A Series of Online Conversations Open to Everyone An Initiative of One Earth Sangha, Buddhist Teachers Collaborative for Climate Action, and Conversations That Change The World from Maestro Conference We invite you to join a conversation as we explore the impact of climate change, its underlying causes, and how Dharma practice can inform our personal… Read More Ecosattva: Mindfulness and Climate Action
Without exception and without the need for analytical studies, we can say that we automatically have buddha within us. That heart of the buddha is a very open heart. That heart would like to explore the phenomenal world; it is open to relating with others. That heart contains tremendous strength and confidence in itself, which… Read More We Already Have THE HEART OF THE BUDDHA
Today’s feature article in Tricycle by John Snelling states a truth that I discovered for myself just recently: “At the center of these [issues] lies the popular myth that prefigures enlightenment as an ecstatic experience that at once solves all personal problems and inaugurates an individual millennium of limitless personal “growth.” The rub of course… Read More Enlightenment On Your Own Two Feet
The federal government wants to use a sham review process to pass the Energy East pipeline proposal to pump a million barrels of toxic tar sands bitumen to the Atlantic Ocean. We need to speak out before the review starts. Tell Peter Watson, the new Chair of the National Energy Board: “No climate science? No real… Read More Stop Energy East: Sign the Petition
WE COULD STOP PUTTING LIDS ON OURSELVES It is as if we were extraordinary children, possessing all sorts of genius, and we were being undermined by the society around us, which was dying to make us normal people. Whenever we would show any mark of genius, our parents would get embarrassed and try to put… Read More Take the Buddhists Bowling
There’s no denying that what’s been unfolding in the Missouri community of Ferguson has rattled people across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Which is why this clip shared by Antonio French, President of the North Campus organization, featuring Tibetan Monks from India standing in solidarity with Ferguson-area civilians at the protest of the killing of Mike… Read More Tibetan Monks Travel from India to Ferguson, MO in Solidarity with Michael Brown
Get Your Hands Dirty Growing Enlightened Society This year of the wood horse, the Sakyong asked us to “pull up our chupa” and get to work creating enlightened society. You can also roll up your sleeves, put on your work boots, grab a spade and a package of seeds, and come down to the community… Read More Community Gardens: Get Your Hands Dirty With It
