Category: Environment & Climate
Awaken, Eaarthlings! (An Earth Day Missive.)
Jill S. Schneiderman reflects on environment and geology history and Buddhist approaches to loving the earth in celebration Earth Day.
Earth Dharma: After Yushu, Hindered by Doubt
With the earth functioning for me as an object on which to meditate, doubt is the hindrance that shakes my ability to use earthdharma.
6.9 earthquake in China/Tibet border region kills hundreds; homes and schools devastated; damages, casualties at Thrangu Rinpoche’s monastery reported; Dalai Lama statement; how to help
Breaking, heartbreaking news this morning: a series of earthquakes, including a 6.9 magnitude, have struck a Chinese/Tibetan border region.
Whatever We Meet Unexpectedly, Join with Meditation
How can we as meditators turn tragic events into opportunities to give rather than to grasp, to be patient rather than to blame?
Earth Dharma: Chile, Haiti, and “Govinda’s Bridge”
A comment by Lama Anagarika Govinda that registered as particularly meaningful in light of the recent earthquake in Chile.
Earth Dharma: Why not me?
“Awareness of impermanence is encouraged, so that when it is coupled with our appreciation of the enormous potential of our human existence, it will give us a sense of urgency that I must use every precious moment.“–The 14th Dalai Lama. I awoke this morning from my peaceful perch in Barbados to news of a massive…
“Natural” Disasters, Suffering, and Joy
Jill S. Schneiderman's looks at Rebecca Solnit's "A Paradise in Hell."
David R. Loy: “The Nonduality of Ecology and Economy”
David Loy on the dire need to rethink our perceived antagonism between Ecology and the Economy.
New animal species in a Buddhist corner of the world – and the environmental threats to them
The World Wildlife Fund has released a report on the last ten years of their discoveries in the Eastern Himalayas. The results are moving.
Shambhala Sun Audio: Inside the new issue with Melvin McLeod, Part 2
Melvin McLeod looks at two articles that address how corporations and individuals can make the world a better place via Buddhist principles.