A Buddhist Response to Global Warming
Join others in advancing a spiritual view of climate change and promoting an urgent call to act. Sign the declaration at: http://www.ecobuddhism.org/bcp/all_content/buddhist_declaration/
Brightwork Gatha
Pinching sandpaper, smoothing layers of life, I grow mindful of gifts from Sister Tree, Brother Cloud, Mother Earth. A family project, we join in the creation of beauty. Soft teak fills whorls in fingerprints.
Writing Sample–Part 8, the Story’s Conclusion
Here is the conclusion to Chapter One, Ocean of Insight: A Climate Justice Memoir. As a reminder, the story starts in my June 5th posting. Because this is a crowd-sourced book, I invite your comments! Enjoy, H This is our moment of consequence, the seconds before we save ourselves from…
Writing Sample–Part 7
This is the next installment of a story begun in my June 5th posting. It is an excerpt from Ocean of Insight: A Climate Justice Memoir. Welcome aboard--H In the inky night--dressed in long underwear, fleece, waterproof bib overalls, Wellington boots, and a rain jacket cinched at neck and wrists--I…
Writing Sample–Part 5
Here is an excerpt from Chapter One of Ocean of Insight: A Climate Justice Memoir. To read from the beginning, go to my June 5th posting. The book's development is crowd-sourced so I encourage your comments--H “Bad news,” I announce. “The tackle is in pieces. We need a shackle to…
Flight
Dizzy the mind caught in a Sangha of Cormorants In formation on wing just inches above the sea Swarming my body one-hundred fold. Primal wisdom urges me to jump To take my place in the V To act in community. But these arms are too slow. Duty and longing evaporate…
Words from Thich Nhat Hahn
Our own lives are the instrument with which we experiment with truth.
Ideas from Joanna Macy
Systems Scientist and Buddhist Scholar Joanna Macy asks the question, "How can we live in a way that allows our system to work as well as it can?" Here, "system" can mean family, neighborhood, cooperative, watershed, state, nation, or planet earth. In answer, Macy offers the following Guidelines of Intention.…
Please Sign this Petition
Here is a link to an online petition aimed at addressing climate change through positive action. Please sign--H http://1earthsangha.org/request-for-teachings/
Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part Four
This post continues the discussion of my revisions to the classic Buddhist text, The Heart of the Prajanaparamita. You will find the revised text--The Earth Holders' Heart Sutra--below in Part Two. It was Einstein who described matter as energy, without a separate self. Today, the more deeply scientists look into…