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After years of practice on a shoestring budget in the Canadian wilderness, Ajahn Sona has established Sitavana Monastery as a refuge and model of ecological mindfulness.
By Matthew Gindin
As wildfires destroyed homes in California, a group of veterans who sat peacefully in a meditation retreat offered a stark contrast.
By Wendy Johnson
As the Earth radically changes, what happens to the wisdom that it has to offer us?
By Matthew Gindin
In training Buddhist chaplains, one instructor turns toward the earth for a lesson on how to serve all living things as they blossom or decay.
By Wendy Johnson
Ecological artist Lillian Ball discusses her new documentary, Sanctuary, about the effort to protect a crane sanctuary at the Buddha’s birthplace in Lumbini.
By Matthew Abrahams
In Buddhism, trees have long been recognized as living things worthy of recognition and protection.
By Lauren Krauze
Civilization may pretend to be separate, but nature will always reassert itself.
By Alan Watts
What do we do when failure is inevitable?
By Roy Scranton
Thai Buddhist monk Ajahn Pasanno and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill discuss what nature can teach us about love in an interview with Inquiring Mind.
By Kim Criswell, Barbara Gates, and Wes Nisker