Awakening to Earth Within: A Planetary Imperative

Auckland Buddhist Summer School

Awakening to Earth Within: A Planetary Imperative presented by Adrián Villaseñor Galarza

Connecting with the fertile dimensions of our planetary moment suggests that the Earth as a whole is continuously evoking a more thorough engagement with the mind’s deep layers. This is a unique opportunity to sharpen a more discerning view of who we truly are that breaks through layers of self-enclosure and reactivity into the living, breathing presence that sustains us all, the Earth. Based on an ecological interpretation of the dharma as advanced by Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, we will explore how the ideal of the bodhisattva helps us better discern our place amidst the web of life while actively nurturing a caring, compassionate attitude toward self and world. As we tend Earth’s seed within, we ready the conditions for Her blossoming. Earth is born anew in human form.

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