Joanna Macy

Bill Plotkin

Vandana Shiva

Richard Rohr

Wendell Berry

David Loy

Thích Nhất Hạnh

John Stanley

Mary Evelyn Tucker

John Grim

Thomas Berry

Sandra Ingerman

Winona LaDuke

Satish Kumar

Geneen Marie Haugen

Jules Cashford

Susan Murphy

Pir Zia Inayat-Khan

The Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh was asked what we need to do to save our world. "What we most need to do," he replied, "is to hear within us the sound of the earth crying.” Our present ecological crisis is the greatest man-made disaster this planet has ever faced—its accelerating climate change, species depletion, pollution and acidification of the oceans. A central but rarely addressed aspect of this crisis is our forgetfulness of the sacred nature of creation, and how this affects our relationship to the environment. There is a pressing need to articulate a spiritual response to this ecological crisis. This is vital and necessary if we are to help bring the world as a living whole back into balance.

The Cry of the Earth

Spiritual Ecology

How can we respond urgently and effectively to the ecological crisis—and stay sane doing it? This landmark work is simultaneously a manifesto, a blueprint, a call to action, and a deep comfort for troubling times. David R. Loy masterfully lays out the principles and perspectives of Ecodharma—a Buddhist response to our ecological predicament, introducing a new term for a new development of the Buddhist tradition. This book emphasizes the three aspects of Ecodharma: practicing in the natural world, exploring the ecological implications of Buddhist teachings, and embodying that understanding in the eco-activism that is needed today. Within these pages, you’ll discover the powerful ways Buddhism can inspire us to heal the world we share. Offering a compelling framework and practical spiritual resources, Loy outlines the Ecosattva Path, a path of liberation and salvation for all beings and the world itself.

Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis

Ecodharma

David R. Loy has become perhaps the greatest advocate of the Buddhist worldview's ability to transform the sociopolitical landscape of the modern world. In this, his most accessible work to date, he offers clear presentations of oft-misunderstood Buddhist staples ? the working of karma, the nature of self, the causes of trouble on both an individual and societal scale ? while also inviting readers to examine topics closer to home, such as ?Why We Love War” and the real reasons behind the sense of never having enough time, money, sex, security, or anything else. His ?Buddhist Revolution” is nothing less than a radical change in the ways readers can approach their lives, the environment, the collective delusions that pervade modern culture, and even spirituality itself. Bracing yet ultimately hopeful and empowering, Money, Sex, War, Karma offers positive tools for contributing to societal change.

Notes for a Buddhist Revolution

Money, Sex, War, Karma

The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism

Lack and Transcendence

Essays from the singular experience of Buddhist social critic and philosopher David R. Loy on classic and contemporary concerns.

Buddhist Essays

Awareness Bound and Unbound

Many Western philosophers are poorly informed about the issues involved in nonduality, since this topic is usually associated with various kinds of absolute idealism in the West, or mystical traditions in the East. Increasingly, however, this topic is finding its way into Western philosophical debates. In this "scholarly but leisurely and very readable" (Spectrum Review) analysis of the philosophies of nondualism of (Hindu) Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism, and Taoism, Loy extracts what he calls "a core doctrine" of nonduality of seer and seen from these three worldviews and then applies the doctrine in various ways, including a critique of Derrida's deconstructionism.

A Study in Comparative Philosophy

Nonduality

This collection reflects the confluence of two contemporary developments: the Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the deconstruction theory of Jacques Derrida. The five essays both explore and demonstrate the relationship between postmodernism and Buddhist-Christian thought. The liberating and healing potential of de-essentialized concepts and images, language, bodies and symbols are revealed throughout. Included are essays by Roger Corless, David Loy, Philippa Berry, Morny Joy, and Robert Magliola.

Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity

Healing Deconstruction

Inhaltsübersicht: Einführung, 1. Grundzüge der Kerntheorie der Nichtdualität, 2. Die Auflösung vermeintlicher Widersprüche, Anhang.

über die Natur der Wirklichkeit

Nondualität

Drawing on the idea of "generative emptiness," which Buddhists believe makes up all forms, the author posits that the stories humans tell become the very building blocks of our experience and of the universe itself. Original.

The World Is Made of Stories

David Loy

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