Guide to Internet Resources for
Class-Struggle Buddhists
Web site associated with Suan Mokkh, the monastery founded by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Thai monk and author of books like "Dhammic Socialism" and the excellent "Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree. This site contains pages devoted to Dhammic Socialism
This new abbey in the U.S.A. is devoted to encouraging Buddhist monastic training for men and women, including training in socially engaged Buddhism.
Worldwide network of Buddhists from many different traditions developing individual and group responses to socially conditioned suffering.
Progressive Buddhist "think tank," affiliated with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists.
An extensive list of resources for "socially engaged' Buddhists, including a number of important Buddhist sites and other sites devoted to peace and human rights.
An interview with Sulak Sivaraksa, Thai peace and social justice activist and lay Buddhist writer, author of Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society. See also the web page devoted to organizations inspired and/or founded by him, which also contains several of his transcribed speeches.
Mahayana-derived tradition of radical Buddhism (specifically, Pure Land -- although in a new interpretation of that tradition). The Order of Amida Buddha is a monastic order supported by the Amida Trust, devoted to training "full time Buddhist activists." The Amida Trust project is one of the most exciting developments in contemporary "Western Buddhism." See also the important book on Radical Buddhism by a founder and leading member of the Order of Amida Buddha, David Brazier: THE NEW BUDDHISM
This is a very useful collection of links to sites dealing with the relationship between Buddhism and gender and/or feminism. Associated with a course taught by Natalie Gummer, at Beloit College.
