Ice Chorten in Ladakh Becomes a Buddhist Symbol of the Climate Change Crisis
Craig Lewis
22 March 2018
Buddhist ice sculpture highlights growing water…
The Big Uncertainty
Anam Thubten Rinpoche
3 January 2018
Uncertainty, impermanence, and the awakened heart
Halting the Economics of Extinction: How a Spiritual Resurgence in China Could Save the Biosphere
Raymond Lam
31 March 2017
China’s renaissance in ecological ethics
Planetary Healing: Buddhism and World Ecology
Buddhistdoor Global
17 March 2017
From biodiversity loss to desertification, from veganism and vegetarianism to green energy, environmental issues
Reinstating Animal Rights in Sri Lanka
Sean Mós
30 June 2016
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
Buddhistdoor View: Can Buddhists Take the Lead on Climate Change?
Buddhistdoor Global
6 February 2015
China’s pollution continues to affect countries across the world, despite the accelerated growth of its renewable energy industry and President Xi Jinping’s estimable pledge with
Buddhistdoor View: Interconnected Consumption
Buddhistdoor Global
7 November 2014
Perhaps you are reading this editorial on your mobile phone and are looking to upgrade to a new model. The Fairphone, made by a Netherlands-based
Reducing plastic pollution in the place of Buddha’s Enlightenment
Lillian Sum
9 May 2014
Lillian Sum is the founding director of Sacred Earth Trust and is based in India. I first arrived in Bodhgaya in 2006. My first feelings
Vanishing Virtues: The Spirituality of China’s Ethnic Minorities
Raymond Lam
15 April 2014
In Chi Zhijian’s (遲子建) The Last Quarter of the Moon (额尔古纳河右岸), it is not inter-tribal conflict or the natural elements of snow and storm that destroy the
How Belief in Rebirth Might Protect the Earth
Luisa (Lulu) Cook
4 April 2014
An American Buddhist friend of mine recounted a conversation she had with another practitioner, one who comes from a clear, unwavering cultural confidence in the
The Four Truths of Climate Change
Luisa (Lulu) Cook
4 January 2014
When we consider the ever-more-frequent headlines about large-scale devastation wrought by climate change, we see a metaphor for the human experience of suffering writ large.
Sustainability and Wellness: What are we even talking about?
Luisa (Lulu) Cook
5 December 2013
When you see the word sustainability, what associations come immediately to mind? This term is having its moment in the spotlight of public awareness, along with