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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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The End of Othering

Cultivating Just, Equitable Communities

How might a new understanding of mindfulness, one rooted in ethics and social engagement, help unravel systems of exclusion and degradation?
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Balancing Hope and Fear

Employing the Full Spectrum of Our Emotions

Are we really "out of time"? In this excerpt from her book Generation Dread, Britt Wray invites us to complicate our internal narratives about Earth and our society.
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Climate and Mind

Mindfulness and Compassion as Pathways to a More Sustainable Future

In this essay, Christine Wamsler explores an overlooked driver of ecological crises—the feedback loop between the human mind and planetary systems. How might a deeper understanding of this connection transform our relationship with Earth?
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