Tag: environment

Earth Metta Sangha
Earth Metta Sangha

Dharma talk: Reclamation of the sacred (Thanissara)

By Christine on Sun, 11 Oct, 2015 - 12:28

This Dharma talk explores collective dislocation, naming colonial devastation and the movement towards tenderness. One of the resources from the Eco-Sattva Training course.

http://dharmaseed.org/teacher/178/talk/27138/

Thanissara, a practitioner since 1975, was a Theravada nun for 12 years in the tradition of Ajahn Chah and has taught internationally the last 20 years. She is co-founder and director of Dharmagiri Hermitage and Outreach in South Africa and spends time between there and the US. She has an MA in Mindfulness Psychotherapy Practice from Karuna Institute...
Triratna Young Buddhists
Triratna Young Buddhists

Buddhism and the Modern World

By vajratara on Thu, 10 Sep, 2015 - 10:46

Great to see those of you who came to the young women’s retreat at Tiratanaloka.  I was left feeling that the future of the Order is in good hands.  Here is the talk I gave about the state of the world: refugees, Jeremy Corbyn, money, power, the environment, and what the Buddhist response is.  I think we are on the brink of something quite new, and Buddhism has an important role to play… 

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Buddhist Centre Features
Buddhist Centre Features

Sahajatara - Apparell'd In Celestial Light

By Candradasa on Sat, 29 Aug, 2015 - 07:34

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, 
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparell’d in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.

Appropriately enough, a talk in a rainstorm! Sahajatara offers a beautiful discourse to close the Conscious Surrender to the Beautiful Arts event. She opens with this short extract from Wordsworth’s ‘Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’ and a long reading from...

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Norwich Buddhist Centre
Norwich Buddhist Centre

A Hopeful Buddhist Response to the Environmental Crisis

By Suryadarshini on Tue, 15 Jul, 2014 - 14:12
Amalaketu gives a talk on how as Buddhists we can respond appropriately to the current environmental crisis. Talk given on Sangha Night at Norwich Buddhist Centre on 1st July 2014.
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