Gethsemani III / Monasticism and the Environment. All of the talks given at this gathering mentioned a few days ago can be downloaded as MP3 files. The following is a small part taken from the statement issued at the end of the conference.
We renew our commitment to the sacredness of the earth, relating to it as a community, not a commodity.
A monk from our Order gave a presentation titled, Monasticism vis-à-vis the consumer society: The Monastic Instinct to Revere, to Conserve, To Be Content with Little, and to Share.
Gassho to Urban Dharma for posting the material so briskly.
Dear Rev. Master Mugo,
Thanks for providing the links – to hear the talks transported me there. I’ll put the remainder on my mp3 player for my walks from the station next week. Please thank Rev. Eko: I may never meet him, but I met him today through his teaching. He reminds me to be positive in the face of the truly dangerous problem we face. On a day when future prices for oil reach $135, it may be that the market will force a correction in how we treat our planet, but I think we are too far down the road now for quick fixes, and the political vision is too short-sighted
Thanks for the pictures from the monastery too! Flowers do what flowers do – that’s enough.
In gassho
Walter