Triple Bypass, Triple Blessing
In our engagement on climate and other ecological issues, we are placing ourselves at the intersection of the three domains: ecology, justice, and Dharma. These have the potential to vitally inform one another and yet, in the absence of mindfulness, each also has the potential to deny the other two. In our practice of engagement, then, how might we understand these tendencies and risks in each domain, so that we can more fully and effectively express their gifts?
The Fourth Turning
Meditation teacher and shamanic practitioner Spring Washam led this EcoDharma Exploration on September 18.
Lessons from a Solstice
What can sweltering summers and deep winters teach us about our response-abilities within a warming climate? In June 2021, Adam Lobel, Michelle King, and Fitzhugh Shaw led this set of embodied practices centered on heat.
Bound to Each Other
The truth of interdependence is both beautiful and fearsome. Understanding that there is no escape from our collective situation, we can discover boundless and inspired compassion.
Only For Your Benefit, Honored One
The practices and teachings of the ancients still offer helpful ways to respond. In this gathering, we will explore some of these teachings and practices, including a koan attributed to the great Chinese teacher Dongshan Lianjie.
The Power of Joyful and Loving Engagement
In the midst of large-scale ecological harm and injustice, how might we cultivate resilience and an open heart? And how might connecting to unconditional joy strengthen our engaged practice?
Earth Body: Resonance and Response
What is the relationship between Earth’s vibrancy and our own? How might we sense, even subtly, the dramatic changes underway in the living Earth community? And what is possible when we begin to understand our body as inseparable from Earth’s body, as an extension of our source and home?
EcoDharma Explorations are offered monthly for you to explore a particular aspect of EcoDharma as well as develop a sense of community. In this gathering on April 17, 2022, Natural Dharma Fellowship founding teacher Lama Willa Blythe Baker invited us to commune with our bodies, our planet, and one another — and to allow this communion to support our engaged practice.
The Support of the Five Elements
In this gathering on March 20, 2022, senior teacher in the Triratna Buddhist Community and award-winning author Vimalasara led an embodied inquiry into our relationship with the elements of our bodies and the Earth.
Working with Paradox and Uncertainty in the Anthropocene
In this gathering on February 20, 2022, Awake in the Wild founder and One Earth Sangha guiding teacher Mark Coleman led a heartfelt investigation of how we might hold the pain and joy of the Earth as we practice compassionate engagement.
Connected and Embedded
How can we honor the true impact of our everyday living and embrace our belonging to this world? Susie Harrington of Desert Dharma was our featured guest on December 19, 2021 for this EcoDharma Exploration.