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Sakyong Calls for Protecting the Earth

Sakyong Calls for Protecting the Earth – HIGHLIGHT

A Call to Contemplation and Action on Climate Change by Sakyong Mipham (republished from April 2009) On April 19, 2009, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche offered the following teaching in support of Earth Day, and the work of the Touching the Earth working group of the ... continue
Posted December 6, 2009 by Editor
Shambhala and the Buddhist Response to Climate Change

Shambhala and the Buddhist Response to Climate Change

Now is the time for us to tap the power available to us from our diverse disciplines, cultures and societies to cultivate the dignity, confidence and fearlessness necessary to protect our Earth. — The Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche Mother Earth was able to tolerate our sloppy house ... continue
Posted December 5, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency

Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency – HIGHLIGHT

By His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, who was the first to sign the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change It is difficult to fully comprehend great environmental changes like global warming. We know that carbon dioxide levels are rising dangerously in the atmosphere leading to unprecedented ... continue
Posted December 5, 2009 by Jennifer Holder
One Centre, One Global Sustainability Effort

One Centre, One Global Sustainability Effort – HIGHLIGHT

A look at the sustainability effort at the Halifax Shambhala Centre By Richard Peisinger The central focus of the Halifax Shambhala Centre Sustainability Initiative, formed in 2007, is to support conditions for success at the World Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen from December 11-14. To send ... continue
Posted December 4, 2009 by
Practice, Love, Protect, and Act

Practice, Love, Protect, and Act – HIGHLIGHT

The natural steps we can take to apply Shambhala Buddhism to environmental action By Irene Lorch-Wauchope Practice makes us more aware: we look around and we see what is going on. As we practice, our circle of awareness naturally expands, and we become more aware of ... continue
Posted December 3, 2009 by
Doing it at Home

Doing it at Home – HIGHLIGHT

The radical simplicity of the little changes: how we drive, heat our homes, do housework, and relate with food. By Hudson Shotwell A few years ago, in order to prepare for a reasonable, practice-relevant descent down the other side of the oil peak, Janet and I ... continue
Posted December 2, 2009 by
Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis

Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis – HIGHLIGHT

We begin our theme on the Buddhist Response to Climate Change, with an excerpt from the new book, A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, edited by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme Dorje. From the introduction, by David R. Loy and John Stanley If ... continue
Posted December 1, 2009 by Jennifer Holder


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