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The Sati Institute is offering a free ten-part course on the Majhima Nikaya of the Pali canon, the “Middle Length” Discourses of the Buddha. This course is fully online, linked with audio lectures by Gil Fronsdal on the Majhima Nikaya, produced in 2008 Online Middle Length Discourse Study Course Majjhima Nikaya Study Course Studying the Words… Read More Sati Institute’s Self-Study Online Majhima Nikaya Course

Vipassana Dharma Teacher James Baraz, co-founder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California and one of the guiding teachers here at One Earth Sangha, invites us to engage in climate action as “joyful responsibility.” This article was first published on the Huffington Post and is shared here with permission. Impermanence, anicca in Pali, is the underlying reality… Read More Calling All Eco-Sattvas: Buddhism and Climate Change

​Sweden to Become One of World’s First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation​ Lorraine Chow | September 25, 2015 11:20 am | Sweden is setting out to prove that the world doesn’t need fossil fuels. In a recent announcement, the Swedish government said it will invest 4.5 billion kronor, or US$546 million, in their 2016 budget “to meet the challenges of climate change, increase the… Read More Sweden to be Among First Fossil-Fuel Free Nations

In U.N. Speech, Pope Francis Blasts “Selfish and Boundless Thirst for Power and Material Prosperity” Transcript Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your kind words. Once again, following a tradition by which I feel honored, the Secretary General of the United Nations has invited the Pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations.… Read More DN: Pope Francis Speech to UN: Greed for Wealth and Power Cause Suffering for Poor, Climate Crisis

Why some scientists are worried about a surprisingly cold ‘blob’ in the North Atlantic Ocean By Chris Mooney September 24 January–August 2015 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Percentiles. (NOAA) It is, for our home planet, an extremely warm year.Indeed, last week we learned from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that the first eight months of 2015 were the… Read More Melting Glaciers Cooled North Atlantic, Slowing Ocean Conveyor