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“The Search for Happiness” in Buddhist Practices
By Paige Wheeler This exploration compares the experiences of Hector from the book “Hector and the Search for Happiness” to compare it with the relationality of humans and nature as discussed through Buddhism, in the course of discussions in Winter 2024. (Please toggle to left to view the images in the sequence of the attached…
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You stay here with me, okay?
By Finn Dickson Welcome, I’m grateful to wander through Samsara with you: this ever-churning cycle of life and not, in which our ātman/soul falls away from Brāhman, or universal soul, and unites with a fleshy Jîva: allowing us to experience life. I was assigned a different name than I hold today, my transness taught me…
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Harmony in Transition: Vanaprastha’s Role for Ecological Well-Being
*Author wished to remain anonymous Pradheksa et al. (2023) suggest that the delicate equilibrium between humanity and nature is dependent on their mutual relationship, where every human act has the power to affect its surrounding ecology dramatically. This responsibility implies that people must engage with nature consciously and ethically so that it benefits from it…
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The Nature of Interconnectivity: Relational Ecology in Hindu and Buddhist Traditions
*Author wished to remain anonymous This essay seeks to explore and understand the concept of relational ecology in the context of Hindu and Buddhist thought. Relational ecology is an emerging ethical theory which concerns the interconnectedness of humanity with nature and the recognition that human society is embedded within a wider ecological system. It maintains…
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Temple of the Pipe Cave: A Buddhist Approach to Rehabilitation
By: Emily Alexandria The United Nations report on the prevalence of substance use in 2021 claimed that 1⁄3 of the world’s opioid usage is found in South Asia.1 In a second set of statistics, North America boasted the highest rate of cocaine usage, tripling that of the entire continent of Asia,2 which contains approximately 60%…