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Touching Eternity
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This is a Dharma Talk from the Spring Retreat in Plum Village, offered by Thây on Sunday, March 18, 2012, in the Dharma Cloud Temple of Upper Hamlet. Thây answers a number of questions posed by The Ecologist magazine about global climate change, and how to maintain our practice in the present moment:
- Do you believe humans can avoid a global ecological collapse, or are we driving ourselves towards one?
- The urban population across the world is growing. What if anything is lost by our increasing switch towards being an urban species?
- Are we a vulnerable species or one still in control of our destiny?
- There is strong support for engineered solutions to our ecological problems, for example reflecting the sun’s rays, sucking up carbon emissions, or lab-grown meat. Is this the right approach for us to be taking?
- Most of us in the West are still attached to a high-consumption lifestyle. We like to buy new and exciting things. Is there a strong enough alternative lifestyle out there that can convince us to leave this high-consumption lifestyle we have?
- Have we found a new narrative, one that can help us learn to live more sustainably before it is too late?
- What is the hardest part of the lifestyle you have chosen to live, and how do you attract young people to follow?
- Can we strive for financial and spiritual contentment, or are they mutually exclusive?
- Most environmentalists narrow down the problems we face into two issues: overconsumption and overpopulation. Where do you stand?
Thây provides insights on climate change and ecological collapse, and how to maintain our practice under these circumstances.
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