Environmental Ethics Archives • Heather Lyn Mann

#Dharma Talk: the #Paramita of #Ethics

January 11, 2014 by heatherlynmann

Dear Friends, We can create happiness in ourselves and those around us by observing, studying, and practicing the Buddhist teachings on the Paramitas--the six qualities of an enlightened being that transform suffering. In this Dharma Talk, I explore the Parimita of Ethics. Each of us possesses the qualities of transformation,…

#Floods, #Drought, and how #ClimateChange Ruined my #FloridaVacation

December 10, 2013 by heatherlynmann

For spring break in 2008 our college kids joined my husband and me aboard our sailboat: Wild Hair. We planned for them an eight-day roundtrip cruise from Ft Lauderdale to Key West. But our scheme fell apart and the trip turned out to be the worst of our family vacations…

#Mindfulness Skills for the #InsightEnvironmentalist

October 23, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Insight Environmentalists practice these mindfulness skills for healing. They: 1.Touch the pain of planetary anguish 2.Take responsibility as earthlings to end suffering 3. Accept reality; say what they know 4.Transform fear into confidence sadness into compassion anger into a call for justice futility into inventiveness 5.Practice a living ethic by…

The Acceptance of 400 PPM

May 16, 2013 by heatherlynmann

Here is a simple confession: I often need to remind myself that pain is found in the gap between the way things are and the way I want things to be. My frustration and suffering increases the more I want things to be different. The only way to lessen pain…

Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part Five

May 13, 2013 by heatherlynmann

This post concludes 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. Battle-weary activists can let go of personal baggage and the scorecard of environmental wins and losses because scorecards are…

Heather Lyn Mann

#Dharma Talk: the #Paramita of #Ethics

#Floods, #Drought, and how #ClimateChange Ruined my #FloridaVacation

#Mindfulness Skills for the #InsightEnvironmentalist

The Acceptance of 400 PPM

Earth Holders’ Heart Sutra–Part Five

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