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Meditating with Mother Earth

Sister Ocean 2 June 2017

I don’t think it’s an accident that the Buddha reached enlightenment sitting under a tree. While we can practice mindfulness anywhere, at any time, we

My Grandmother’s Greenhouse and Other Portals to Wonder

Sarah C. Beasley 2 September 2016

During a Hakomi* session some years ago, my lama Yeshe Wangmo asked me, “What would be a nourishing statement for you?” In this therapeutic context, dialogue

Buddhistdoor View: Climate Change is a Profound Moral Concern for Buddhists

Buddhistdoor Global 3 July 2014

Confronting the most significant environmental alteration in human memory demands two responses: adaptation (adjusting to the risks and consequences) and mitigation (how we lessen and

Significance of Nature in Buddhism

Ven. Priya Rakkhit 7 February 2014

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

Transforming Traditions: Mountain Worship in the Culture of the Kalmyk People

Bakaeva Elza Petrovna 27 December 2013

Editor’s note: Bakaeva Elza Petrovna has a PhD in History and is Deputy Director of the Kalmyk Institute for Humanities of the Russian Academy of

Buddha-Nature: Chinese Themes of Nature and Enlightenment

Ven. Dao Ran 2 September 2013

Mountains are ever-present, natural temples. Images of nature have always been associated with Chinese Buddhism throughout history. For example, having been blocked by the storm,

Buddha Touched the Earth: An Exploration of Engaged Buddhism

John Seed 25 May 2013

Green activist and writer John Seed shares his development of an ecological retreat aimed at helping students get back in touch with the Buddhist principles

A Retreat at Zhen Ru Chan Monastery

Eric Johns 30 April 2013

Zhen Ru Chan MonasteryCloud Abode MountainJiangsi ProvinceChina 2012 Thursday, 8th November I woke up in a cold, simple but clean room to the sound of