This guided meditation practice will cultivate your skilful response to strong emotions. As Thay says: “it may not be possible to avoid suffering, but if you know how to suffer, you suffer much less.”
Climate change and the ensuing disease, destruction, and devastation warrant strong emotions that can include anxiety, fear, and despair. A skilful response to those emotions facilitates wise, compassionate and competent action to address climate change.
In this session, we will practise a meditation guided by Sister True Dedication and Brother Phap Huu, and explore an embodied Zen Buddhist approach to recognising, embracing and transforming our strong emotions as they arise. This guided practice session builds on the Stanford Contemplation By Design 2021 Summit talk on Thich Nhat Hanh’s book Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet.
This recording consists of an 8-minute introduction to the theme, a 25-minute meditation and a 12-minute reflection.
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Republished with kind permission from Stanford Contemplation by Design 🙏.