This project attempts to showcase our desire to build relationships across collectives, and “benchmark” with other collectives how they’ve moved through conflict; because we know from our experience that conflict is inevitable in movement spaces, and want to get on the same page about how we can move through this conflict in a generative and sustainable way for long term change in the face of capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, and ableism.



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This project was developed by the QTBIPOC Cohort of the Young Farmers FRSAN Cultivemos project.


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This project attempts to showcase our desire to build relationships across collectives, and “benchmark” with other collectives how they’ve moved through conflict; because we know from our experience that conflict is inevitable in movement spaces, and want to get on the same page about how we can move through this conflict in a generative and sustainable way for long term change in the face of capitalism, colonialism, white supremacy, and ableism.

Excerpts from “The Heart of Buddha’s Teaching” by Thich Nhat Hanh   

Submitted by Ceci Pineda

"The source of our perception, our way of seeing, lies in our store consciousness. If ten people look at a cloud, there will be ten different perceptions of it. Whether it is perceived as a dog, a hammer, or a coat depends on our mind -- our sadness, our memories, our anger. Our perceptions carry with them all the errors of subjectivity. Then we praise, blame, condemn, or complain depending on our perceptions. But our perceptions are made of our afflictions -- craving, anger, ignorance, wrong views and prejudice. Whether we are happy or we suffer depends largely on our perceptions. It is important to look deeply at our perceptions and know their source."


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"To practice is to go beyond ideas, so you can arrive at the suchness of things. 'No idea' is the path of nonconception. As long as there is an idea, there is no reality, no truth. 'No idea' means no wrong idea, no wrong conception. It does not mean no mindfulness. Because of mindfulness, when something is right, we know it's right, and when something is wrong, we know it's wrong."


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"Relatively speaking, there are right views and there are wrong views. But if we look more deeply, we see that all views are wrong views. No view can ever be the truth. It is just from one point; that is why it is called a 'point of view.' If we go to another point, we will see things differently and realize that our first view was not entirely right. Buddhism is not a collection of views. It is a practice to help us eliminate wrong views. The quality of our views can always be improved. From the viewpoint of ultimate reality, Right View is the absence of all views.

When we begin the practice, our view is a vague idea about the teachings. But conceptual knowledge is never enough. The seeds of Right View, the seed of Buddhahood, are in us, but they are obscured by so many layers of ignorance, sorrow, and disappointment. We have to put our views into practice. In the process of learning, reflecting, and practicing, our view becomes increasingly wise, based on our real experience. When we practice Right Mindfulness, we see the seed of Buddhahood in everyone, including ourselves. This is Right View. Sometimes it is described as the Mother of all Buddhas (prajña paramita), the energy of love and understanding that has the power to free us. When we practice mindful living, our Right View will blossom and all the other elements of the path in us will flower, also."