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HH Karmapa has just signed the
Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change

"We humans have already done such immense damage to the environment that it is almost beyond our power to heal it. The challenge is far more complex and extensive than Buddhists can tackle alone. However, we can take a lead, and to do so we must educate and inform ourselves. This is the time when our pure aspirations and our bodhisattva activity must come together. This is the time to ensure a safe-climate future for our planet. This aspiration comes from my heart."

Excerpt from HH Karmapa's chapter in A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency (Wisdom Publications, May 2009)

We have just heard from Gyuto Monastery, Dharamsala that HH Karmapa has signed the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change.

To join him please go to: www.ecobuddhism.org and click `Buddhist Declaration'. Please pass this on to your social network.

In the first 9 days online, the Declaration was signed by over 2000 Buddhists from 45 countries, including 50 Buddhist teachers of all traditions.

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HH Karmapa has just signed the Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change "We humans have already done such immense damage to the environment that it is almost...

clairetrueman31

May 18, 2009
11:20 am

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