism, are in a very real sense creating our conditions of material and mental suffering, the concentration is still on the individual. coming up with deeper strategies that would liberate the very system that limits the ability of the masses to uproot our [individual and collective] oppression is many times missing.

Comment on 2011: The Year in Engaged Buddhism by Roshi Halifax: What are you willing to do to die the way you want to die? « Namaste Consulting Inc.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:18:50 +0000

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Comment on Interview: Roshi Joan Halifax by Roshi Halifax: What are you willing to do to die the way you want to die? « Namaste Consulting Inc.

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:18:41 +0000

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Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by Maia Duerr

Maia Duerr — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:05:49 +0000

Hi Aneeta,

Thanks for your comment here, and so glad you got so much out of the interview with Katie.

You know, I will probably piss off some people by saying this, but I would posit that if someone is only envisioning individual liberation, they are not practicing engaged Buddhism. (Or even Buddhism for that matter!) All of us or none of us… no separation.

Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by aneeeeeeeta

aneeeeeeeta — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:38:53 +0000

it’s really inspiring to read a structural analysis of the suffering that exists in the world and concrete strategies on how to alleviate it all the while being grounded in buddhism. sometimes, it’s frustrating and alienating for me when reading or discussing engaged buddhism with fellow practitioners and the only form of liberation one has strategy for is the individual. it’s refreshing to have the vision of collective liberation and ways in which that is even a possibility a part of the conversation.

thanks for the interview very much appreciated!

Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by Talking Solidarity and Interdependence On One Of My Favorite Buddhist Blogs « Kloncke

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:15:52 +0000

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Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by Talking Solidarity and Interdependence On One Of My Favorite Buddhist Blogs « Kloncke

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:12:55 +0000

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Comment on Interview: Katie Loncke by Maia Duerr

Maia Duerr — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:35:08 +0000

Hey Katie,

Yeah, I came across them by accident a few months ago… they’re posted on Bhikkhu Bodhi’s Picasa page… there’s tons of great ones there!

Loved sharing your interview here…. thanks!

maia