Bhikkhu Bodhi as always so kind, courageous and wise

2-minute speech at the Love Forward Together Mass People's Assembly in Raleigh, North Carolina 🇺🇸

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#BhikkhuBodhi #Dhamma #compassion #interconnectedness #generosity #love #courage #Buddhist #leadership #justice #community #spiritual #leader #metta

Spent 9 months reading ancient texts on consciousness at 21 and the wildest part wasn't what they said. It was that civilisations thousands of miles apart, separated by millennia, all arrived at the same conclusion independently. But sure, call it mythology.

#ConsciousnessStudies #AncientWisdom #Interconnectedness #MythologyMeetsScience #ComparativeMythology

Virtual Event - #BookDiscussion of “The #Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World”

February 12 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

"Join us for a virtual book discussion of 'The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,' by #RobinWallKimmerer.

Free. Registration Required."

About the author:
"As Indigenous scientist and author of #BraidingSweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from #IndigenousWisdom and the plant world to #reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, #interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, 'Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.' "

FMI and to register:
https://www.mofga.org/event-calendar/book-discussion-of-the-serviceberry-abundance-and-reciprocity-in-the-natural-world/

#SolarPunkSunday #MOFGA #TheServiceBerryBook #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousFood #Foraging #Nature #EthicalHarvest #HonourableHarvest

"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."

Martin Luther King Jr, "A Letter from a Birmingham Jail" 1963

#Interconnectedness #MLK #Dharma

En su declaración "Manifesting a New Future For Humanity, Sentient Beings and Nature" (2023), el Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis profundiza en la visión de la consciencia y la economía espiritual, enfatizando que la creación de un futuro justo y sostenible requiere una transformación dual: la transformación interior (a través de la compasión, la atención plena y la sabiduría) y la transformación exterior (mediante la acción colectiva y una sociedad justa). El autor destaca la interconexión de todos los seres, la importancia del karma y la responsabilidad compartida de cuidar el planeta, buscando un despertar espiritual y el equilibrio entre la prosperidad material y espiritual para el bienestar integral de la humanidad y la naturaleza.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8-Rvut00c

#InnerTransformation #SpiritualAwakening #Interconnectedness #SentientBeings #PlanetaryFuture #Mindfulness