I just gave this blog a new subtitle: Bodhisattvas in the Trenches (the old one was “practicing socially engaged Buddhism beyond labels”). The intention with the new tagline is to emphasize the stories from people who are ‘out in the field,’ doing the good work, in the midst of suffering, violence, confusion, and other afflictions.
The recent posts from nonviolent peaceworkers in Thailand are a good example of these, and I will be featuring more stories like that in the near future — including a woman who works with street kids in a “Zen kitchen” in Vancouver’s gritty Downtown East Side, a man who is a nuclear disarmament policy expert within the Hudson Institute, and more. If you have a “bodhisattva in the trenches” story you want to share, I’d love to hear it. You can contact me at maia [dot] duerr [at] gmail.com
Thanks for your continued readership.
The Jizo Chronicles 
I very much like the new subtitle!
Thanks, Arun. The old one was kind of problematic, as you helped me to see. What I was really trying to get at with the previous one (‘beyond labels’) is that I want to bring in lots of different voices and points of view on socially engaged Buddhism. But it just sounded contradictory and confusing. Anyway, I like this new one way better too. Thanks for reading!