David Loy

Trike Daily Society & Environment

Becoming an Ecosattva

Practitioners seek to root their spiritual practice in nature at intensive ecodharma retreats.

Interview with David Loy by Matthew Abrahams

Jan 22, 2020

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Magazine Society & Environment

In the Shadows of Transference

Revisiting how we view enlightenment—and how we view teachers—may help us navigate issues of sexual abuse.

By David Loy

Summer 2019

photo of tops of evergreen trees for story on the ecodharma movement

How a Growing Buddhist Movement Is Responding to the Ecological Crisis

“Ecodharma” sees the defense of the earth as an essential part of the spiritual path.

By David Loy

Apr 21, 2017

In Search of the Sacred

Buddhist reflections on the secular

By David Loy

Spring 2017

Ken Jones, Welsh Author and Activist, Dies at 85

Ken Jones, a dharma teacher with the UK-based Western Chan Fellowship and an important voice in socially engaged Buddhism, left this dew-drop world Sunday, August 2, after a long illness, at the age of 85. His professional career was in higher education, supplemented by many years as a peace, ecology, and social justice activist. His […]

By David Loy

Aug 10, 2015

Magazine History & Philosophy

The World Is Made of Stories

Believing we’ve moved beyond religious myth, we mistake our culture’s newest story for the world itself.

By David Loy, Artwork by Gunter Rambow

Summer 2015

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Magazine Society & Environment

Awakening in the Age of Climate Change

If Buddhism is to address the ecological crisis, it must clarify its essential message.

By David Loy, Photography by Mandy Barker

Spring 2015

Dharma Talks

Transforming Self, Transforming Earth: A Buddhist Ecology

In this retreat, David Loy guides us through the basic Buddhist teachings of personal and collective dukkha, connecting them to new scientific knowledge about the biosphere. He paints a fresh portrait of understanding the eco-crisis as a collective spiritual malady while outlining paths to healing.

By David Loy

Dec 2012

Magazine Teachings

Healing Ecology

What can Buddhism contribute to our understanding of the ecological crisis?

By David Loy

Winter 2012

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Buddha Buzz Weekly: Australian Bushfires Threaten More Buddhists

Bushfires continue to affect Buddhist monasteries in Australia, Bhutan’s upper parliament begins debate on anti-LGBTQI-discrimation bill, and a Korean politician mistakenly sends beef jerky to vegetarian monks. Tricycle looks back at the events of this week in the Buddhist world.

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Jan 25, 2020

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The Mandala Master

For more than two decades, Losang Samten has spread lessons of interdependence in the West through Tibetan Buddhist sand mandalas.

Interview with Losang Samten by Anne Doran and Frank Olinsky

Winter 2019

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Digital Detox: Reclaim Your Mind From Social Media Addiction

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—these sites and other social media platforms can be emotional minefields, and they eat up far more time than many of us are OK with. Triratna teacher Bodhipaksa offers five practices from the Buddha that we can use to break our e-addictions.

Bodhipaksa

Jan 2020

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