3.5
Green Buddhism
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At a time of growing environmental crisis, a pioneer of Green Buddhist thought offers challenging and illuminating perspectives.
With species rapidly disappearing and global temperatures rising, there is more urgency than ever to act on the ecological crises we face. Hundreds of millions of people around the world—including unprecedented numbers of Westerners—now practice Buddhism. Can Buddhists be a critical voice in the green conversation? Leading Buddhist environmentalist Stephanie Kaza has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology. With so much at stake, she offers guidance on how people and communities can draw on Buddhist concepts and practices to live more sustainable lives on our one and only home.
With species rapidly disappearing and global temperatures rising, there is more urgency than ever to act on the ecological crises we face. Hundreds of millions of people around the world—including unprecedented numbers of Westerners—now practice Buddhism. Can Buddhists be a critical voice in the green conversation? Leading Buddhist environmentalist Stephanie Kaza has spent her career exploring the intersection of religion and ecology. With so much at stake, she offers guidance on how people and communities can draw on Buddhist concepts and practices to live more sustainable lives on our one and only home.
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“This book was given to me as a gift by one of my bestfriends a year ago. I decided to make it part of my TBR in the ending of February 2021 because I am currently taking college courses that make me miss a little more humanistic perspectives on life. I am currently taking 9 credits of pure math. I obviously needed some good religion/social justice/environmental literature to keep my focus on what I truly want to study, which is environmental economics and this book... really has it all. It is beautiful to read.
There are a couple of chapters that really were not bad, it just that they did not engage with me and I believe it is because of the particular way they were written, but they are the least and there is much to learn about them still. The majority of this book was so enlightening into what Buddhism can do for the environment. I am a Catholic, but I truly appreciate and see the value that Buddhism can create by applying its philosophies in anyway. I don't think that this book is limited to only Buddhist practitioners. It is a book that I think anyone with an interest in studying different philosophies and religions and how they can help the current state of the world should read. I loved it! Aside from that, there were some chapters that I thought "Oh no, this does not sound interesting." But, as I kept reading I was obviously wrong.
Another thing that I love of this book is that it not only mentions the problems, it gives collective and individual solutions, but also, it preaches so much about two key things that intrigue me and they are: mindfulness and compassion. These two things, no matter your religion, I believe, we should all practice. Even the author mentions it, how seculars have practiced mindfulness because of its benefits, which are incredible.
Overall I LOVED IT. I wish I could have taken courses with her. She can be seen by her writing as extraordinarily wise and humble.”
April Mackey
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About Stephanie Kaza
Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont. Her previous books are Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking and Conversations with Trees: An Intimate Ecology. She is the editor of Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume and coeditor (with Kenneth Kraft) of Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism. To learn more, visit www.stephaniekaza.com.
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