The Zen Studies Podcast

I am on sabbatical for the month of August, so this is a recent talk I gave at Bright Way Zen. This is, of course, a very timely topic with a major election coming up in the U.S. in just over two months. If politics is "the set of activities that associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status, none of us are able to opt out of politics. Even if we remain silent, ignorant, and passive, we're profoundly affected by the decisions other people are making for the groups we are part of. How can we engage in conversations about what we should do as a group, institution, organization, community, state, nation, or species, while remaining centered in our practice and true to our aspirations as Buddhists?