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.
First published 10 years ago, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi distills the climate crisis down to its core, unchanging truths. His words are as wise and relevant now as they were then. What might we learn from a read this time around?
Energize your 2025 intentions with Joanna Macy’s apt retelling of this 1,200 year old Tibetan Buddhist prophecy: Sentient life hangs by a thread, and so the spiritual warriors make their way into the pits and citadels where decisions are made, right into the heart of the barbarian’s power.
How might our fixation on urgency and impact actually undermine our ecological response? Sarah Jaquette Ray explores the subversive power of slowing down and acting from abundance.
As the U.S. Supreme Court weakens already-insufficient environmental protections, Joan Halifax calls on us to resist institutional avarice, cruelty, and delusion.
What does our practice ask of us as we bear witness to escalating loss? In this conversation from 2017, Kristin Barker spoke to Berkeley Zen Center abbot Hozan Alan Senauke about social Dharma and collective transformation.
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in April 2020, our guiding teacher Adam Lobel composed this supplication for clear seeing, compassion, and the flourishing of all life.
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