Articles

Gabriela Frey presents the EBU’s committee for interreligious and interconvictional dialogue at the Council of Europe and its focus on education.

David Rycroft introduces Teach Peace, the EBU education project launched in 2023 that trains school teachers in tools for emotional health and social cohesion.

Dario Doshin Girolami reports on the first European Buddhist Chaplaincy Conference in Rome in June 2023 and the new EBU training course for Buddhist chaplains.

Sara Manzi explains why children’s books are a good way to share the Dharma with children and reviews two books she read with her daughter Luna.

Moritz Richartz describes how a journey to Tibet led him to bring mindfulness and the Buddhist concept of ‘Skillful Means’ into his work as a business consultant.

Guest editor Jake Lyne introduces the Ecodharma issue: why climate change can no longer be seen as far away, and why the way of the ecosattva is a central way of Buddhism in modern times.

Joe Mishan unravels the Zen koan of the ‘appropriate response’ – meet, each, teach – to show how compassion, equanimity and engaged Buddhism can hold us in the face of the climate and ecological emergency.

Carla Ott reports on the first Wisdom Working for the Earth Forum at Lerab Ling in June 2022, where 27 speakers and around 350 participants explored interdependence from Buddhist and environmental perspectives.

Jake Lyne applies Master Sheng Yen’s fourfold framework – facing, accepting, dealing with and letting go – to the ecological crisis, from planetary boundaries and energy politics to the Ecosattva Vows.

Michael Vermeulen argues that ecological awareness has been part of Buddhism from the start, but that eco-centric ideologies risk turning the a-centric dharma of interdependence into its opposite.