Nurturing the Dharma
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The teachings of the Buddha have been sustained by the ancient tradition of dana, a Pali word meaning “generosity.”
Prescott Insight follows the 2,600 year-old tradition of offering these priceless teachings freely so that they are available to everyone, regardless of financial means. Read Gil Frosndal's discussion of the history of dana and generosity in Theravada Buddhism, and the continued practice in the Western Insight Meditation Movement.
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Engaged Practice:
Humanitarian and Pandemic Assistance
Ending and Preventing Homelessness in Prescott:
Coalition for Compassion and Justice
The Prescott Insight Sangha have been contributors to CCJ for many years, and the need for aid and comfort to our homeless neighbors has never been greater. Please read this message from Director Jessi Hans:
Paloma Village, CCJ’s biggest housing project, will be a beautiful community of 25 brand new mobile homes enabling us to offer housing to those in need. When completed, Paloma Village will offer housing at $500-700/month, on-site client services, and will be a self-sustaining housing program, able to financially provide for further expansion.
We Need You! Anything helps us get closer to our goal. Join us by giving:
Online – YavapaiCCJ.org
Or mail checks to:
PO Box 1882
Prescott, AZ 86302
Creating Sustainability
Upon completion, Paloma Village will be financially self-sustaining, including client services, property management, and maintenance. We are committed to creating affordable housing that promotes health, growth, and community. When basic needs are met, hope is flowing, and connection is ever present, the possibilities are endless!
Coalition for Compassion and Justice
The Prescott Insight Sangha have been contributors to CCJ for many years, and the need for aid and comfort to our homeless neighbors has never been greater. Please read this message from Director Jessi Hans:
Paloma Village, CCJ’s biggest housing project, will be a beautiful community of 25 brand new mobile homes enabling us to offer housing to those in need. When completed, Paloma Village will offer housing at $500-700/month, on-site client services, and will be a self-sustaining housing program, able to financially provide for further expansion.
We Need You! Anything helps us get closer to our goal. Join us by giving:
Online – YavapaiCCJ.org
Or mail checks to:
PO Box 1882
Prescott, AZ 86302
Creating Sustainability
Upon completion, Paloma Village will be financially self-sustaining, including client services, property management, and maintenance. We are committed to creating affordable housing that promotes health, growth, and community. When basic needs are met, hope is flowing, and connection is ever present, the possibilities are endless!
Humanitarian Relief for the People of Ukraine
Prescott Insight adheres to a basic Buddhist tenet of relieving suffering, and the causes and conditions of suffering, for all beings. Of course, this would include the people of Ukraine, who are suffering greatly in the senseless destruction of their country by an imperialist superpower.
Below is a short list of aid organizations recommended by the New York Times:
If you're watching the crisis from afar, you may be wondering how you can help. The Times spoke to four aid organizations that we think are especially worthy. Each of them has worked in Ukraine before and has received high marks from charity evaluators.
Many of the experts we spoke to for this article shared the same advice: If you decide to donate, specify that your gift go toward the conflict in Ukraine. Otherwise, your money may end up paying for a charity's general operating expenses.
Direct Relief
Direct Relief is one of the world's largest distributors of donated medical supplies. Over the past six months, it has provided Ukraine with $26 million in medical aid. Last weekend, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health sent Direct Relief a list of items it needed, such as 500 emergency medical packs. The organization is working to acquire and deliver those supplies.
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps provides humanitarian assistance and community building in more than 40 countries, including Afghanistan and Yemen. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the organization sent workers to Ukraine's separatist regions to repair war-damaged houses and deliver water and sanitation supplies. Mercy Corps is sending aid workers to Romania and Poland along the Ukrainian border, where it plans to support local organizations with cash grants in the coming weeks.
International Medical Corps
Since 2014, International Medical Corps has provided medical services and prescription medicine to people in eastern Ukraine.
To meet the needs of Ukrainians displaced by the conflict, the organization plans to increase its presence in the country, focusing in particular on mental health care and access to food and water.
Save the Children
Save the Children has been providing education, food, water and cash grants to Ukrainians since 2014.
