Kaspa has written an article/Dharma Glimpse for the XR Buddhists website based on his dharma talk from last night’s practice session. How can we welcome all of our reactions to the climate crisis, and move towards compassionate action without expectation of results? Read it here: Hope and Hopelessness in the Face of the Climate Crisis
Three videos of Kaspa talking about environmental activism. Getting Arrested for Touching The Earth – a talk at Buddhafield Festival, Kaspa tells the story of his arrest for demonstrating with XR, about intuitive compassion and finding an appropriate response to the climate crisis. Two XR Buddhist Co-coordinators in Conversation Kaspa and Katja talk about activism
By Kaspa Buddhism and the Climate Crisis At the beginning of the week the IPPC released its sixth report. You’ve probably seen the headlines in newspapers and on the radio and television. The headline from the IPPC press release is: climate change: rapid, widespread and intensifying. This is a longer post than usual. But it’s
Satya and Kaspa have written various reflections on their engaged Buddhism over the past year. Here are links to some of that writing: PROTESTING AT G7: GUILT, WORRY, BIG MIND AND HOPE Kaspa writes about his experience of being with XR Buddhists in Cornwall to demonstrate at the G7 summit. DEAR EARTH: WHY AM I
Today was my hundredth day of sitting an hour’s vigil for the Earth. Yesterday’s vigil was awful. I woke late and grumpy, and dragged myself round to the temple car park. It was bitterly cold. My thick mittens couldn’t keep my thumbs from numbing, and my body was getting ready to shiver. Towards the end
by Satya I attended an event last night where we were asked to get into pairs and say how we felt about the Climate & Ecological Emergency. I listed fear, frustration, and numbness, but as my partner spoke I realised I hadn’t mentioned the emotion tops my list. Guilt. Guilt at buying the pizza wrapped
