Animistic and Shamanic Elements of Asian Buddhism

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As a climate scientist, I feel a deep dread around the climate crisis. However, the kind of change I advocate for extends far beyond simply reducing our carbon emissions footprint of greenhouse gases to address the climate crisis in isolation. The Earth is initiating us into a new way forward. For the past two years, I have been passionately advancing a framework for transformation and movement-building that I call Reindigenzing. I have been arguing that without place-based Indigenous spiritualities, we cannot protect the world’s amazing biodiversity, engage in trauma healing, or develop ecological resilience. To this end, I believe that Western Buddhism itself needs to be “Reindigenized.”

There are profound similarities between the spiritual worldviews and practices of Trib...

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