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Small Relief in Ongoing Crises

July 3, 2020

Katie Benvenuti
July 3, 2020

Buddhists from around the world have been coming together in an effort to provide aid to those battling COVID-19 on the front lines, including indigenous communities in the American Southwest.

Katie Benvenuti

No Time to Lose: The Four R’s of Deep Adaptation

June 30, 2020

Joanna Macy
June 30, 2020

One of our treasured teachers and elders, Joanna Macy, guides us in considering how cultivation of resilience, relinquishment, restoration, and reconciliation can help us find a way through the civilizational collapse we see all around us.

Joanna Macy

Awakening to the Suffering of Animals

June 26, 2020

Thanissara
June 26, 2020

Throughout the pandemic, the slaughterhouse has been a hotbed of virus transmission among its workers. But our compassion can't stop there. We are called to confront and remedy the horrific treatment of animals raised to feed us.

Thanissara

No Time to Lose: Listening to Young Voices

June 23, 2020

Kirsten Rudestam
June 23, 2020

Young people are voicing grief about the loss of their world—and organizing to stop it. Kirsten Rudestam, a young dharma teacher herself, asks us to heed their calls.

Kirsten Rudestam

Climate, Corona, and Collapse

June 19, 2020

Karin Meyers
June 19, 2020

As racial justice protests swell, compounding the COVID-19 crisis that can already feel overwhelming, the Dharma continues to offer perspectives and practices to help us navigate these samsaric waters.

Karin Meyers

Evolving EcoDharma

Foundations of One Earth Sangha

June 15, 2020

Kristin Barker
June 15, 2020

One Earth Sangha exists in part to evolve and share EcoDharma. But how do we define EcoDharma, what does it emphasize, and why do we consider this part of our mission?

Kristin Barker

No Time to Lose: What Would Healing Look Like?

June 10, 2020

Belvie Rooks
June 10, 2020

How do we navigate the intersecting griefs of personal loss and centuries of systemic racial oppression? Belvie Rooks's journey toward healing shines a powerful light amid the darkness of state violence and ecological destruction.

Belvie Rooks

The Crab Grass and the Wave

June 5, 2020

Kristin Barker
June 5, 2020

Recent events of racial violence by state actors reveal but one aspect of the tendency towards domination that is latent in our culture. Our work to end ecological devastation then necessarily includes the eradication of the persistent, shape-shifting, and devastating pattern of white supremacy, starting with our own minds.

Kristin Barker

Eco-Chaplaincy

In Service to a Suffering World

June 1, 2020

Gil Fronsdal , Susie Harrington and Kirsten Rudestam
June 1, 2020

"The growing field of eco-chaplaincy reflects the increasing awareness that our care and attention must extend beyond the human.” The directors of a new Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies aspire to cultivate the chaplains who bring compassionate response to all of nature.

Gil Fronsdal , Susie Harrington and Kirsten Rudestam

Reckoning with Invisible Deities (Part Two)

May 29, 2020

Lama Willa Miller
May 29, 2020

Lama Willa Miller reflects on how the coronavirus she calls a Dark Goddess has shattered our illusions of separateness in a world where everything leans. “Yours is a long song of interbeing.”

Lama Willa Miller

Foundations of One Earth Sangha

In Service to a Suffering World

No Mud, No Lotus