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Hoy vivimos más conectados que nunca. Muchas de estas supuestas relaciones –las que ofrecen las redes sociales, por ejemplo– no son reales. ¿Cómo concentrarse en sí mismo si de forma constante se reciben mensajes para vivir precisamente ‘afuera’?
Una forma sería pasar más tiempo solo en la naturaleza sin el celular. Estar solos en el mundo natural nos permite
reconectarnos con la riqueza de nuestra propia experiencia sensorial, sin la mediación de la tecnología. Nos damos cuenta de que nosotros también somos parte de ese tejido vivo y palpitante de la vida. No podemos existir sin el aire que respiramos y los árboles que generan el oxígeno. No somos los observadores distantes que a veces creemos. Como parte del proceso de iniciación a la edad adulta, los pueblos indígenas a veces exigen que los hombres y mujeres jóvenes pasen dos o tres días solos en la naturaleza. En las sociedades asiáticas tradicionales, los jóvenes pueden pasa
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Jataka tale operas by Somtow Sucharitkul. Image courtesy of Buddhist Opera
No one thought that Buddhist democracy was a thing until Bhutan showed that it could be. Buddhist opera? That, too, is a thing. And thanks to the enthusiasm and research of Margaret Gillon of California, there is now an incredible new resource available to all at the Buddhist Opera website. It all began innocently and fairly enough. Gillon is a fan of the renowned writer on Buddhism Stephen Batchelor, perhaps best known for his book
The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture (Parallax Press 1994). She learned that Batchelor is also an artist with a habit of making a collage of found objects each time he writes a book, each collage taking exactly the same length of time as writing the book. This fact fascinated Gillon. And then she learned that he had written an opera, called
Friday, 23 April 2021, 2:51 pm
‘Revamp: writings on secular Buddhism’, is a new book
by Winton Higgins, which will be published by Tuwhiri on 26
April 2021. The book tracks the emergence of secular
Buddhism with a focus on today’s climate emergency and
intensifying social injustice that cry out for radical
socioeconomic and political change. The ethic of care that
underpins a creative dharma practice, he suggests, calls on
us to bring our training to bear on these urgent
tasks.
‘A living tradition, Buddhism began as a way
of working with the difficulties we all face as mortal,
vulnerable, conscious beings,’ said Winton Higgins. ‘Its
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Many of us will recall the American comedy film Groundhog Day.
Originally released in 1993, it stars the incomparable Bill Murray as Phil Conners, an insufferable Pittsburgh weatherman. A minor local celebrity who believes himself destined for much better things, he resents his piddling assignment to report on the Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Punxsutawney Phil after emerging from his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
The plan is to return to Pittsburgh after the festivities. But when a blizzard shuts down the highway, Phil finds himself trapped in Punxsutawney. He wakes up the next day, only to discover that it s not the next day at all. It s Groundhog Day all over again.