In this Awake in the World podcast episode, Michael unpacks part of the second pada…
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How the Occupy Movement Can Deal With Conflict
Michael speaks at Occupy Vancouver on November 6, 2011. "We are failing in our culture…
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Radical Politics, Buddhism, Forgiveness with Joshua Stephens
A Q&A discussion with Joshua Stephens after his talk, Gentle with Each Other, Dangerous Together.…
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Gentle with Each Other, Dangerous Together with Joshua Stephens
Often when we see Buddhist practice put into conversation with radical social transformation, commitments like…
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The Jew in the Lotus
Michael and Rabbi Miriam Margles discuss the intersection of Jewish practice and Buddhism. Rabbi Margles…
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Lotus Sutra 9: What Ideas Do We Have Lying Around?
Michael talks about Milton Friedman, Emmanuel Levinas, and how when we don't see another's face,…
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Spiritual Practice that Supports Community
Michael talks about the G20, the power of shared attention, and how letting go of…
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I Saw You Fall. So I Helped.
This lecture is about offering our Bodhisattva spirit to others, no matter what. It's about…
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Relationship is the Key to Awakening
Michael Stone discusses recent book Family Wakes Us Up and how family life - from…
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Buddhism & social action
Michael talking to the 35 under 35 project with Lodro Rinzler about materialism, transcendence, situational…
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