


Planetary Healing: Buddhism and World Ecology
From biodiversity loss to desertification, from veganism and vegetarianism to green energy, environmental issues

Buddhistdoor View: Reflecting on 2016
What a year it’s been—brimming with economic and political upheavals that historians will be debating furiously for decades to come! Many joke (with a hint

An Afternoon with Ajahn Sujato: Personal Courage and Restoring the Sangha’s Moral Purpose
The tall and robust teacher of Ajahn Chah’s forest tradition speaks with a typically blokeish Aussie accent, however the words of wisdom and compassion he

Buddhistdoor View: The Dharma’s Place in the Global Climate Change Crisis
The Earth recently reached a grim milestone. On 24 October, the World Meteorological Organization reported in its annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletin that a strong El Niño weather

Buddhistdoor View—How the Zeitgeist of Greed and Materialism is Destroying our Ecology and the World
What was it about the Panama Papers that made people so angry? Leaking of classified information and geopolitical deceit aside, it is because the public

Art, Ecology, and Religion: Intersecting Landscapes on the 21st Century Silk Road
The themes of the Silk Road, spirituality, and the environment rarely come together in contemporary art, so I feel fortunate to have recently met an

Buddhistdoor View: The Great Danger and Fear to Come—Global Catastrophe and the Dharma-ending Age
The Doomsday Clock at the University of Chicago is a symbolic timepiece that estimates how many “minutes” remain before the “midnight” of a global catastrophe.

Buddhistdoor View: The UN and Buddhist NGOs—Untested Partnerships
Next month, Paris will host the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with

Eco-wisdom and Effort
The scope of the environmental crisis may leave us feeling overwhelmed and helpless to do anything about it. According to Joanna Macy, it is necessary