Helping the George Floyd cause with advice on restraint

[Viveka]

FYI This topic has been discussed a lot on the forum, and there are many great resources and references available

Linking the search results for you below. I hope this helps
There are certainly many, many divergent opinions, views and interpretations. May you navigate them with wisdom

https://discourse.suttacentral.net/search?q=socially%20engaged%20Buddhism

Disengaged Buddhism

This is to discuss Lele’s paper “Disengaged Buddhism”. Journal of Buddhist Ethics | Disengaged Buddhism Buddhist modernism has brought us Engaged Buddhism, the idea that Buddhists, including monastics, should be engaged in social issues, participate in activism, and even try to influence politics. According to Lele, engaged Buddhists have failed to engage (pun intended) with the classical Buddhist arguments against political engagement and instead have either seen classical Buddhism as lackin…