Connie will set the stage with a video from the Council on the Uncertain Human Future, follow with Joanna Macy’s,  The Great Turning, which puts these troubled times in context to give us a way forward, and wrap up with practices for working with chaos.

It’s getting hot. The planet is suffering in ways that are unprecedented in scope and intensity. Since the core teaching of Buddhism is that there is a path that leads to relief from suffering it would seem that Buddhists should have something to contribute to the climate crisis debate. But what is that distinctively Buddhist teaching? This talk takes up the question, “What can I do… as a Buddhist practitioner?”

Viewed rationally, it seems absurd to vow to save even oneself, much less “all sentient beings”. This talk explores the meaning of the Bodhisattva Vow, the core expression of a commitment to compassionate practice in Buddhism. What does it mean when Buddhists commit to “saving” other beings? And, do we really mean “all” beings? What about non-humans, plants, ecosystems?

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