A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

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A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

Edited by John Stanley, David R. Loy, and Gyurme Dorje,

Never before have so many teachers from all Buddhist traditions-Zen, Vajrayana, Theravada, Vipassana; from the West and the East-come together to offer a unified response to a matter of utmost urgency. This watershed volume is at the same time a clarion call to action and a bright beacon of hope.

With contributions from: the Dalai Lama, the Seventeenth Karmapa, Sakya Trizin,Dudjom Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Ato Rinpoche,Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche,Thrangu Rinpoche,Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche,Tsoknyi Rinpoche, Robert Aitken, Joanna Macy, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Joseph Goldstein,Taigen Dan Leighton, Susan Murphy,Matthieu Ricard,Hozan Alan Senauke, Lin Jensen, and Thich Nhat Hanh

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"What role can Buddhism play in our response to the global ecological predicament? Should we focus on prayer and meditation or social action? This book presents the hard science of global warming and solutions to the crisis from a Buddhist perspective, together with the views of leading contemporary teachers: The Dalai Lama, The Karmapa, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Sakya Trizin, Thich Nhat Hanh, Joanna Macy, Joseph Goldstein, Lin Jensen, Bhikkhu Bodhi, and many others.

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"The editors, John Stanley, David Loy, and Gyurme Dorje, have compiled a selection of provocative and even beautiful essays, interviews, and poetry by Asian and Western Buddhist teachers, almost all composed specifically for the book. The aspirational prayers are perhaps the most effective and inspiring. Rather than lecture from a distance, many of the teachers present with refreshing honesty their own struggles to articulate a position on climate change and address the myriad related problems that developing countries and Western nations face. The editors also provide introductory essays to the various sections of the books that serve as concise summaries of the science and potential dangers of the climate crisis."--Buddhadharma

“At last – a clear exposition of our responsibilities as Buddhists in dealing with the enormous challenge of saving our planet. Two of the world’s most influential Buddhists – His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh – are joined by many rinpoches and leading Buddhist scholars in helping us to define our roles. Our individual and our ecological predicaments are remarkably similar and the persuasive voices in this book help us to understand this – and give us some tools to “take corrective action to ensure a safe-climate future,” as His Holiness puts it. Please read this book!”—Mandala

На основе этой книги в начале мая 2009 г. к уже теперь прошедшему копенгагенскому саммиту ООН по изменениям климата была опубликована общебуддийская Декларация «The Time to Act is Now: Buddhist Climate Project», подписанная ЕСДЛ. Ее авторы
Dr David Tetsuun Loy, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi.

Cогласно буддийскому экоблогу, ее подписало 6000 человек из 100 стран (включая 70 буддийских учителей из разных традиций).