The Extraordinary Gift of Impermanence
Satya Robyn
17 January 2023
BDG columnist Satya Robyn guides us through the impermanence of all things, large and small, on a path to gratitude
Satya Robyn is a writer, a psychotherapist, a Buddhist teacher, and a member of Extinction Rebellion, seeking to bring about needed change in our human relationship with the earth. Her latest book Dear Earth: Love, grief and activism (Woodsmoke Press 2020) is out now. More on her life and work can be found at her website, www.satyarobyn.com. She runs the Bright Earth Buddhist Temple in the UK with her husband Kaspa: www.brightearth.org.
Dear Earth offers monthly writings from the heart, touching on both the devastation that humans have wrought on the earth and the beautiful possibilities for transformation within each of us as individuals and of our interconnected societies.
What Is Your Role in These Times of Crisis?
Satya Robyn
28 December 2022
Inviting each of us to check in with our hearts and ask what we can do in these perilous times
Things Are Awful, Things Are Getting Worse
Satya Robyn
8 November 2022
As another round of climate talks begins and we have seen so many promises broken, how might we find a core of light and good in the world?
Soup and a Broken Heart
Satya Robyn
20 October 2022
A Buddhist reflection on the recent UK “soup protest,” the climate crisis, and the lack of political motivation to make changes needed to keep our planet livable
On Not Going Gently
Satya Robyn
10 October 2022
How writing a new book on being gentle can actually make life more difficult
Living in End Times
Satya Robyn
1 September 2022
Applying the Buddhist wisdom of the vastness of time and the importance of refuge to the reality of our current climate crisis
The Center Within
Satya Robyn
5 August 2022
Allowing questions to unravel threads of identity and clinging so as to see and breathe more clearly and freely in our lives
The Smell of Guilt
Satya Robyn
20 July 2022
A Buddhist eco-activist steps back and checks in with the Buddha and her emotions as the climate crisis marches forth around us
Am I Boring You?
Satya Robyn
9 June 2022
Sometimes simply attending to the ordinary beauty of our lives is the heart of our Buddhist practice
Are You Doing Enough?
Satya Robyn
12 May 2022
Working through the difficult realities of working hard and knowing there is still so much more to do
In Praise of Limitations
Satya Robyn
22 April 2022
Accepting the reality of our limitations as a way to work clearly and honestly with the world as it is
War, Helplessness, and Hope
Satya Robyn
23 March 2022
Relying on Buddhist wisdom to work through the complex emotions stirred up by the climate crisis and war