Tag: climate emergency

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Free Buddhist Audio

Powerful Forces (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Mon, 16 Jun, 2025 - 11:00

Shraddhavani invites us to engage with the facts about our contributions to climate change through basic activities such as eating, living in our homes and travel. She then asks us to get in touch with those seemingly simple, everyday feelings that tend to govern our choices in these areas –– the feelings of wanting, resistance and not knowing, which we as Buddhists can relate to the poisons of greed, hatred and delusion. Excerpted from the talk ...

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An Ethical Approach to Climate Science (Dharmabytes Podcast)

By Centre Team on Thu, 12 Jun, 2025 - 16:03

How can Buddhists respond to the climate emergency? Vishvapani uses the Parable of the Burning House from the Lotus Sutra to suggest our responsibilities’ and finds the values we need to guide us in the Five Precepts. Excerpted from the talk Climate Precepts In The Burning House given in Cardiff, 2019.

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Triratna Earth Sangha Online Retreat

By Centre Team on Fri, 10 May, 2024 - 13:29

Triratna Earth Sangha Online Retreat

By Centre Team on Fri, 10 May, 2024 - 13:29

A Triratna Earth Sangha weekend retreat exploring the Four Samgrahavastus (Means of Unification of the Sangha)

How to live united and care for all life

Led by Shantigarbha, Sanghajata and team

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Feeling the Heat: Communities Adapting to a Changing Climate

By Ananta on Sat, 6 Aug, 2022 - 10:01

Feeling the Heat: Communities Adapting to a Changing Climate

By Ananta on Sat, 6 Aug, 2022 - 10:01

At Karuna USA we believe that every individual deserves a decent life and the opportunity to achieve their potential, regardless of caste, race or ethnicity. This ‘vision’ is oh-so apparent to us as temperatures soar across the globe.

With records continuing to be broken in the US and Europe, Karuna USA’s focus countries of India, Nepal and Bangladesh are similarly suffering under the staggering heat. March and April of this year were the hottest on record in India, regularly...

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Buddhist Centre Features

The Burning House Returns!

By Zac on Fri, 25 Feb, 2022 - 13:58

The Burning House Returns!

By Zac on Fri, 25 Feb, 2022 - 13:58

Shantigarbha is back with a two-part course for Buddhists & eco-activists concerned about the climate emergency, wishing to ground their work in a spiritual context.

Part 1: Introduction to the Burning House

Dates: 12, 19, 26 May; (skip 2 June for UK Bank Holiday); 9 June, 2022.

Sessions (2 hrs 15 mins, with break): USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | India: 23:30...

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The Burning House: Eight Week Course with Shantigarbha

By Centre Team on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:42

The Burning House: Eight Week Course with Shantigarbha

By Centre Team on Sat, 18 Sep, 2021 - 17:42

The Burning House: A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

How can we wake up to the climate and ecological emergency? An eight-week course for anyone wishing to ground their work in a Dharma context

Eight Saturdays: October 16, 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4 

Sessions (2 hrs 15 mins, with break): USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | Australia...

Windhorse Publications
Windhorse Publications

Out now: 'The Burning House' by Shantigarbha

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 23 Aug, 2021 - 15:15

Out now: 'The Burning House' by Shantigarbha

By Windhorse Publi... on Mon, 23 Aug, 2021 - 15:15

2021 has been one of the hottest years on record in many parts of the globe. There have been wildfires in California, Turkey, Italy, Greece and Siberia as well as floods in the UK, Germany, Belgium, India and China. The continued existence of humans and other species is at risk if we don’t change our ways. 

António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, warned: ‘This is a code red for humanity. The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is undisputable:...

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Triratna Earth Sangha Conference 2021: Save the Dates!

By Shantigarbha on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 15:12

Triratna Earth Sangha Conference 2021: Save the Dates!

By Shantigarbha on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 15:12

Friday 24 - Sunday 26 September 2021, Online

Conference begins Friday: 
USA PST 11:00 | México 13:00 | USA EST 14:00 | IE & UK 19:00 | Europe CET 20:00 | India 23:30 | Australia AEST 04.00 (next day) | New Zealand NZST 07:00 (next day)

The Triratna Earth Sangha is a group of Triratna Order members, Mitras and Friends worldwide who are deeply concerned about the climate and ecological...

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Book Launch - The Burning House: A Buddhist Response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 12:14

Book Launch - The Burning House: A Buddhist Response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 12:14

Monday 30 August
11.00 US PST | 13.00 Mexico | 14.00 US EST | 19.00 IE & UK | 20.00 Europe CET | 06.00 New Zealand (next day)

Windhorse Publications are holding an online book launch to celebrate the publication of their latest title The Burning House: A Buddhist Response to the Climate and Ecological Emergency by Shantigarbha.

In the book Shantigarbha explores how we can wake up and respond to the climate and ecological...

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