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What is the Earth trying to tell us?
Episode 1341
How might we respond, as Buddhists, to the emerging environmental crises facing the planet? Gunopeta explores the implications of what happens whe…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
What Do We Hear If We Begin to Listen?
Episode 1340
One of the contradictions of modern environmentalism is that a concern for ‘nature’ embodies a separation between humans and the living world. Ketu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Powerful Forces
Episode 1339
Shraddhavani invites us to engage with the facts about our contributions to climate change through basic activities such as eating, living in our h…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
An Ethical Approach to Climate Science
Episode 1338
How can Buddhists respond to the climate emergency? Vishvapani uses the Parable of the Burning House from the Lotus Sutra to suggest our responsi…
11 months ago
Collective Delusion
Episode 1337
Dayajoti offers a short talk on climate change, relating it to basic buddhist teachings, followed by a guided 'climate' meditation. From the talk e…
11 months, 1 week ago
All Life is Interconnected, the work of Joanna Macy
Episode 1336
Lokabandhu introduces the American Buddhist activist Joanna Macy and her teaching of the 'Work That Reconnects', part of the Southampton Buddhist C…
11 months, 1 week ago
Haunted by a Sense of Lack
Episode 1335
Vaddhaka introduces David Loy and his thoughts about how to bring our Buddhist practice out into the streets and engage with the world. In the full…
11 months, 1 week ago
Our Ethical Sensitivity
Episode 1334
How ethically sensitive are we? Could we rejoice in our ethical behaviour? Ratnaghosha gives a short talk reflecting on the practices described in…
11 months, 1 week ago
The Preciousness of Human Birth
Episode 1333
How can we, in our busy, everyday lives, transform our awareness and turn our minds towards awakening? Paranita talks about the practice of the 'F…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
An Ode to Joy
Episode 1332
Smritiratna portrays rejoicing not as a mood but as a choice: a deliberate act. At least potentially we all have the power to rejoice, even when w…
11 months, 2 weeks ago