World as lover, world as self : courage for global justice and ecological renewal / Joanna Macy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macy, Joanna, 1929-2025.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Social aspects.

Buddhism.

Human ecology--Philosophy.

Human ecology.

System theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Parallax Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A new beginning for the environment must start with a new spiritual outlook. In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment. Using the Buddha's teachings on Paticca Samuppada, which stresses the interconnectedness of all things in the world and suggests that any one action affects all things, Macy describes how decades of ignoring this principle has resulted in a self-centeredness that has devastated the environment.

Contents:

World as lover, world as self

It's all connected

Self and society

Karma : the co-arising of doer and deed

Mother of all Buddhas

Gratitude

The bestiary

Despair work

Faith, power, and ecology

Three lessons in compassion

The Shambhala warriors

Taking heart : spiritual practices for activists

The great turning

The greening of the self

Perseverance for the long haul : a Dharma lesson from Tibet

To reinhabit time

In league with beings of the future.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).

ISBN:

1-935209-30-2

OCLC:

727647921