Engaged Spirituality
On the spiritual path, we cannot separate our inner work from how we express ourselves in daily life. Engaged spirituality refers to the active engagement of our heart and awareness in service of the greater, collective good. It means responding to the crisis of climate change, to the suffering of racism and other forms of oppression and injustice, to economic inequality, to the violence between humans and against non-human animals. Ultimately engaged spirituality honors the intrinsic sacredness of all living beings.
Engaged Spirituality – Talks
Radical Friendship: Conversation between Tara Brach and Kate Johnson
The often unseen cause of our difficulties in relationships is the societal structures that are marked by violence and domination. This conversation looks at what blocks...
Mindful Leadership: A Conversation between Tara Brach and Michelle Maldonado
The principles of mindful leadership are relevant for all of us—they bring out the best of who we are in our work, with our family, with our friends. Especially in these...
Bridging the Divide: Learning to Tend and Befriend
One of the great sufferings facing us is the growing divide between humans with different views, different realities. This talk looks at several levels of divides—being at war...
Belonging to the Earth
As a species, forgetting our belonging to our larger body of Earth is causing suffering for this entire living web. In this talk we look at what causes and sustains this trance...
Repairing our Hearts – Healing with the RAIN of Compassion
Living in a fear-based society fuels the trance of separation and unworthiness. This talk explores how we can bring an engaged compassionate presence to the suffering of this...
“Play a Greater Part” – Bodhisattva for Our Times
“Play a Greater Part” – Bodhisattva for Our Times - During scary and uncertain times, the habitual reflex is to try to find ground by creating stories about what’s happening and...
Healing Racialized Trauma: A Conversation with Resmaa Menakem and Tara Brach
The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. Resmaa Menakem speaks in a...
Awakening from the Trance of Bad-Othering
Great spiritual leaders of social movements teach that true transformation arises from realizing our interconnectedness, and the light of the divine in each being. Sadly, through...
Sustaining Our Caring
All transformation arises out of love; it is the energy of caring about life that moves us toward inner, relational and societal healing. With a primary focus on our radically...
A Courageous Presence with Racism
Anti-Black racism is the core wound of American culture, and we each have a role to play in fighting racism, a medicine to bring to these times. This talk explores how we can...
Earth’s Crisis: On the Edge of the Roof
This talk was given in 2015, yet it is as timely as ever. It views the ecological dis-ease of our planet through the lens of our evolutionary unfolding. We explore the egoic...
Engaged Spirituality – Meditations
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Spiritual Activism/Engaged Buddhism – Serving the World
- Dharma for Times of Global Trauma – Tara Brach, Lion’s Roar: Buddhist Wisdom for Our Time, March 24, 2022
- Gregory Boyle, Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
- Fred Eppsteiner, The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism
- Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self: Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal
- Ram Dass & Paul Gorman, How Can I Help?: Stories and Reflections on Service
- Donald Rothberg, The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World
- Kittisaro & Thanissara, Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to Engaged Buddhism
- Thanissara, Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth — The Buddha’s Life and Message through Feminine Eyes (Sacred Activism)
Moving Towards a Plant-Based Diet: Compassion for All
- Vegan Sangha Resources (PDF)
- Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, by Paul Hawkin
- T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss, and Long-Term Health
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
- Melanie Joy, Beyond Beliefs: A Guide to Improving Relationships and Communication for Vegans, Vegetarians, and Meat Eaters
- Melanie Joy, Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism
- Norm Phelps, The Great Compassion: Buddhism and Animal Rights
- Lani Muelrath, The Mindful Vegan: A 30-Day Plan for Finding Health, Balance, Peace, and Happiness
- Matthieu Ricard, A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion
- Will Tuttle, The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony
