We consider the following articles (in no particular order) to be representative and fundamental to our view of EcoDharma. These are a good starting place to get to know our perspectives.
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Facing Climate Change (Part Two)
- Bhikkhu Anālayo
The mind faced with difficulty often makes matters worse. In the conclusion of our two-part series, Bhikkhu Anālayo clarifies the role of mindfulness in managing our own potential for harm as we endeavor to respond to the cries of the world.
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- Thích Nhất Hạnh
In this cornerstone ecodharma offering, Thích Nhất Hạnh calls for closeness with the breathing Earth as guidance in times of fear, loss, and confusion.
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EcoDharma
- Joanna Macy
Beyond hope and hopelessness, how is the world calling us to emerge?
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EcoDharma
Report from Standing Rock
- Thanissara
"What one is bequeathed through the gift of Standing Rock is a clarified, strong, heart, burning with a light of commitment and hope in the face of incalculable odds."
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A Cosmic Nudge to Reimagine Ourselves
- Joanna Macy
The natural and social systems that sustain us are losing their stability, observes Joanna Macy. This state of bardo, or transition, can be painful and frightening—but if we face the reality of collapse and cultivate inner stability, we can find the courage to faithfully serve all that we love.
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Foundations of One Earth Sangha
- Kristin Barker
One Earth Sangha exists in part to evolve and share EcoDharma. But how do we define EcoDharma, what does it emphasize, and why do we consider this part of our mission?
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- Sarah Vekasi
Following the People's Climate Mobilization, we might ask "was that effective?" or "what next?" In her warm and wise letter to new activists, long-time engaged environmentalist, Sarah Vekasi, addresses the importance of a mindful approach to becoming and staying engaged.
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Land-Based Ethics and Settler Solidarity in a Time of Corona and Revolution
- Natalie Avalos
We live in the legacy of colonialism, a human-, white-, and settler-centered view of reality. Buddhist scholar Natalie Avalos shows us how Indigenous and Dharma wisdom call us to live in Right Relationship with Earth and all beings.
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Mindfulness and Compassion as Pathways to a More Sustainable Future
- Christine Wamsler
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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- Rob Burbea
Out of love, Insight teacher Rob Burbea asks us to boldly investigate our agenda for practice. What are its risks and and possibilities in supporting our response to a suffering world?
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- Joan Halifax
As another year fraught with uncertainty and peril draws to a close, Roshi Joan Halifax explores the power of wise hope, free from attachment, to bolster our engaged practice.
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A Conversation with Dekila Chungyalpa
- Dekila Chungyalpa and Damchö Diana Finnegan
What might be ecodharma’s unique and essential contribution to the environmental movement? Dekila Chungyalpa braids her Buddhist, Indigenous, and scientific traditions in this timely interview with the Dharmadatta community.
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Discovering Our Collective Place in the World
- David Loy
"We cannot return to nature because we have never left it. " In this article, Buddhist scholar and Zen teacher David Loy explores the parallels in our individual and collective predicaments and the parallel paths that might heal.
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- Bhikkhu Bodhi
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?
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- Sensei Kritee Kanko
Eco-Dharma...must confront whiteness and privilege in order to "create earnest inter-dependent communities that understand that different people have different privilege and abilities," and seek to act on that understanding.
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- Bhikkhu Bodhi
Fear over climate disruption often spurs denial and ends in panic or mental paralysis. Yet it may equally well give rise to samvega, a sense of urgency leading to wise action. In this essay, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi argues that everything depends on how we metabolize our fear.
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- Jo Gibson
"We need to recognize that what society presents as real is more like a lie and take another way" Earlier this summer, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa spoke frankly on renunciation, contentment and the climate crisis.
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- Kaira Jewel Lingo
Mental suffering caused by the climate crisis—or the coronavirus pandemic—calls on us to offer kindness and company. In this article, Kaira Jewel Lingo invites us to transmute the otherwise unbearable.
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An Open Letter from Rob Burbea
- Rob Burbea
On the third anniversary of his death in May of 2020, we share this letter from Rob Burbea challenging dharma leaders to embrace the full implications of its ethical demands.
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- Bhikkhu Vivekānanda
Climate engineering is now a serious scientific and political conversation. Ven. Bhikkhu Vivekānanda explores the Dharma foundations that can inform our response to this daunting but increasingly real possibility.
(Yoast version)