[EcoDharma] Living Earth

[Heiso]

Wow, if Fox are admitting there's a problem we really must be up the creak with no paddle. Hopefully the message gets through to their biggest fan!

Gassho,

Neil

StLah

[Kyonin]

Hi guys,

Just a quick note about this important matter.

A few days ago I attended to a Buddhist conference and one of the topics was Global Warming, changes in weather and our duty as Buddhists. The monks talked about how close our practice is compatible with all the efforts to find balance between consumption and respect for nature.

They said that the more honest and true our practice get, the more respect and love we experience for Mother Earth. I was surprised how this surprised many people who would practice Buddhism thinking on personal salvation and not as a practice of generosity for all sentient beings.

There is still a long way to go, but I think Shikantaza is the most eco-friendly activity we can engage into. All you need is a bottom willing to sit. For those 20 minutes of sitting, we stop all the wanting, eating and buying. I think Mother Earth wins for each minute of our practice.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Seibu]

Hi guys,

Just a quick note about this important matter.

A few days ago I attended to a Buddhist conference and one of the topics was Global Warming, changes in weather and our duty as Buddhists. The monks talked about how close our practice is compatible with all the efforts to find balance between consumption and respect for nature.

They said that the more honest and true our practice get, the more respect and love we experience for Mother Earth. I was surprised how this surprised many people who would practice Buddhism thinking on personal salvation and not as a practice of generosity for all sentient beings.

There is still a long way to go, but I think Shikantaza is the most eco-friendly activity we can engage into. All you need is a bottom willing to sit. For those 20 minutes of sitting, we stop all the wanting, eating and buying. I think Mother Earth wins for each minute of our practice.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

Thank you Kyonin

Gassho,
Jack
Sattoday/lah

[Shoka]

I was surprised how this surprised many people who would practice Buddhism thinking on personal salvation and not as a practice of generosity for all sentient beings.

Kyonin,

This right here is it. In one wonderful sentence you summed up the intention of the Engaged center.

Gassho,

Shoka
sattoday

[Shonin Risa Bear]

All you need is a bottom willing to sit. For those 20 minutes of sitting, we stop all the wanting, eating and buying. I think Mother Earth wins for each minute of our practice.

This, this, this.

_()_ _()_ _()_
gassho
doyu sat/lah today

[Jundo]

Alas ...

At the bottom of a glacier in Greenland, climate scientists find troubling signs


NASA oceanographer Josh Willis and his team are investigating how the ice is being attacked not only by rising air temperatures but also by the warming ocean, which is eating it away from underneath.

https://us.cnn.com/2019/08/19/weathe...ntl/index.html

Microplastics discovered in 'extreme' concentrations in the North Atlantic

https://us.cnn.com/2019/08/19/world/microplastics-sargasso-sea-north-atlantic-intl/index.html

It's raining plastic -- that's what a survey of rainfall in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, concluded recently.

The rainfall survey, titled "It is raining plastic," was put together by scientists at the US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey.
They couldn't see the plastic with their naked eyes, but found it using a binocular microscope fitted with a digital camera.
They found plastic showed up in 90% of the samples, mostly in fiber form, and came in a variety of colors. ...
It's unclear where the plastic is coming from, but plastic contamination has been a growing problem throughout the world.
https://us.cnn.com/2019/08/14/health...rnd/index.html

Gassho, J

STLah

[Tairin]

Alas ...





Gassho, J

STLah

[Amelia]

I have been discouraged by a darkening feeling that politics is as it is to distract from how badly irreversible the climate problem is. At the same time, every day is a good day. Nurture what we can in this life...

Gassho

Sat today, lah

[Jundo]

One thing that I know is that this planet has amazing recovery systems. It may take 100 years, 10,000 years or a million, but that is just a blink of an eye for this place. All is impermanent, and that is sometimes a good thing!

Of course, whether or not that includes People Version 1.0, well, that is another story. I mean, it will not be "us" anyway, but it will be our childrens' children who have to live with what the future holds.

I also have hope that our future technologies will find ways to clean and replenish the oceans, clean the air, find substitutes for scarce and poisonous resources and the like. (It is all in my new book, "ZEN of the FUTURE!")

Whether we get to realize that "hope" before we make too much of a mess of things, well, that is an open question.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shokai]

and just when will "ZEN of the FUTURE!" be available in print?

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Jundo]

and just when will "ZEN of the FUTURE!" be available in print?

gassho, Shokai
stlah

Kirk, who is a professional editor, is giving it a once over this week, and then I will talk to the publishers. It will be available .............. IN THE FUTURE!!

Gassho, J

STLah

[Shokai]

It will be available .............. IN THE FUTURE!!

haha

gassho,Shokai
stlah

[Doshin]

We each can make a difference https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=48mxaQtbUdU

Doshin
St

[Tairin]

We each can make a difference https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=48mxaQtbUdU

Doshin
St

What an awesome and powerful video. Thank you for sharing that Doshin. I am hopeful we still have time to make the necessary changes.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Doshin]

Not two

Doshin
St