Donald Rothbergis one of the major teachers and writers on socially engaged Buddhism in the United States. He is a meditation teacher on the Spirit Rock Teachers' Council in northern California and has been an organizer, teacher, and board member for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Rothberg also directs the Socially Engaged Spirituality program at the Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco. He has published essays inTricycle, Turning Wheel,andThe Journal of Humanistic Psychologyamong others. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Few have poured their lives into the contemporary movement that is
dedicated to recovering Buddhism's social outreach with as much
dedication and effectiveness as Donald Rothberg.—Huston Smith,
author of The World's Religions
"Donald Rothberg is a remarkably talented teacher whose writing,
like his teaching style, is interesting, engaging, upbeat, and—most
importantly—hopeful. This is the authoritative map describing the
connection between wisdom and social action, and it does so
clearly, simply, nonacademically, and entertainingly. The specific
practices it offers inspire confidence that transforming ourselves
and the world is a possibility-which is the best message in the
world in times like these."
—Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier Than You Think: The
Buddhist Way to Happiness
"At a moment when our world desperately needs an integration of
spiritual wisdom and social action, Donald Rothberg points the way
to a new synthesis—of great interest to people in all faith
communities and to many who have previously distanced themselves
from spiritual life in order to pursue social change."—Rabbi
Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our
Country from the Religious Right
"I know of no one who better combines scholarship in this field
with teaching experience and ontheground activism. Rothberg's words
ring with an unmistakable authenticity." —Joanna Macy, author of
Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
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