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Opening to Difficulty

Seeing what is, the reality of our situation, is the beginning of wisdom.

A Primer on Ecological Crises
Lou Leonard and Kritee Kanko discuss the causes and potential policy responses to the climate crisis.
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Our Response

As a Virtual EcoDharma Center, our principal offering is the wisdom teachings and practices that support turning towards the reality of our situation and cultivating appropriate response. Guided by a teaching council representing several Buddhist traditions, we offer core programs such as the EcoSattva Training as well as EcoDharma articles curated from around the web by our editorial team.

Our offerings regularly integrate an understanding of how other social movements including racial and economic justice inform, support and compliment ecological concerns. Through a steady flow of insights, reflections, practices and fresh perspectives, we support our membership in developing a stable, rational and compassionate response to our collective challenges.

We invite you to explore and take part in our EcoDharma offerings, highlighted below.

We can meet our eco-anxiety and soothe the suffering we find there. Yet we need not be ruled by fear.

Updated for 2023/2024

The EcoSattva Training

Join us in a Course to Cultivate Wisdom, Connection, and Compassionate Action

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A Brave and Tender Reckoning

“For anyone who’s yearning for a way to meet the often agonizing challenges of this time with a clear mind, a steady heart, a resilient body and a ferocious spirit, One Earth Sangha’s EcoSattva Training is a beautifully-designed and meticulously-crafted container.”

Kaira Jewel Lingo
Damchö Diana Finnegan
Britt Wray
Larry Ward
Dr. Michael Yellow Bird
Lama Willa Miller
Adam Lobel
Tim Ream
Kritee Kanko
Myokei Caine-Barrett
Mark Coleman

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Upcoming EcoDharma Explorations

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Luminous Darkness

The Dynamic Balance of Yin and Yang, Emptiness and Action, Rest and Engagement, on the Path of Change-Making

What strength might we discover when we connect to often-overlooked virtues such as stillness, rest, and receptivity? On April 28, Deborah Eden Tull leads this investigation into the sacred balance of light and dark within Nature and our own minds.
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The Ecological Self

How might we nourish the ecological self and support its maturation? On May 26, join John Seed and Br. Tenzin (Dr. Alex Anderson) to explore the interwoven teachings and practices of Deep Ecology and Buddhadharma.
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The “Bad Guys”

On Right Relations with Deniers, Delayers, and Destroyers

How might we relate to the "bad guys" as advocates and activists attempting to reduce suffering in the world at large? On June 23, Kevin Gallagher leads this exploration on how we might relate on behalf of both people and planet, to those who cause harm.
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Featured EcoDharma

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Skillful Conversations

Talking About our Earth and Ecological Crises

One week before Earth Day, we share this article from our archives in hopes of helping you with what can be difficult conversations.
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Recent EcoDharma

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Urgency and the Call to Rest

Embodying the Values that We Profess

A young activist confronts the contradictions faced by a generation trying to save itself.
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The Sacred Work of Listening, Loving, and Responding

Eco-Chaplaincy as Compassion in Action

How might we offer spiritual nourishment to one another as we encounter the eco-social crises of our time? In this talk, Kirsten Rudestam describes the art and practice chaplaincy to our community.
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The Elephant in the Dharma Hall

What is the place of politics on The Path?

John Peacock asks us to courageously question all that we are leaving out when we constrain the scope of the Dharma to be merely the personal.
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Featured EcoDharma Topics

Cornerstone EcoDharma

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Practices for Challenging Times

Amidst the still-shaking landscape after the US Presidential election, we might be searching for elusive solid ground. How might we cultivate a true steadiness without running the risk of indifference to suffering?
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Rio Tinto, literally red river, is one of the oldest and most productive mines in the world, having produced a wealth of different metals over centuries, and today one of the largest international mining companies is named after it. It is rumored to have been King Solomon's mine, and the reason the Moors invaded Spain. © J Henry Fair — Used with permission.
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Are We Willing to Look?

The haunting photography of J. Henry Fair asks us to hold a steady gaze as we view vast landscapes transformed by industry. In this interview with the artist, we explore the paradoxical beauty of his work and what it might awaken in our hearts.
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Ecological Loneliness

Many of us feel we have no one to talk with about ecological crises, despite the severity of the problems we face. Where does this ecological loneliness come from? And how might we break out of our isolation?
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Practices

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Loving the Earth

For the cultivation of our own responsivity, Mark takes us on a guided journey outward into rich ecosystems and inward to the natural reverberations of our hearts.
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Befriending

How might our experience of eco-distress shift if we could offer it the hand of friendship? We share this practice, led by Lama Willa Blythe Baker, from our latest EcoSattva Training.
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To What Am I Committed?

In this practice, Damchö invites us to feel into our connection and devotion to Earth.
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On the Other Side of Anger Is …

When we look deeply into anger, what wisdom might we discover? Dekila Chungyalpa leads this practice of developing intimacy with one of our most difficult emotions.
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Rather than merely giving up something we want, renunciation chooses what is more valuable.

Creative Offerings

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May Morning

In honour of Earth Day 2024, we share this exquisite poem reminding us that we utterly belong to this world, its beauty and its losses.
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What It All Comes Down To

Amidst eco/social crises, and for this ever widening sense of self, Carolyn Chilton Casas invites us to both stay connected and let go.
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Coming Together

For everyone who aches for peace, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares this poem.
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The News

This poem by Emilie Lygren invites us to relax our vigilance—just for a moment.
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No Mud, No Lotus

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

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