Best Of

NewBuddhist values inclusivity and being a welcoming community that does better than simply not discriminating. We believe "Right View" means compassion and mutual support, both to your fellow posters here and the humans in your broader community, regardless of their identity. We do not accept intolerant or uncompassionate beliefs, and will aggressively remove them from the community.

Don’t Do This:

• Sharing content advocating for intolerant or uncompassionate views, promoting the mass-accumulation of wealth or material goods†, or glorifying any behavior that aligns with those views & actions.
• Supporting & sustaining negative states of mind rather than attempting to cultivate & promote positive ones.
• Harassment which includes (but is not limited to) unwelcome & offensive conduct based on gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, level of ability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), theological perspective, technology choices, or relationship status.
• Social or peer pressure, deliberate intimidation, bullying and/or stalking, and any other behavior which is likely to cause alarm or distress to a reasonable person.
• Targeting and/or intentional misgendering or deadnaming individuals, including in a passive-voice or sarcastic tone and/or structure. (Accidental misgendering is not a violation of policy and is encouraged to be addressed in a respectful, gentle manner by all parties involved.)
• Unwelcome sexual or other personal attention. Be aware of and respect the personal boundaries of other folks, which may differ from your own.
• Theft or extortion, including by deception.
• Mocking or sarcastic patterning/behavior towards rules and regulations.
• Retaliation against any individual who reports an incident or concern.
• Advocating for, or encouraging, any of the above behavior, or any behavior that is against the law.

Do This Instead:

• Mediate First: If you are being subject to unacceptable behavior, notice that someone else is being subject to unacceptable behavior, please first consider informing the person or persons responsible that you would like them to stop. Often the offending behavior is unintentional and those involved will resolve the incident amicably.
• Hold Space: Normalize talking about feelings, what makes you uncomfortable, and how to feel safe in spaces even if parts of it are uncomfortable.
• Follow the Platinum Rule: Treat people how they would like to be treated. If you don't know how they want to be treated, ask respectfully. Honor differences and lead with curiosity, not shame.
• Report to Inform: We encourage you to report posts, even if only for awareness. You can specify it is for informational purposes only and requires no action. It helps the moderators understand context, even if we don't read every post daily.

When in doubt, ask questions. No rules are perfect, we're simply trying to communicate intent & growth with our words the most skillfully we can today.

†: "mass-accumulation of wealth" refers to billionaire culture & monopolist behavior, not "I'm investing in the stock market to retire early" — We're not anti-personal success within the system we must cope with, we're against the exploitation that must exist to reach its highest echelons.

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