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The Dignity of Companion Sentient Beings
Recalibrating our assumptions about…
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Singapore Buddhist Federation Promotes Alternatives to Life Release for Vesak Celebrations
Going vegetarian and supporting animal…
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The Year of Doggy Dharma
Lessons learned from our four-legged doggy-sattva…
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Sowing the Seeds of Metta to Dissolve Fears of the Unknown
Last month, I introduced the overall concept of lily padding as a combination of location-independence and letting the Dharma take the lead. During my seven
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Childhood Pets, Animals, and Kindness
I often think about what I most wish for my children in this life. As a mother who tries to follow the Buddha’s teachings, I
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Reinstating Animal Rights in Sri Lanka
On 24 May 2013, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk named Bowatte Indrarathana self-immolated in front of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, demanding an
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“When a fly falls into a cup of tea”: ahimsa and life-preserving actions
It’s been several years since I read Heinrich Harrer’s classic, Seven Years in Tibet (1953). Amidst Harrer’s dramatic journey through Tibet’s soaring mountain peaks, harrowing political landscape,
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Significance of Nature in Buddhism
Editorial Note: Ven. Priya Rakkhit is a young Therav?da monk from the Chittagong Plain, Bangladesh. He is presently in Hong Kong pursuing Buddhist studies at
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Environmental Concern in the Discourses of Dīgha Nikāya
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008. 01. Introduction The term ‘environment’ includes the working of biotic and non-biotic
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Buddhist Perspective on Ecological Crisis and Individual Social Responsibility
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008. Prologue The term ecology dates back to 19th century, introduced by
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Ecological Crisis: A Buddhist Analysis and its Resolution
Editor’s note: This article was first published in the now-retired Bodhi Journal, Issue 10, December 2008. Email:[email protected] ‘The earliest doctrinal elements represented in [particularly] the Therav?da