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ratnaguna — Thu, 16 Jul, 2020 - 08:56

Just for the record, not everyone involved in the Triratna Buddhist Movement thinks that there is a climate emergency. I make this point not to start a debate (online debates about climate change invariably end up in fruitless arguments), or to belittle Shantigarbha’s offering, but to let any readers out there who happen to be climate sceptics know that Shantigarbha’s opinion is not Triratna’s official position. I wouldn’t you feel that Triratna is not for you on account of this issue.

Shantigarbha’s text speaks of ‘mourning’. I don’t think that we need to mourn the world. If you’d like to read something more cheerful, have a look at this, by environmentalist Michael Shellenberger:

https://quillette.com/2020/06/30/on-behalf-of-environmentalists-i-apolog…