{"id":2091,"date":"2014-03-09T13:29:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T20:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/?p=2091"},"modified":"2014-03-09T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T20:30:03","slug":"taigen-dan-leighton-offers-a-teaching-on-socially-engaged-buddhism-to-the-chicago-chapter-of-the-college-of-complexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/taigen-dan-leighton-offers-a-teaching-on-socially-engaged-buddhism-to-the-chicago-chapter-of-the-college-of-complexes\/","title":{"rendered":"Taigen Dan Leighton Offers a Teaching on Socially Engaged Buddhism to the College of Complexes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"\"<\/a>The full video is below.<\/p>\n

Taigen Dan Leighton<\/a>\u00a0is, of course, the noted \u201cauthor, scholar, and translator, as well as a fully authorized teacher in Shunryu Suzuki Roshi\u2019s Soto Zen lineage and a Dharma<\/a> heir of Tenshin Reb Anderson\u201d who serves as Guiding Dharma Teacher at Chicago\u2019s Ancient Dragon Zen Gate. His books include the essential\u00a0Faces of Compassion: Classic Bodhisattva Archetypes and Their Modern Expression<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The College of Complexes<\/a> is a Chicago-based free speech forum built around this idea:<\/p>\n

Our constitution and laws encourage the freest possible exchange of opinions, ideas, and information. \u00a0In part, that recognizes our worth and dignity as human beings. \u00a0To forbid us to speak our minds demeans us and makes us more like slaves or robots than citizens of a free country. \u00a0But as important as freedom of expression is for us as individuals, it is perhaps more important to society at large.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n