Does Nonviolent Protest Work? Kazu Haga #173

Does Nonviolent Protest Work? Kazu Haga #173

Author: Scott Snibbe October 29, 2024 Duration: 55:05
Kazu Haga's book, Healing Resistance, explains that nonviolence isn't just refraining from harm, but a sophisticated six-step strategy that begins with research and dialogue and ends, most importantly, with reconciliation. He explains that the purpose of nonviolence is not just to create a change we desire in the world, but to heal relationships and enrich our sense of connectedness, respect, and interdependence with all beings. Kazu graciously took time off from raising his five-month-...

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From Panic to Peace: A Guided Meditation with Kazu Haga #187 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 15:44
When the world feels like it’s unraveling, how do we come back to ourselves? In this gentle, grounding guided meditation, activist and educator Kazu Haga invites us to sit beside our fear—not to fix or push it away, but…
Guided Meditation: How Things Exist #38 [rebroadcast] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:54
Objects around us ordinarily appear as if they are solid, singular, and separate from us. However, both science and the Buddhist understanding of reality show us that as we examine things more closely, they exist far mor…
Bitcoin and Buddhism #70 [rebroadcast] [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:18
What can Buddhism teach us about how Bitcoin works & why it’s so valuable? What can Bitcoin teach us about emptiness, the interdependent nature of reality? Find out in this episode with Scott Snibbe! Episode 70: Bitcoin…
Meditation on Generosity #183 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:15
Meditate on the four types of generosity according to Buddhism, giving material objects, providing protection, teaching the Dharma, and spreading love. It has an emphasis on the generosity that we may or may not show to…
A Buddhist Take on Homelessness & Generosity #182 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:14
In this episode, I share lesson's I've learned about generosity from my Buddhist teachers, my college girlfriend, and, to start off, my mother on the generosity we choose to share (or not to share) with homeless people.…