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Buddhist Monastics Practice Forest Protection

Dipen Barua
March 19, 2021

Moved by intimate awareness of dependent co-arising, monastics in Southeast Asia have become leaders in protecting their local environment.

Dipen Barua

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A Zen Harvest

Wendy Johnson
January 15, 2021

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center has provided a vivid demonstration of engaged practice during the pandemic, sharing its vegetable harvests with communities in need throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

Wendy Johnson

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Buddhist Monks, Volunteers Offer Relief in Cambodia

Craig Lewis
December 10, 2020

One of Cambodia's most prominent, socially-engaged Buddhist scholars leads efforts to provide not only spiritual but material relief to victims of flooding and the COVID pandemic.

Craig Lewis

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Core Practices to Support the Planet and Ourselves

Donald Rothberg
December 3, 2020

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.

Donald Rothberg

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Inspired by Standing Rock as the Fires Rage

Thanissara
October 9, 2020

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.

Thanissara

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Plum Village Monastics in Conversation with Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben and Plum Village Community
August 21, 2020

The renowned environmental activist talks with members of Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Plum Village about why we need to abandon Western hyper-individualism and consumer culture and learn to live more simply in community.

Bill McKibben and Plum Village Community

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Listening to Young Voices

No Time to Lose

Kirsten Rudestam
June 23, 2020

Young people are voicing grief about the loss of their world—and organizing to stop it. Kirsten Rudestam, a young dharma teacher herself, asks us to heed their calls.

Kirsten Rudestam

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What Would Healing Look Like?

No Time to Lose

Belvie Rooks
June 10, 2020

How do we navigate the intersecting griefs of personal loss and centuries of systemic racial oppression? Belvie Rooks's journey toward healing shines a powerful light amid the darkness of state violence and ecological destruction.

Belvie Rooks

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Use This Time Well

Joan Halifax
April 2, 2020

With pervasive uncertainty and heightened fear surrounding COVID-19, Roshi Joan Halifax’s reflections on the occasion of her climate protest offer useful wisdom: “this situation was the perfect time and place to practice.”

Joan Halifax

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The Power of Two Pennies

Compassion in Action Around the World

Kristin Barker
August 28, 2019

Like the Boddhisattva with a thousand hands, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation's 10 million members are providing relief to victims of climate disasters and other humanitarian crises around the world. Founder Master Cheng Yen clarifies for all involved, compassion is realized only through action.

Kristin Barker

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