Online: Ecological Questions, Buddhist Responses – The Dharma of the Natural World
with David Loy
Thursday, March 26th, 2026 | 6:30pm – 8:30pm ET
Amidst all the things going on today, we cannot forget that there is still an ecological crisis happening in our world. As Buddhists, how are we supposed to respond? What does Buddhism even say about “nature,” or the natural world?
There are no simple answers to these questions. Over the course of this evening program, we’ll explore some of these perspectives and how we might use them to energize our intentions to be good stewards of the earth today. We’ll also look at the ways in which different Buddhist traditions offer different perspectives, and look at some of the earliest Buddhist texts.
Is our challenge to transcend the world, or transcend our usual way of experiencing it? With teacher David Loy, we’ll explore forms of Buddhism that offer ways of nondual being with the natural world.
Note: This program will be recorded. The recording will be sent to all registrants after the program, so please feel free to sign up even if you cannot join in real time.
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Teacher(s)
David Loy
David R. Loy is a retired professor of Buddhist and comparative philosophy, a prolific writer, and a teacher in the Sanbo Zen tradition of Japanese Buddhism. His books include Money Sex War Karma, A New Buddhist Path, and most recently Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis. He is especially concerned about social and ecological issues. In addition to offering workshops and meditation retreats nationally and internationally, he is one of the founders of the new Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center, near Boulder, Colorado.
In June 2014, David received an honorary degree from Carleton College, his alma mater, during its 2014 Commencement. In April 2016 David returned his honorary degree, to protest the decision of the Board of Trustees not to divest from fossil fuel investments.