As the climate crisis worsens, and the window to solve it is quickly closing, we have a choice to make: we can shut down in fear or lean in and open our hearts even more.
How to Be a Good Citizen in Troubled Times
A good society is built one citizen at a time. Here are some Buddhist-inspired ways to be a good citizen in these troubled political times.
Commentary: Let’s Envision a Buddhist Political Philosophy
Randeep Purewall says it’s time to define Buddhist political philosophy. He proposes four core components for a political philosophy informed by the dharma.
Good Failure
You may fail to change the system, says Courtney E. Martin, but it’s a good failure if you’ve made life a little kinder or more beautiful.
Extinction Rebellion activist Mark Ovland on bringing climate activism & Buddhism together
Tynette Deveaux talks to Buddhist Extinction Rebellion (XR) activist Mark Ovland about his decision to join the XR movement.
How to Be an Ecosattva
How do bodhisattvas respond to the greatest crisis of our time? Appropriately, says Buddhist teacher and activist David Loy.
5 Buddhist Practices to Help Tackle Climate Change
Lama Willa Miller offers five meditations to help accept the truth of climate change, laying the ground for a skillful response.
First Do No Harm
When the Buddha attained enlightenment, he touched the earth. If he touched it now, it would cry out in pain.
Confessions of a Marxist Buddhist
For a long time, Dorotea Mendoza hid her Marxism from her fellow Buddhists and her Buddhism from her activist comrades. Finally, as the dialecticians say, she resolved the contradiction.
Why We Go for the Gun
Greg Snyder on how to reclaim the grace and humanity that our access to guns has led us to squander.