Tag: EcoDharma

Buddhist Action

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 13:01

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action

By Sadayasihi on Fri, 26 Jun, 2020 - 13:01

For the Earth: Deeper Resources for Action, by Guhyapati, Sunday 28th June

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The last year has seen important shifts in public narrative and awareness around the climate crisis. We’re living through enormous mobilisations on key social and ecological issues. For many, this feels like a turning point. In the midst of this historic point of disruption, awareness of the complexity of social change should alerts...

Triratna News

Engaged Buddhist Training at EcoDharma Centre, Spain

By Munisha on Mon, 5 Dec, 2016 - 15:41

Engaged Buddhist Training at EcoDharma Centre, Spain

By Munisha on Mon, 5 Dec, 2016 - 15:41

As Europe, and indeed, the world, faces very serious challenges, the Ecodharma Centre, in Spain, continues to explore how Buddhism can empower social engagement. This beautiful 4-minute video features activists reflecting on their lives, on retreat in the wonderful mountain landscape of Catalunya.

EcoDharma’s pioneering work in Engaged Buddhist Training has gained an international reputation over the last few years. This summer they worked with Engaged Buddhist writer and academic David Loy to host a ‘community of inquiry’ entitled...

Buddhist Action Month 2016

Buddhist Action All Year

By guhyapati on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 16:57

Buddhist Action All Year

By guhyapati on Tue, 28 Jun, 2016 - 16:57

It’s almost the end of Buddhist Action Month, but Engaging as Buddhists goes on all year. Its not always easy. It takes skill, energy, resources and courage. This is why the Ecodharma Centre is supporting Buddhist Action through our Engaged Buddhist Training and other courses bringing the Dharma to empower social change.

Here’s our new video on Engaged Buddhist Training!

Buddhist Action Month 2016

Guhyapati: On Inner And Outer Transformation

By mokshini on Wed, 15 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

Guhyapati: On Inner And Outer Transformation

By mokshini on Wed, 15 Jun, 2016 - 04:00

For Buddhist Action Month 2016 we asked our friends from around the world to say what the Bodhisattva Ideal means to them…

Guhyapati has been spearheading a pioneering Eco-Dharma community in the Pyrenees for many years, and wants to see some of the principles of that movement brought to bear in our own lives of practice, giving rise to new projects that will re-shape the personal, economic, political and ecological landscape of the 21st Century.

More at thebuddhistcentre.com/bam - get involved!

ecodharma

Revitalising the New Society

By guhyapati on Wed, 17 Dec, 2014 - 19:00

Revitalising the New Society

By guhyapati on Wed, 17 Dec, 2014 - 19:00The New Society idea was at the heart of Sangharakshita’s founding vision for the Triratna Community in the 1960’s and 70’s. In recent years many of us have been asking what this means today. The level of interest in revitalising the vision of the New Society has been flagged up repeatedly at the meeting of Triratna’s European Chairs’ Assembly, but how to make that real remains work in progress. Taking a step forwards in the exploration, Guhyapati (from the ...

Triratna News

Triratna Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project

By Munisha on Wed, 17 Sep, 2014 - 00:59

Triratna Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project

By Munisha on Wed, 17 Sep, 2014 - 00:59July’s meeting of the European Chairs’ Assembly at Adhisthana saw the launch of a new environmental initiative for Triratna worldwide.

The Triratna Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project isn’t just a good idea! It comes complete with a practical Centre Certification Scheme devised by Amalaketu. He’s Chair of the Colchester Buddhist Centre, UK and a specialist in energy efficiency.

The aim of the scheme is to champion sustainability across Triratna and to support Buddhist centres to exemplify...

ecodharma

Triratna Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project

By guhyapati on Thu, 21 Aug, 2014 - 09:47

Triratna Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project

By guhyapati on Thu, 21 Aug, 2014 - 09:47This summer the Sustainable Buddhist Centre Project was launched during the European Chairs’ Assembly at Adhistana. In this short video Guhyapati interviews Amalaketu about the project.

ecodharma

Discussing Climate Change and the Triratna Community

By guhyapati on Thu, 21 Aug, 2014 - 09:33

Discussing Climate Change and the Triratna Community

By guhyapati on Thu, 21 Aug, 2014 - 09:33This is a discussion with Sahajatara, Yogaratna, and Lindsay Alderton about their recent efforts to promote concern and action around climate change within the Triratna Community and the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement. The conversation took place mid summer 2014. it was arranged and hosted by the ecodharma centre (www.ecodharma.com).