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Practice

Kristin Barker
November 15, 2016

Amidst the still-shaking landscape after the US Presidential election, we might be searching for elusive solid ground. How might we cultivate a true steadiness without running the risk of indifference to suffering?

Kristin Barker

EcoDharma

Steady at the Face of the Inferno

Thanissara
November 10, 2016

Donald Trump will soon hold significant power in the US and indeed around the world and for many of us, that is truly ominous. But his is only a certain kind of power and, from the perspective of the Dharma, not the most important.

Thanissara

Campaign

Stand with Standing Rock

Kristin Barker
October 30, 2016

The protectors at Standing Rock are not only challenging the Dakota Access Pipeline project but the fundamental logic of placing private profits over people and planet. Will you stand with Standing Rock?

Kristin Barker

EcoDharma

Transforming Reality

Climate Activism and Buddhist Practice

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

EcoDharma

Calling All Eco-Sattvas

Buddhism and Climate Change

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

EcoDharma

The Problem of Passivity

Alex Swain
May 13, 2015

The path of liberation is a call to boldness, to purposeful discomfort. In this article, Alex Swain from the EcoDharma Centre explores the temptation to use meditation as escape.

Alex Swain

EcoDharma

Beyond Hope and Hopelessness

Guhyapati
March 18, 2015

We face challenges of an unprecedented scale. To meet them we need a training that roots our engagement more deeply than we've known before. In this article, Guhyapati from the EcoDharma Centre clarifies how we can respond with energy and patience to what the mind frames as "do or die” situations.

Guhyapati

EcoDharma

Messages from Earth

Lou Leonard
December 1, 2014

“Things are getting worse and worse and better and better, faster and faster.” At no time has this climate koan felt more apt than now. One Earth Sangha's Lou Leonard offers this update on climate science and policy. What a great invitation to be with uncertainty.

Lou Leonard

EcoDharma

Seeing Pattern

What does climate change have to do with Ferguson?

Kristin Barker
November 27, 2014

What does climate change have to do with Ferguson? We invite you here to look with us at the shared roots, the common patterns and bring compassion to the racially-conditioned mind, even your own.

Kristin Barker

EcoDharma

Sitting in Protest of ‘Gross Negligence’

Kristin Barker
October 21, 2014

Joining with other spiritual traditions and artists, the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE) organized a protest against "Gross Negligence" on the part of British Petroleum. This is how we can "multiply our courage."

Kristin Barker

courage

No Mud, No Lotus