Gotami’s Gone: A Reflection On Gender Equality in Buddhist Practice

by Dan Blake | Dec 22, 2022 | Writings

I recently premiered a song called “Gotami’s Gone” featuring Kavita Shah (voice) and Julian Shore (piano) at Buddhist Global Relief’s 2022 online fundraiser “Creating A More Compassionate World”. The resulting article can be found...

Interview with the NY State Poor People’s Campaign

by Dan Blake | Aug 22, 2022 | Writings

On Compassionate Action

by Dan Blake | Jul 13, 2022 | Writings

https://www.15questions.net/interview/dan-blake-about-role-music-can-play-activism/page-1/

Helping Hands Podcast Ep. 2 (Ayya Yeshe, Poor People’s Campaign)

by Dan Blake | Jul 6, 2022 | Writings

Buddhist Global Relief · Ep. 2 – “Compassion Is Like A Muscle” (Ven. Ayya Yeshe, Poor People’s Campaign)

Steve Lacy’s “Politics of Survival”

by Dan Blake | Jul 5, 2022 | Writings

Here is an as-yet unpublished essay where I apply Gramsci’s concept of the “War of Position” to my late teacher Steve Lacy’s special conception of politics he got from working with pioneering improvisers like Cecil Taylor and others. I...

Interview w/ Alan Senauke

by Dan Blake | Apr 18, 2022 | Writings

Episode 1 of the Helping Hands Podcast, which I created and host for Buddhist Global Relief Buddhist Global Relief · Ep. 1 – “No Such Thing As Disengaged Buddhism”, w/ Alan Senauke   Alan Senauke is a celebrated Zen priest and the abbot of the...