radical compassion

EcoDharma
EcoDharma

An interview with Kazu Haga

What is the role of not-knowing in activism? What is the relationship between personal and collective healing in social change? Kazu Haga illuminates the ancient spiritual roots of nonviolence.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Cultivating Eros, Mettā and a Sense of the Sacred

‘I love nature.' But what does it mean to love nature, and how might we deepen this experience of love?
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
What might be found for the turning towards and wide embrace of a crisis of faith? Perhaps an invitation to choose a new path.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Seeing, Confronting, and Resisting Empire

These times are terrifying. Thanissara’s sober words beckon our practice to rise, bear witness, and resist.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
Earth is as beautiful as she is troubled, as perfect as she is pained. Joanna Macy appeals to the courageous self in all of us that desires to widely awaken to Earth just as she is and act from this seeing: we are inseparable.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
How can we recover the mind from political fear, and recommit ourselves to the urgent task of collective healing? Kaira Jewel invites the mindfulness bell to our moment, and rings it louder than ever.
Creative
Creative
“All it takes... is a photo of earth from space... and I’m stunned again, how much we are in this together.” Breathe in, breathe out, this poem by Rosemerry.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
In this updated article, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, one of the most respected translators of the Buddha Dharma into English, implores us to speak out about the moral crisis implicit in Israel’s Gaza campaign.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma

Lama Rod Owens, Yuria Celidwen, and Rev. Fletcher Harper in conversation with Mary Evelyn Tucker

In August 2023, The Loka Initiative hosted this wide-ranging conversation sharing wisdom and challenges in confronting eco and social disruption.
EcoDharma
EcoDharma
Explore the two essential qualities of the EcoSattva, one who is compassionately turning towards the ecological and social suffering of the world with a dedication to relieving it.