vesak

EcoDharma

Bhikkhu Bodhi
May 12, 2025

On May’s full moon, Buddhists around the world commemorate the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha. In 2019, Bhikkhu Bodhi marked the occasion with a passionate call for a systems-wide climate awakening.

Bhikkhu Bodhi

EcoDharma

Biodegradable Blessings in the Himalayas

Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia et al.
May 20, 2024

On the occasion of Vesak we are invited to contemplate whether the real world objects emblematic of our tradition are aligned with its teachings.

Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia et al.

EcoDharma

Spring Thunder

Awakening and Action on Behalf of the Earth

Thích Nhất Hạnh
May 16, 2022

If we drop all resistance to our situation, will we lose the ability to create change? In this article, late Zen Master Thích Nhất Hạnh suggests the opposite: authentically helpful action begins with profound inner peace.

Thích Nhất Hạnh

Creative

Ebullience and Emergence

With the Observance of Vesak, Returning to Our Roots

Amelia Williams
May 26, 2021

On the annual occasion of Vesak, Amelia Williams invokes poetry to explore our ecological and Buddha nature.

Amelia Williams

EcoDharma

Awakening to Climate Emergency 2019 Wesak Webinar

One Earth Sangha
April 7, 2019

On the anniversary of the Buddha's awakening, Thanissara and guests gathered on May 18 to break the trance and declare climate emergency.

One Earth Sangha

No Mud, No Lotus

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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