A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290). Table of Contents: Acknowledgments -- Introduction / David R. Loy, John Stanley -- The Buddhadharma and the Planetary Crisis -- Overview of the Book -- Part I. Mind, Heart, and Nature: The Fourteenth Dalai Lama -- Universal Responsibility and the Climate Emergency -- The Sheltering Tree of Interdependence: A Buddhist Monk's Reflections on Ecological Responsibility -- Part II. Global Warming Science: A Buddhist Approach / John Stanley -- Climate, Science, and Buddhism -- Our Own Geological Epoch: The Anthropocene -- The celestial order disrupted loosens plague, famine, and war... -- Climate Breakdown at the Third Pole: Tibet -- The Road from Denial to Agricultural Collapse -- The Peak Oil Factor -- Scientific Predictions of Ecological Karma -- The Sixth Great Extinction -- What Makes Us Do It? -- A Safe-Climate Future -- Part III. Asian Buddhist Perspectives -- Preface: The Meaning of Aspirational Prayer / Gyurme Dorje -- Pure Aspiration, Bodhisattva Activity, and a Safe-Climate Future / Gyalwang Karmapa XVII -- The Global Ecological Crisis: An Aspirational Prayer / Kyabje Sakya Trizin Rinpoche -- The Mandala of the Four Energies in the Kaliyuga -- A Prayer to Protect the Earth / Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche -- A Prayer at a Time of Ecological Crisis / Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche -- When Snow Mountains Wear Black Hats -- An Aspirational Prayer to Avert Global Warming / Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche -- A Prayer to Protect the World's Environment / Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche -- Human Intelligence Without Wisdom Can Destroy Nature / Ato Rinpoche -- The Bodhisattva Path at a Time of Crisis / Ringu Tulku Rinpoche -- Very Dangerous Territory / Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche -- A New Meaning of Chu (Beings) and No (Environment) Has Emerged / Tsoknyi Rinpoche -- Minimum Needs and Maximum Contentment / Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche -- Part IV. Western Buddhist Perspectives -- The Voice of the Golden Goose / Bhikkhu Bodhi -- Woe Unto Us! / Robert Aitken Roshi -- On Being with Our World / Joanna Macy -- Except as we have loved, All news arrives as from a distant land / Joseph Goldstein -- Now the Whole Planet Has Its Head on Fire / Taigen Dan Leighton -- The Untellable Nonstory of Global Warming / Susan Murphy -- The Future Doesn't Hurt... Yet / Matthieu Ricard -- The World Is What You Make It: A Zen View of Global Responsibility / Hozan Alan Senauke -- The Rising Temperature of Planet Earth / Lin Jensen -- Part V. Solutions / John, Diane Stanley -- Clarity, Acceptance, Altruism: Beyond the Climate of Denial -- A Renewable Future -- Five Transformative Powers -- The End of Energy Waste -- Goodbye to the Internal Combustion Engine -- Tradable Energy Quotas -- Drawing Down Carbon with Biochar -- Reducing the Carbon Footprint of the Meat Industry -- Ending Deforestation -- Reforesting the Earth -- Part VI. The Bells of Mindfulness / Thich Nhat Hanh -- Afterword -- Endorsement of a Safe Level for Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: The Dalai Lama -- What's Next? / David R. Loy, John Stanley -- Notes on Translations -- References -- About the Editors. Biographical Note: John Stanley, PhD, is a biologist who has led research groups in Canada, Switzerland, and the UK. He has held both university and government positions. He is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. David R. Loy's previous books include the acclaimed "Money, Sex, War, Karma," "The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory," and "The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons," a finalist for the 2006 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award. He was the Besl Professor of Ethics/Religion and Society at Cincinnati's Xavier University. Gyurme Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the "Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary." He has written, edited, translated and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture. Review Quotes: "Eminent scientists have said that global warming is as dangerous for our future as nuclear war. We have entered the uncharted territory of a global emergency, where 'business as usual' cannot continue. We must take the initiative to repair and protect this world, ensuring a safe-climate future for all people and all species.... It is now urgent that we take corrective action to ensure a safe climate future for coming generations of human beings and other species."--His Holiness the Dalai LamaReview Quotes: "If we continue abusing the earth this way, there is no doubt that our civilization will be destroyed. This turnaround takes enlightenment, awakening. The Buddha attained individual awakening. Now we need a collective enlightenment to stop this course of destruction."--Thich Nhat HanhReview Quotes: "Each of us must take complete responsibility for the world, as if the world's fate depended on our words and actions. And whether we know it or not, it does."--Hozan Alan SenaukeReview Quotes: "This surely must rivet the urgent, critical attention of anyone who takes the bodhisattva vows."--Susan Murphy RoshiReview Quotes: "This is the time for humankind to embark upon a new historical epoch. We ourselves have to make the critical decisions, individually and collectively, that will determine our future destiny."--Bhikkhu BodhiReview Quotes: "The world itself has a role to play in our awakening. Its very brokenness and need call to us, summoning us to walk out of the prison of self-concern."--Joanna MacyPublisher Marketing: This title presents the hard science of global warming and solutions to the crisis from a Buddhist perspective. Leading contemporary teachers such as the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa and Joanna Macy address topics such as peak oil, deforestation and reneable energy in a series of essays which are both meaningful and mindful. Contributor Bio:  Stanley, John John Stanley, graduate of San Francisco State College, spent 33 years covering the world of movies and TV for the San Francisco Chronicle s Sunday Pink section. He is also the author of the six-edition Creature Features Movie Guide series, having hosted Creature Features in the San Francisco-Bay Area from 1979-1984. His autobiography, I Was a TV Horror Host, was distributed by Bookmasters in 2007-2008. He has made an estimated 2,000 crossword puzzles for magazines and since 1995 has made thousands of appearances teaching entertainment courses for Bay Area Classic Learning, at one time the most heavily attended Elderhostel in America. His novels include World War III (Avon 1976) and Bogart 48" (Dell 1980). His newest effort, The Gang That Shot Up Hollywood, is the first in a trilogy based on his newspaper experiences covering Hollywood and the entertainment world. Other books to come will cover comedy, Westerns and horror/sci-fi. Contributor Bio:  Loy, David R David R. Loy's previous books include the acclaimed "Money, Sex, War, Karma", "The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory", and "The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons", a finalist for the 2006 Mythopoeic Scholarship Award. He was the Besl Professor of Ethics/Religion and Society at Cincinnati's Xavier University. Contributor Bio:  Dorje, Gyurme Gyurme Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the "Encyclopaedic Tibetan-English Dictionary". He has written, edited, translated and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture.