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EcoDharma

A Challenge to Social Change Movements

Might the myth of progress be just another hindrance to our aspirations for social and ecological justice? In this short talk, Guhyapati challenges belief core to the modern Western world: maybe it won’t get better.
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EcoDharma

An Interview with Dekila Chungyalpa

In this one-on-one interview with One Earth Sangha, Dekila Chungyalpa speaks about Earth-based practice, deep resilience, and wise leadership.
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EcoDharma

Reflecting on a Historic Moment

Given what’s unfolding, it’s quieter than we expect. What might be right about this relative silence? As the U.S. takes a sharp turn towards authoritarianism, Kristin and Nikayla inquire into the absence of mass outcry.
Creative
Creative
Of all the planets on which you could experience life, Earth may be the most trying. Poet Carolyn Chilton meditates on how the deep breath may make living here a little easier.
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EcoDharma
How might our attitudes shift if we recognized ourselves as refugees? First published in 2019, this editorial by Buddhistdoor Global may be more relevant now than ever.
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EcoDharma

Seeing, Confronting, and Resisting Empire

These times are terrifying. Thanissara’s sober words beckon our practice to rise, bear witness, and resist.
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EcoDharma

An Interview with Christiana Figueres

In this interview with One Earth Sangha, Christiana Figueres answers on the potentials of mindfulness for the movement, and what we might learn from our collective teacher: climate crisis.
Practice
Practice

A Nature Meditation on Calm and Peace

Mark Coleman meditates on peace in the presence of wild things. How is it that the stone and the tree remain still, even in the midst of human pandemonium? You’ll have to practice to find out.
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EcoDharma

Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Trainings for the Mind

The founding principles of Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Order of Interbeing may provide clarity on how to be for those of us bewildered, demoralized, and faithful to the practice of inquiry on the right orientation for engagement with this moment.
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EcoDharma

Sometimes Just Be

Our friend the tree may teach us much more than rootedness: what steadies also sways, and what bursts ripe with fruit and flowers moves not an inch. Adam Lobel offers a dynamic teaching well-timed for our political moment.