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Between Optimism and Despair

The Messy Middle Paths Through Climate Breakdown

Find yourself climate awakened but somewhere between the climate doomers and the overly optimistic climate solutionists? Jamie Bristol and Rosie Bell explore three middle paths of responsive action between the two extremes.
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Together

“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.
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The Pine Tree Koan

How Do You Manifest True Nature?

Might the greatest demonstration of our Buddha-nature be a humble and harmonious relationship with Planet Earth? Mushim Patricia Ikeda contemplates an answer to the pine tree koan.
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I Vow to Be Political

Buddhism, Social Change, and Skillful Means

How does our Dharma practice call us into politics and shape our engagement? While we no longer live in the moment of Occupy and the Tea Party movements, the words of David Loy, Mushim Patricia Ikeda, and Joan Suthlerland speak powerfully to this moment of 2024.
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The Seagull Sutta

On Not Turning Away from Other-than-Human Loss

Unexpected teachers in our daily lives offer timeless lessons in the dharma—if we suspend judgement, open the heart, and look long enough to listen.
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Dharma over Development

Lessons from Ladakh’s Climate Leadership

By adapting traditional Buddhist wisdom to contemporary challenges, a community in Ladakh is devoting itself to the sacred duty of protecting land.
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Rewiring the Mind for Planetary Well-being

Many of us experience learned helplessness in the face of climate and other crises. Sarah Jaquette Ray leads a warm inquiry into the causes of this mind state and the possibilities for a different response.
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The Angel Out Ahead

Vows, Resolutions, and Right Resolve

In a culture that in some ways wants us to feel inadequate, it's worth examining how we relate to our resolutions.
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Sacred Nature

Anam Thubten Rinpoche shares a call for us to see the sacred in every facet of our world.
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Choicelessness and Change

Can those of us embedded within modernity—particularly those who materially benefit from it—learn to live against it?
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