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Together

“All it takes... is a photo of earth from space... and I’m stunned again, how much we are in this together.” Breathe in, breathe out, this poem by Rosemerry.
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The Sweet Spot

A Conversation with Tim Ream

Ecodharma finds a home in fiction! Tim Ream’s novel Fallen Water is just his latest work from a life spent in service to the Earth and the Dharma.
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John Harvey Negru
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The Pine Tree Koan

How Do You Manifest True Nature?

Might the greatest demonstration of our Buddha-nature be a humble and harmonious relationship with Planet Earth? Mushim Patricia Ikeda contemplates an answer to the pine tree koan.
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World as Teacher

What Am I Practicing For?

On the occasion of Thich Nhat Hahn’s continuation day, we invite you to listen and enjoy activist and ecodharma practitioner Alex Swain’s crisp and rhythmic engagement with the heart of Thay’s teachings.
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Election

What are you voting for? Alfred K. LaMotte casts his vote for the cry of a loon, his grandfather’s bones, and the beetles that feed now with a poem that rings as a piercing reminder of the stakes beyond the self.
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How to Be Engaged without Becoming Entangled

How to engage the body in the social struggle without becoming entangled in trauma? After his home was bombed by white supremacists, Larry Ward traveled to Plum Village for an answer.
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Climate Grief, Communal Power

We all have an inner labyrinth of grief and rage. How to find our way through? Kritee Kanko offers the wisdom of togetherness.
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Buddhist Ethics for a World in Crisis

An Interview with Bhikkhu Bodhi

What are the latent potentialities of the Dhamma for our deep troubles today? Bhikku Bodhi offers visions of an alive Dhamma responsive and evolving to a world in crisis.
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Attuning to the Natural Elements

Feeling in need of an energetic tune-up? Lama Rod Owens guides us through an attunement practice to the four elements within our Earth-based bodies.
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I Vow to Be Political

Buddhism, Social Change, and Skillful Means

How does our Dharma practice call us into politics and shape our engagement? While we no longer live in the moment of Occupy and the Tea Party movements, the words of David Loy, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, and Joan Suthlerland speak powerfully to this moment of 2024.
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