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A Poem in Honor of Endangered Species Day

If our winged, scaled, and shelled relatives could speak with us, what might they say? On Endangered Species Day, our guiding teacher Mark Coleman shares this original poem.
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EcoDharma

Training for Insights into Imperfection, Impermanence, and Relatedness

How do our root distortions, or vipallasas, lock us into patterns of suffering? And how might we get free?
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EcoDharma

An Interview with Sister True Dedication

Sister True Dedication speaks to cultivating resilience and awakened climate action.
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EcoDharma

A World in Free Fall Calls Us to Rise Up

As the old paradigm of endless growth, extraction, and exploitation proves increasingly unable to sustain its contradictions, Thanissara invites us to step fearlessly into the radical, collective transformation that is already underway.
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EcoDharma

Reading Dōgen and Snyder Anew

What can a contemporary poet and 13th century Buddhist monk teach us about systems collapse?
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EcoDharma

An Interview with Pamela Ayo Yetunde

According to Pamela Ayo Yetunde, the author of Black and Buddhist, the environmental movement needs "more empathy, not more rationales.” In this interview, she offers guidance towards such a shift.
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Creative

A Poem in Observance of World Poetry Day

In recognition of World Poetry Day, we highlight “Sangha,” a piece from somatic healer Suzy Loeffler. May it support your practice.
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EcoDharma
How should we live amidst vast systems of interlocking harm? Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo invites us to begin by adopting nonviolence as a way of life.
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EcoDharma
A veteran advocate and teacher of socially engaged dharma offers six practices to help us better face the climate emergency, as individuals and in community.
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EcoDharma
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.