Articles on EcoDharma

Lessons from Fire

Parallels in Ecology and Enlightenment

August 11, 2022

Kristin Barker
August 11, 2022

Well-meaning but ill-advised tactics of suppression can make wildfires worse. How, then, should we respond to the fires of conflicting emotions?

Kristin Barker

Transition Zones

Fire's Potential for Destruction and Creation

July 26, 2022

Lou Leonard
July 26, 2022

What can we learn from the wildfires that rage around the world—whose season seems to lengthen with each passing year?

Lou Leonard

Beyond Hope or Despair

July 18, 2022

Renee Lertzman
July 18, 2022

How can we work with reactivity—our own, and others'—and create the conditions for a truly effective response to ecological crises?

Renee Lertzman

Darkness Is Asking To Be Loved

July 12, 2022

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
July 12, 2022

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel invites us to let go of our posture, to fall off our seat into deep intimacy with our beautiful, suffering world.

Zenju Earthlyn Manuel

Ending the Smog of Ignorance

July 5, 2022

Joan Halifax
July 5, 2022

As the U.S. Supreme Court weakens already-insufficient environmental protections, Joan Halifax calls on us to resist institutional avarice, cruelty, and delusion.

Joan Halifax

Re-enchanting Our Relationship with the World

The Arrow Journal Interviews Kristin Barker

June 27, 2022

Gabriel Dayley
June 27, 2022

How can deep attention help us counter ecological violence? In this interview with The Arrow, Kristin Barker explores the roots of the crisis and the remedies at hand.

Gabriel Dayley

Metta in Action

Buddhist Nuns in Ladakh Fight Climate Change

June 21, 2022

Emma Lewis
June 21, 2022

An alliance of Tibetan Buddhist nuns is responding to ecological breakdown with medical, environmental, and spiritual care.

Emma Lewis

Deepening Engagement Together

Alan Senauke in conversation with Kristin Barker

June 13, 2022

Kristin Barker
June 13, 2022

What does our practice ask of us as we bear witness to escalating loss? In this conversation from 2017, Kristin Barker spoke to Berkeley Zen Center abbot Hozan Alan Senauke about social Dharma and collective transformation.

Kristin Barker

A Nepalese Community Faces Ecological and Social Peril

May 23, 2022

Alice Millington
May 23, 2022

In northeastern Nepal, a destabilizing climate brings escalating uncertainty, economic hardship, and local tensions.

Alice Millington

Spring Thunder

Awakening and Action on Behalf of the Earth

May 16, 2022

Thích Nhất Hạnh
May 16, 2022

If we drop all resistance to our situation, will we lose the ability to create change? In this article, late Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh suggests the opposite: authentically helpful action begins with profound inner peace.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

No Mud, No Lotus

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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