Buddhist wisdom and the earth
Peter Jarman considers four Divine states of wisdom about human development
The respect given to Burma’s opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, this June in Britain is heartening to Buddhist Quakers like myself; for they are outstanding Buddhist practitioners of nonviolence and well tested by the suffering of their peoples and of themselves. Their visit to Britain coincided with the UN Earth Summit, Rio+20, that sought agreements on the sustainability and wellbeing of the human species and the resources of planet earth. The UN issued red alerts for this summit on key environmental factors like climate change, biodiversity, water resources, pollution and the acidity and fish resources of the oceans.
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