Over the past year, Save the Children prepared for escalating conflict in Ukraine by helping local organizations stock up on hygiene kits and winter clothes. Since the Russian invasion, it has helped distribute those supplies and provided protective services for unaccompanied minors who are fleeing the country.
Prescott Insight adheres to a basic Buddhist tenet of relieving suffering, and the causes and conditions of suffering, for all beings. Of course, this would include the people of Ukraine, who are suffering greatly in the senseless destruction of their country by an imperialist superpower.
Below is a short list of aid organizations recommended by the New York Times:
If you're watching the crisis from afar, you may be wondering how you can help. The Times spoke to four aid organizations that we think are especially worthy. Each of them has worked in Ukraine before and has received high marks from charity evaluators.
Many of the experts we spoke to for this article shared the same advice: If you decide to donate, specify that your gift go toward the conflict in Ukraine. Otherwise, your money may end up paying for a charity's general operating expenses.
Direct Relief
Direct Relief is one of the world's largest distributors of donated medical supplies. Over the past six months, it has provided Ukraine with $26 million in medical aid. Last weekend, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health sent Direct Relief a list of items it needed, such as 500 emergency medical packs. The organization is working to acquire and deliver those supplies.
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps provides humanitarian assistance and community building in more than 40 countries, including Afghanistan and Yemen. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the organization sent workers to Ukraine's separatist regions to repair war-damaged houses and deliver water and sanitation supplies. Mercy Corps is sending aid workers to Romania and Poland along the Ukrainian border, where it plans to support local organizations with cash grants in the coming weeks.
International Medical Corps
Since 2014, International Medical Corps has provided medical services and prescription medicine to people in eastern Ukraine.
To meet the needs of Ukrainians displaced by the conflict, the organization plans to increase its presence in the country, focusing in particular on mental health care and access to food and water.
Save the Children
Save the Children has been providing education, food, water and cash grants to Ukrainians since 2014.
Over the past year, Save the Children prepared for escalating conflict in Ukraine by helping local organizations stock up on hygiene kits and winter clothes. Since the Russian invasion, it has helped distribute those supplies and provided protective services for unaccompanied minors who are fleeing the country.
Aid for the People of Afghanistan
Mutual Aid and Masks for Our Indigenous Brothers & Sisters
We encourage donating to Arizona Native American communities who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic. To help provide masks and immediate medical and community needs, please start here:
Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund
Dharma Relief
Dharma Relief is the first coalition of different Buddhist traditions and practitioners working together to provide emergency relief and to create sustainable living in North America. Its guiding principles are wisdom and compassion, and it aims to bring light to this world of obscurity, like a lotus rising out of murky waters.
"Our projects transcend discursive thinking and rhetoric by offering concrete practical solutions to help those in need."
https://dharmarelief.org/
Refugee Health Alliance
The Refugee Health Alliance (RHA) was organized in 2018 in response to increasing medical need at the US-Mexico Border. Patients receiving care are vulnerable and marginalized. They are families, children, pregnant women and LGBTQ individuals. They have been displaced, deported from the US, and politically and socially excluded. They are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing structural and non-structural violence and racism.
https://www.refugeehealthalliance.org/
- International Rescue Committee – rescue.org
- Turquoise Mountain – TurquoiseMountain.org
Mutual Aid and Masks for Our Indigenous Brothers & Sisters
We encourage donating to Arizona Native American communities who have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic. To help provide masks and immediate medical and community needs, please start here:
Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund
Dharma Relief
Dharma Relief is the first coalition of different Buddhist traditions and practitioners working together to provide emergency relief and to create sustainable living in North America. Its guiding principles are wisdom and compassion, and it aims to bring light to this world of obscurity, like a lotus rising out of murky waters.
"Our projects transcend discursive thinking and rhetoric by offering concrete practical solutions to help those in need."
https://dharmarelief.org/
Refugee Health Alliance
The Refugee Health Alliance (RHA) was organized in 2018 in response to increasing medical need at the US-Mexico Border. Patients receiving care are vulnerable and marginalized. They are families, children, pregnant women and LGBTQ individuals. They have been displaced, deported from the US, and politically and socially excluded. They are refugees and asylum seekers fleeing structural and non-structural violence and racism.
https://www.refugeehealthalliance.org/