Articles on EcoDharma

Secular Activism and the Sacred: a Common Ground

February 28, 2016

Kritee Kanko and Lou Leonard
February 28, 2016

Kritee (Kanko) and Lou Leonard explore what it means to be climate activist in secular civil society while walking the Buddhist wisdom path

Kritee Kanko and Lou Leonard

A Crisis for Buddhism?

January 13, 2016

David Loy
January 13, 2016

In this One Earth Sangha webinar, David Loy explores the challenge that the contemporary ecological crises present to Buddhism.

David Loy

Practicing Appreciation

December 13, 2015

Kristin Barker
December 13, 2015

A historic agreement on climate has been signed. What does it mean for our practice?

Kristin Barker

Climate Change as a Moral Call to Social Transformation

November 20, 2015

Bhikkhu Bodhi
November 20, 2015

In advance of the UN climate negotiations, the renowned Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi argues that climate change demands of us a re-imagining of social systems and a new paradigm of the good life.

Bhikkhu Bodhi

Sacred Activism – Basic Goodness in Action

October 8, 2015

Marty Janowitz
October 8, 2015

According to Shambhala tradition "windhorse" is the self-existing energy of basic goodness in action. Marty Janowitz's final article in this three-part series explores the practice and benefits of "raising windhorse," the Path of engagement.

Marty Janowitz

Freedom, Groundlessness, and Meditation in Action

September 30, 2015

Marty Janowitz
September 30, 2015

Marty Janowitz continues his exploration of the Dharma of climate change. He suggests that we cannot substantively work to alter the societal paradigm if we are not simultaneously altering our own internal paradigm.

Marty Janowitz

Transforming Reality – Climate Activism and Buddhist Practice

September 28, 2015

Marty Janowitz
September 28, 2015

Marty Janowitz from the Shambhala tradition suggests that the ecological crises call for simultaneous practice in inner peace and consistent bravery.

Marty Janowitz

Time to Stand Up

September 5, 2015

Thanissara
September 5, 2015

Dharma teacher and activist Thanissara urges us to move "beyond a personal introversion and quietism" and apply the Buddha's radical teachings to the catastrophe of climate change and its underlying causes.

Thanissara

Calling All Eco-Sattvas: Buddhism and Climate Change

August 17, 2015

James Baraz
August 17, 2015

Vipassana Dharma Teacher James Baraz, co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California and one of the guiding teachers here at One Earth Sangha, invites us to engage in climate action as "joyful responsibility."

James Baraz

Towards a Social Dharma – Caring for Our Common Home, Our True Body

July 28, 2015

Alan Senauke
July 28, 2015

Soto Zen priest Hozan Alan Senauke is calling for the development of a "Social Dharma" that would galvanize a global community response committed to maximizing justice and safety for all beings in the context of ecological crisis.

Alan Senauke

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