Buddhist Values and the Problems of the Environment

BUDDHIST VALUES and THE PROBLEM OF THE ENVIRONMENT

Saturday, October 11th, 2 PM at the OBTGuest Speaker: Dr. Bidisha Mallik

“The question is a challenging one: what positive role can religion play in a world that values corporate profit and power over ecological health and harmony between people and nations, forgoes truth creating unfettered disbelief about the reality of climate, and numbs our ability to pay attention to issues that matter most through the tyranny of cell phones and the internet?

Our focus today concerns Buddhism and could Buddhist values be a part of our solution to the environmental question? If so, how transformative are these values in initiating, realizing, and expressing human behavioral change from those of an isolated, alienated, and egoistic self to a relational one that acts out of compassion for all life and existence? In this seminar, we will consider the basic ethical values that Buddhist thinking and practices bring to the world in transforming our current deluded environmental practice by transforming ourselves to benefit all life that is around us.”

Dr. Mallik is an Associate Teaching Professor at the U of W, Tacoma where she teaches philosophy and ethics classes. She was recommended by Rev. Koyama, who crossed paths with her while attending classes at IBS.

Many thanks to the KeyBank, George and Kathleen Anderson Charitable Trust, for sponsoring this learning opportunity. No registration is required. It is free and open to the public.

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