Buddha’s Birds

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Buddha’s Birds

BY ANDREA MILLER| JULY 4, 2016

From the swan that Siddhartha nursed as a boy to the fantastical Garuda—Andrea Miller explores the intriguing role that birds play in Buddhist mythology and teachings.

GYOBUTSUJI AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PRACTICING WITH ALL BEINGS

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GYOBUTSUJI AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PRACTICING WITH ALL BEINGS
BY SHORYU BRADLEY

A few years ago a person who had visited Gyobutsuji’s website asked me how I got the idea to establish a “green” monastery. The questions surprised me a bit because I had not previously considered being “green” a particularly notable feature of Gyobutsuji, although allowing the monastery to be as environmentally conscientious as possible has indeed been one of my primary aspirations. But it had not really occurred to me that a contemporary Zen monastery would be anything other than sensitive to its impact on our delicate Earth. 

Dharma Documentaries

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Dharma Documentaries 

Dharma, Culture, Ecology

ARC: Buddhism and Ecology

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Faiths and Ecology

This statement was prepared by Kevin Fossey, Buddhist educator and representative of Engaged Buddhism in Europe; Somdech Preah Maha Ghosananda, Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism; His Excellency Sri Kushok Bakula, 20th Reincarnation of the Buddha’s Disciple Bakula, head of Ladakhi Buddhism, and initial rebuilder of Mongolian Buddhism; and Venerable Nhem Kim Teng, Patriarch of Vietnamese Buddhism.