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Buddhists Must Awaken to the Ecological Crisis
Buddhists, says David Loy, have often been slow to open their eyes to the problem of climate change. He examines key teachings to understand why.
Here at the End of the World
Grief is how we love in the face of loss, wrote Joan Sutherland in the Fall 2019 issue of Buddhadharma. Now, in this new time of so much loss, her teaching on coming to terms with grief feels especially relevant.
Nothing Solid, Nothing Separate
When we look deeply into emptiness, says Phil Stanley, we find everything and nothing.
Awareness, from the Moment You Wake Up
We’re often encouraged to bring meditation “off the cushion” and into our everyday lives—Sayadaw U Tejaniya shows us what that really looks like.
Why Bodhisattvas Need to Disrupt the Status Quo
According to Zen priest and climate scientist Kritee, part of our work in addressing climate change is to understand systems — how they work, how we’re complicit in them, and how we can change them to work for the good.
The Rice Seedling Sutra
The Rice Seedling Sutra is one of the most important Buddhist sutras on the topic of dependent arising, the basic Buddhist doctrine that everything depends on something else for its existence. Spoken by the bodhisattva Maitreya, it recounts a teaching that the Buddha had given while gazing at a rice seedling. “Whoever sees dependent arising…
What If Our Ordinary Experience Is All That Matters?
Stephen Batchelor poses the classical Zen question, “What is this?” The answer, he says, is right in front of us.
True Practice is Never Disengaged
If we feel like our practice is here, and the world is over there, says Karen Maezen Miller, then we’re missing the point of practice.
Forum: Hear Our Voices
A panel of women teachers from different Buddhist traditions share their insights into being a female teacher and leader in today’s world.
Happiness in Every Breath
When we stop feeding our cravings, says Thich Nhat Hanh, we discover that we already have everything we need to be happy.