BDG feature: Christiana Figueres: A Climate Activist and Dharma Exemplar
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/2mybp2jn
BDG feature: Christiana Figueres: A Climate Activist and Dharma Exemplar
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/2mybp2jn
I was just given a quote from a statement Thich Nhat Hanh wrote in 2015, shortly before the Paris Climate Summit:
“Many of us have become alienated from the Earth. We are lost, isolated and lonely. We work too hard, our lives are too busy, and we are restless and distracted, losing ourselves in consumption.”
Found in a newsletter from @vantablue whose mailing list you might want to join: https://www.amandaquraishi.com
Side note; I wrote a song about the (utter lack of) results of the Paris Accords:
https://mirlo.space/babumenos/release/remember-paris
BDG news: Street in New York City Co-Named in Honor of Thich Nhat Hanh
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BDG feature: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Engaged Buddhism During Wartime Vietnam, Part 1
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/mr65enz3
Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings
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Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings
Explore more: https://buddhistdoor.net
“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
#quote #mindfulness #thichnhathanh
Captured thoughts on March delights in my life, which are there even through all the what's-is exploding around us. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2025/03/march-delights.html
BDG feature: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Teaching of Interbeing
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/4yuryap2
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Sister Chan Khong
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The ocean of suffering is immense,
but if you turn around,
you can see the land.
—Thích Nhất Hạnh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Nh%E1%BA%A5t_H%E1%BA%A1nh
BDG features: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Reinterpretation of Mindfulness
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/3mfsdzjd
#Buddhism #ChristianaFigueres #ThichNhatHanh
"Earth is not something separate and outside of us. We are Earth and Earth is us. To lessen the suffering of myself is to lessen the suffering of Earth."
What Christiana Figueres thinks the climate movement can learn from Buddhism
"Figueres, the architect of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, has been helping people around the world understand the teachings of Buddhist monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh."
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/what-christiana-figueres-thinks-the-climate-movement-can-learn-from-buddhism/
“There is no way to happiness—happiness is the way.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
BDG news: Fire Destroys Historic Building at Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plum Village Monastery in France
Read here: https://tinyurl.com/p5u3am5f