EcoDharma

Roshi Joan Halifax at the Sakyadhita Spain Symposium 2020

Tilly Campbell-Allen
April 21, 2021

Roshi Joan Halifax emphasizes the transformative role of unbiased compassion in responding to suffering, including ecological crisis.

Tilly Campbell-Allen

EcoDharma

Every Day is Earth Day

Reflections on an Annual Observance

Kristin Barker
April 14, 2021

Beyond a conceptual knowing, what will support us in realizing our true nature, not just on Earth Day but every day and at every level?

Kristin Barker

EcoDharma

Pilgrimages, Pandemics, and this Precious Planet

Emma Palmer
April 12, 2021

As we begin to emerge from Covid-19 restrictions, psychotherapist Emma Palmer calls into question our 'right to travel,' including the spiritual pursuit version.

Emma Palmer

EcoDharma

The Challenge of Living Awake

Navigating the Inner Waves of Ecological Crises

Evguenia Ignatenko
April 1, 2021

A young activist and Soto Zen practitioner envisions a skillful and healing-oriented response to the devastation of our environmental crises.

Evguenia Ignatenko

EcoDharma

Environmental Warriors

Buddhist Monastics Practice Forest Protection

Dipen Barua
March 19, 2021

Moved by intimate awareness of dependent co-arising, monastics in Southeast Asia have become leaders in protecting their local environment.

Dipen Barua

EcoDharma

In Sangha with the Earth

Dipen Barua
February 26, 2021

A community is more than just a collection of people—it encompasses the way we care for each other and our world. In observance of Sangha Day, we highlight a Cambodian monastic community that exemplifies this care.

Dipen Barua

EcoDharma

Divesting the Mind of Colonialism

Land-Based Ethics and Settler Solidarity in a Time of Corona and Revolution

Natalie Avalos
February 19, 2021

We live in the legacy of colonialism, a human-, white-, and settler-centered view of reality. Buddhist scholar Natalie Avalos shows us how Indigenous and Dharma wisdom call us to live in Right Relationship with Earth and all beings.

Natalie Avalos

EcoDharma

What Is My Life For?

Tilly Campbell-Allen
February 16, 2021

How should we live amidst vast systems of interlocking harm? Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo invites us to begin by adopting nonviolence as a way of life.

Tilly Campbell-Allen

EcoDharma

Guideposts on the EcoSattva Path

Charles Schweger
January 28, 2021

A pioneer of EcoSangha in Canada provides a fresh look at the vows at the heart of EcoSattva practice and invites us to embrace them.

Charles Schweger

EcoDharma

A Zen Harvest

Wendy Johnson
January 15, 2021

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center has provided a vivid demonstration of engaged practice during the pandemic, sharing its vegetable harvests with communities in need throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Wendy Johnson