asia and central asia

Starting with a trip to the Philippines in 1989, John Paul has spent extensive time supporting initiatives and learning in the Pacific Basin countries across to Central Asia and India. The most significant of those countries have been with colleagues in the Philippines, Myanmar, Nepal, and Tajikistan. Particularly in the Philippines and Nepal, the notion of decades long commitments emerged with educational and philanthropic foundations to support peacebuilding during and in the aftermath of civil wars.

presentation

Teacher Spider and the Golden Thread

A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center community in March 2020 for the Socially Engaged Buddhist Training.

2021

video recording

A Pathway to Peace: Ideas for Advancing Climate-Resilient Futures

The second episode in "The Day After Tomorrow: A Virtual Talk Story Series," hosted by the Institute for Climate and Peace.

2020

presentation

The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center on the moral imagination and connectedness with self and other.

2020

presentation

Dispatches from Nowhere Near the Promise Land: How a Peacebuilder Unlearned His Trade

A lecture delivered on the occasion of being awarded the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize at Brandeis University.

2019

presentation

Narratives of Care: The Social Echo of Community Transformation

A lecture presented at the conference, "Conversations on Attachment: Integrating the Science of Love and Spirituality," in which John Paul explores the nexus of conflict transformation, reconciliation, and attachment theory through the metaphors of sound and circularity.

2012