Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

48 Pages·2014·0.21 MB·English

buddhism/environment
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www.wisdompubs.org ePnrovidruocnemdewnittahlmindfulness wisdom EditedbyJohnStanley,DavidR.Loy,andGyurmeDorje
A Buddhist Response to the
Climate Emergency
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this book.
A Buddhist Response to
THE CLIMATE
EMERGENCY
Edited by John Stanley,Ph.D.,David R.Loy,Ph.D.,
and Gyurme Dorje,Ph.D.
Wisdom Publications • Boston
Contributors:
Dalai Lama XIV
Gyalwang Karmapa XVII
SakyaTrizin Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche
Chatral Rinpoche
Thrangu Rinpoche
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Ato Rinpoche
RinguTulku Rinpoche
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
Bhikkhu Bodhi
RobertAitken
Joanna Macy
Joseph Goldstein
Taigen Dan Leighton
Susan Murphy
Matthieu Ricard
HozanAlan Senauke
Lin Jensen
Thich Nhat Hanh
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
David R.Loy and John Stanley
The Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis 3
Overview of the Book 15
PartI
Mind,Heart,andNature 19
The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency 21
The ShelteringTree of Interdependence:A Buddhist Monk’s
Reflections on Ecological Responsibility 24
PartII
GlobalWarmingScience:ABuddhistApproach 33
John Stanley
Climate,Science,and Buddhism 35
Our Own Geological Epoch:TheAnthropocene 37
“The celestial order disrupted loosens plague,
famine,and war…” 43
Climate Breakdown at theThird Pole:Tibet 47
The Road from Denial toAgricultural Collapse 53
viii (cid:1) ABuddhistResponsetotheClimateEmergency
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
PartIII
AsianBuddhistPerspectives 75
Preface:The Meaning ofAspirational Prayer 77
Gyurme Dorje
PureAspiration,BodhisattvaActivity,
and a Safe-Climate Future 81
Gyalwang Karmapa XVII
The Global Ecological Crisis:AnAspirational Prayer 87
Kyabje SakyaTrizin Rinpoche
The Mandala of the Four Energies in the Kaliyuga 93
A Prayer to Protect the Earth 96
Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche
A Prayer at aTime of Ecological Crisis 101
Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche
When Snow MountainsWear Black Hats 105
AnAspirational Prayer toAvert GlobalWarming 112
KhenchenThrangu Rinpoche
TableofContents (cid:1) ix
A Prayer to Protect theWorld’s Environment 115
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Human IntelligenceWithoutWisdom Can
Destroy Nature 119
Ato Rinpoche
The Bodhisattva Path at aTime of Crisis 127
RinguTulku Rinpoche
Very DangerousTerritory 137
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche
A New Meaning of Chu (“Beings”) and
No (“Environment”) Has Emerged 141
Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Minimum Needs and Maximum Contentment 147
Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
PartIV
WesternBuddhistPerspectives 155
TheVoice of the Golden Goose 157
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Woe Unto Us! 173
RobertAitken Roshi
On Being with OurWorld 177
Joanna Macy