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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457099703321

Autore

Macy Joanna <1929->

Titolo

World as lover, world as self [[electronic resource] ] : courage for global justice and ecological renewal / / Joanna Macy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, Calif., : Parallax Press, c2007

ISBN

1-935209-30-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/42

Soggetti

Buddhism - Social aspects

Human ecology - Philosophy

System theory

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-206).

Nota di contenuto

World as lover, world as self -- It's all connected -- Self and society -- Karma : the co-arising of doer and deed -- Mother of all Buddhas -- Gratitude -- The bestiary -- Despair work -- Faith, power, and ecology -- Three lessons in compassion -- The Shambhala warriors -- Taking heart : spiritual practices for activists -- The great turning -- The greening of the self -- Perseverance for the long haul : a Dharma lesson from Tibet -- To reinhabit time -- In league with beings of the future.

Sommario/riassunto

A new beginning for the environment must start with a new spiritual outlook. In this book, author Joanna Macy offers concrete suggestions for just that, showing how each of us can change the attitudes that continue to threaten our environment. Using the Buddha's teachings on Paticca Samuppada, which stresses the interconnectedness of all things in the world and suggests that any one action affects all things, Macy describes how decades of ignoring this principle has resulted in a self-centeredness that has devastated the environment. Humans, Macy implores, must acknowledge and unde