David R. Loy is Besl Family Chair Professor of Ethics/Religion and
Society at Xavier University. He is the author of several books,
including A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack, also
published by SUNY Press, and Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a
Buddhist Revolution.
Dorje holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and a Masters degree in Sanskrit
with Oriental Studies. For over 30 years he has been engaged in both
classical and modern Tibetan studies, translating primary sources and
conducting fieldwork throughout the Tibetan plateau. Following more than
ten years residence among Tibetan communities of North India and Nepal,
he led 42 expeditions and cultural tours to the Utsang, Kham, Amdo and
Gyarong regions of Tibet.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
David R. Loy and 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 and 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 and John Stanley
Notes on Translations
References
About the Editors
