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
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.
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
My Buddhist Teacher Wendell Berry
Satya Robyn
10 February 2022
Recognizing that Buddhism seeks truth and that teachers of truth can be found in many places
Activism Is Dharma
Satya Robyn
18 January 2022
Finding balance as an activist committed to change, both internally and in the world
Does It Make Any Difference?
Satya Robyn
3 December 2021
Contemplating whether Buddhist eco-activism will succeed, or whether that matters
Eco-activism as Buddhist Practice
Satya Robyn
5 November 2021
Sitting for the Earth with compassion for every precious life around us
In Conversation with a Robin
Satya Robyn
18 October 2021
Allowing nature to give us perspective on life
On Being Intentionally Disruptive
Satya Robyn
28 September 2021
As the Buddha disrupted Angulimala, some Buddhists are drawn to disrupt the causes of climate change
The Price of Speaking Up
Satya Robyn
17 August 2021
A Buddhist teacher grapples with the realities of confronting the climate crisis