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A Buddhist response to the climate emergency / edited by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme Dorje.
Van Pelt Library BQ4570.E23 B85 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Global environmental change--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Global environmental change.
- Buddhism--Doctrines.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Wisdom Publications, [2009]
- Contents:
- Part I Mind, Heart, and Nature: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama 19
- Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency 21
- The Sheltering Tree of Interdependence: A Buddhist Monk's Reflections on Ecological Responsibility 24
- Part II Global Warming Science: A Buddhist Approach / John Stanley 33
- Climate, Science, and Buddhism 35
- Our Own Geological Epoch: The Anthropocene 37
- "The celestial order disrupted loosens plague, famine, and war..." 43
- Climate Breakdown at the Third Pole: Tibet 47
- The Road from Denial to Agricultural Collapse 53
- The Peak Oil Factor 57
- Scientific Predictions of Ecological Karma 59
- The Sixth Great Extinction 63
- What Makes Us Do It? 67
- A Safe-Climate Future 71
- Part III Asian Buddhist Perspectives 75
- Preface: The Meaning of Aspirational Prayer / Gyurme Dorje 77
- Pure Aspiration, Bodhisattva Activity, and a Safe-Climate Future / Gyalwang Karmapa XVII 81
- The Global Ecological Crisis: An Aspirational Prayer / Kyabje Sakya Trizin Rinpoche 87
- The Mandala of the Four Energies in the Kaliyuga 93
- A Prayer to Protect the Earth / Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche 96
- A Prayer at a Time of Ecological Crisis / Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche 101
- When Snow Mountains Wear Black Hats 105
- An Aspirational Prayer to Avert Global Warming / Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche 112
- A Prayer to Protect the World's Environment / Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche 115
- Human Intelligence Without Wisdom Can Destroy Nature / Ato Rinpoche 119
- The Bodhisattva Path at a Time of Crisis / Ringu Tulku Rinpoche 127
- Very Dangerous Territory / Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche 137
- A New Meaning of Chu ("Beings") and No ("Environment") Has Emerged / Tsoknyi Rinpoche 141
- Minimum Needs and Maximum Contentment / Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche 147
- Part IV Western Buddhist Perspectives 155
- The Voice of the Golden Goose / Bhikkhu Bodhi 157
- Woe Unto Us! / Robert Aitken Roshi 173
- On Being with Our World / Joanna Macy 177
- "Except as we have loved, All news arrives as from a distant land" / Joseph Goldstein 181
- Now the Whole Planet Has Its Head on Fire / Taigen Dan Leighton 187
- The Untellable Nonstory of Global Warming / Susan Murphy 195
- The Future Doesn't Hurt... Yet / Matthieu Ricard 203
- The World Is What You Make It: A Zen View of Global Responsibility / Hozan Alan Senauke 209
- The Rising Temperature of Planet Earth / Lin Jensen 217
- Part V Solutions / John, Diane Stanley 223
- Clarity, Acceptance, Altruism: Beyond the Climate of Denial 225
- A Renewable Future 235
- Five Transformative Powers 241
- The End of Energy Waste 249
- Goodbye to the Internal Combustion Engine 251
- Tradable Energy Quotas 253
- Drawing Down Carbon with Biochar 255
- Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Meat Industry 257
- Ending Deforestation 259
- Reforesting the Earth 261
- Part VI The Bells of Mindfulness / Thich Nhat Hanh 263.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0861716051
- 9780861716050
- OCLC:
- 298781881
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