Finding Light in the Darkness
Here at the end of 2020, so fraught with loss, what gifts can we find nestled among the common roots of darkness and light, difficulty and ease, suffering and joy?
Go DeeperUnboxing Our Selves
A journey to an ancient landscape inspires a British ecopsychologist and dharma practitioner to reflect on the contraction of her life during the pandemic and how Buddhist teachings help her stay open.
Go DeeperWhite Supremacy, Climate Crisis, and Human Trauma
Zen activist and climate scientist Kritee presents a holistic and integrated analysis of the common roots feeding our current crises.
Go DeeperInspired by Standing Rock as the Fires Rage
As wildfire threatens to engulf her home, and as the world faces disaster following on disaster, Thanissara draws courage from the extraordinary spirit of solidarity she encountered at Standing Rock.
Go DeeperPreparing for Rebellion
A dharma teacher and Extinction Rebellion Buddhist explains her readiness to join the movement’s resumption of civil disobedience.
Go DeeperIslands of Sanity in a Sea of Chaos
One Earth Sangha collaborators Kaira Jewel Lingo and Kritee reflect on the potential of building small, awakening communities for support and resilience.
Go DeeperWhy Bodhisattvas Need to Disrupt the Status Quo
A scientist and Zen activist illuminates the systems of economic and social oppression at the root of the climate crisis and challenges us to stand up and say no to them.
Go DeeperBefriending Eco-Anxiety (Part One)
Mental suffering caused by the climate crisis—or the coronavirus pandemic—calls on us to offer kindness and company. In this article, Kaira Jewel Lingo invites us to transmute the otherwise unbearable.
Go DeeperCatholic-Buddhist Dialogue on Climate Change
In observance of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, the Parliament of World Religions hosted a conversation featuring Buddhist and Catholic scholars exploring critical questions about spirituality, suffering, and what it means to be human in the age of climate crisis.
Go DeeperThis Earth Day: Our Breath, Our Life, Our World
On the occasion of Earth Day, we offer this reminder to keep our practice simple. Loving-presence has the power to transform our relationship to even the most difficult conditions
Go DeeperOn Planetary Hospice and “Too Late”
Some would say that believing the science means admitting that it’s too late, that the only reasonable response is to participate in “planetary hospice.” This zen priest and climate scientist suggests otherwise.
Go DeeperAwakening to Climate Emergency 2019 Wesak Webinar
On the anniversary of the Buddha’s awakening, Thanissara and guests gathered on May 18 to break the trance and declare climate emergency.
Go DeeperFive Practices for Working with the Immense Challenge of Climate Change
In 2017, Lama Willa Miller offered a set of five practices to ground us and strengthen our resolve in the face of the daunting reality of ecological crises. They remain fresh and relevant at the dawn of a new year filled with uncertainty—and possibility.
Go DeeperClimate Change is Making us Crazy: Interview with Norman Fischer
Norman Fisher notes that because the challenge of climate change is a matter of “…human beings thinking and behaving in a way that’s guaranteed to compound our problems,” Zen practices have something vital to offer.
Go DeeperAccessing Natural Wisdom: The Work that Reconnects
How can we uncover and sustain our own power to respond to a challenge as ominous as global climate change? In honor of Earth Day on April 22nd, we offer an introduction to the skillful means of Buddhist scholar and renowned activist, Joanna Macy and the Work that Reconnects.
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