Waking Up in Perilous Times

Sit & Dharma Talk with SIM Community Teacher Diane Wilde

The times they are a-changing! This could be stated by every generation and each new epoch in our human and natural history. But the unimaginable changes taking place now — the climate emergency as well as “alternative” political realities — have never happened so quickly leaving little time to adjust. It’s no longer just the individual who struggles with dukkha or stress, as the Buddha taught. Now our entire natural world is suffering and truth itself is continually being redefined according to partisan politics. This begs the question, is our individual awakening the remedy for the situation in which we find ourselves? Or do we need to start investigating and practicing a “societal awakening.” And if so, what would that look like? How does it align with Buddhist principles? And do we even want to? Not an easy topic, but one that needs to be considered right now.

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