Climate and the agency of religions.

# 4048 reposted

An idea that usually makes us uncomfortable: Is there a possibility that a renaissance of morality might arise from the failures of society to have done better by climate and the pain caused by those failures and the perception of that pain in others?

Moreover could. Could Buddhism be the leading edge of that moral resurgence? It proposes an ideal of escape from the suffering of existence, as Buddha preached it, and the renunciation of worldly connections. Not of complete renunciation but toward simplification and appreciation. In a world failing to provide lots of consumer desires along with the collapse of the consumer worlds into a landscape of failed projects? Might not Buddhism ring true as the way we can feed and shelter and clothe each of us? Not too far-fetched I believe because from the ‘60s onward much of the Buddhist culture seeped into American culture as an attractive way of living that had been too remote in from reality because reality was filled with consumerism, which is now Ddying. The death of economic man could liberate us to take on a simple moral and aesthetic relationship and nature-oriented culture. Such a move (contrasted with other proposals such as "green growth” in profit-seeking projects, might meet little resistance because, in the face of consumerist reality, the devouring beast. is seen, underclimate uimpacts for what it is and Buddiksm might be felt as the culture we were seeking anyway.

What can happen now with climate is most likely to be successful if it is already in the minds, probably in a weak form but present. The idea is not to conquer. the world, but only play a leading role in leading other religions to bring their best forward to help with this transition of the regeneration of humanity on the Earth and all its species.