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Right Action - Refusing to Prop Up The System

Most harm in the world isn’t done by bad people. It’s done by ordinary people doing ordinary things — without thinking through their consequences. In this video, I explore Right Action from a Navayana Buddhist perspective, inspired by the work of B. R. Ambedkar. Rather than focusing on intentions or moral purity, Navayana Buddhism asks a sharper question: what does our action actually produce in the world? Drawing on caste, labour, protest, and my own experience of political activism, this episode challenges the idea that “doing something” is automatically ethical. Sometimes, the most harmful actions are the ones that simply keep unjust systems running — even when they look sincere, legal, or democratic. Ambedkar understood that liberation doesn’t come from symbolic gestures or access to oppressive institutions, but from refusing to cooperate with harm and reorganising power through law, organising, and collective action. This video looks at: Why good intentions aren’t enough How unjust systems rely on everyday cooperation What Ambedkar meant by educate, agitate, organise Why the meaning of action lies in its consequences, not its drama This is part of a short series on the Buddhist Eightfold Path from a Navayana perspective, where each “Right” is treated not as a moral rule, but as a skill for ending suffering in the real world. ▶️ Watch the full playlist here:    • The Eightfold Path Reframed   ▶️ Next episode Due 11 Feb: Right Effort — Why Trying Harder Isn’t Always Better    • How Activists Burn Out — and What Buddhism...   00:00 Intro 00:18 Right Action is Action in Context of Unjust Structures 00:42 The Caste System And Actions that Prop Up Prejudice 01:48 Ambedkar's Fourth Noble Truth 01:57 My Journey from Protest to Power Building 02:40 Why Right Action Needs Right Effort Keywords / topics: Right Action, Navayana Buddhism, Ambedkar, Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Social Justice, Protest and Power, Caste and Liberation, Eightfold Path Explained, Sammā-kammanta,