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Ecology and the climate

7 teachings in the library are about this.

• That was the River, This is the Sea David Oromith · 28 minutes · recorded February 15, 2026

  In the gratitude meditation we move through the body, the home, our relationships and the natural world. David reflects on a Waterboys lyric, that was the river, this is the sea, and uses the image of a water slide to talk about letting go of an old version of yourself and accepting the life a difficult period has carried you into.

• Guided Meditation - Meeting Our Feelings About the World with Compassion David Oromith · 23 minutes · recorded May 7, 2025

  David invites the worries about the state of the world that you usually keep at arm's length, and asks where they actually live in the body. You then breathe space around the feeling, bring in the warmth of compassion, listen to the story that comes with it, and rest in knowing others feel the same. Nothing here is being fixed.

• Being of Benefit: Aspiring Bodhisattvas in a Complex World (Part Two) David Oromith · 82 minutes · recorded May 7, 2025

  This second session opens with a gentle practice in which we breathe space and compassion around whatever despair, anger or fear arises when facing the world's crises. David then maps the Eightfold Path onto engaged action, from authentic view and speech through to effort, and reads several of Thich Nhat Hanh's precepts on non-attachment to views, speech and livelihood. Questions cover the ethics of the arms trade during the war in Ukraine and how to pass on values to children without imposing them.

• Guided Meditation - Contemplating the Four Elements David Oromith · 21 minutes · recorded May 1, 2025

  Starting from the weight of the body on the seat, David moves through earth, air with the breath, water, then fire, each first felt as plain sensation and then recognised as the same element in the world outside. It closes with a read passage on how the matter of your body has been ocean, birds, trees and moss, and will be again.

• Being of Benefit: Aspiring Bodhisattvas in a Complex World (Part One) David Oromith · 81 minutes · recorded May 1, 2025

  The first of two sessions opens with a twenty minute guided meditation from Lama Rod Owens in which we attend to sensations of earth, air, water and fire in the body before extending that awareness to the natural world. David sets out the bodhisattva's aspiration to benefit all beings, drawing on the Buddha's own example and the Dalai Lama's idea of universal responsibility. Questions range across grief at ecological crisis to a member's own difficult family situation.

• Ecological Distress, Awe, and Emotional Wellbeing (Dr Eve Ekman) Eve Ekman · 113 minutes · recorded April 1, 2025

  Dr Eve Ekman on the relationship between our emotions and the state of the natural world, from environmental anxiety to what nature gives back.

• What Can Buddhism Offer During an Eco-Crisis (Lama Alan Wallace) Lama Alan · 99 minutes · recorded April 1, 2025

  Lama Alan Wallace on our ecological crises seen through the four noble truths, and the transformation of mind and culture the situation asks for.

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