Online: The New Bodhisattva Path – How to Live in Dangerous Times
with David Loy
Thursday, March 13th, 2025 | 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET
We are living in a dangerous time in human history. The “three poisons” of greed, ill will, and delusion have become firmly institutionalized. The ecological crisis, in particular, is the greatest challenge that humanity has ever faced.
What does Buddhism offer that can help us understand and respond appropriately? And what does our present situation imply about how we understand and practice Buddhism today?
Join Zen teacher David Loy for a special online event exploring these urgent questions. David will make the case that the Bodhisattva Path, understood in a non-sectarian way, as the most important thing that Buddhism can offer today.
In the Buddhist tradition, bodhisattvas, or buddhas-to-be, have a double practice: they continue to work on their own personal transformation, but they also realize that their own awakening cannot be separated from the liberation of all living beings.
In addition to developing generosity, ethical behavior, endurance, persistence, contemplative practice, and nondual wisdom, the bodhisattva path emphasizes social engagement in the world—without attachments to results. Bodhisattvas do the best they can, without knowing whether what they do will make any difference at all.
Join us to learn about embodying the bodhisattva path in tumultuous times.
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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.