Green Dharma: Mother Nature, Buddha Nature
Cushman's introduction to Summer 2005's special section: Green Dharma
At a time when our environment is under assault as never before, the Buddha’s teachings on interdependence remind us that we
humans are not separate from the world our activities are decimating. Our babies will drink in our breast milk the toxins we spray on our vegetable fields. The computer we toss on the garbage heap— outmoded after a year of use—will leach deadly chemicals into our groundwater.
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