We have witnessed a great gathering in Copenhagen of world leaders and global climate experts. Their task was to somehow reach a broad agreement on how to save Mother Earth from the devastation of global warming that mankind has set in motion. Well, I hope that nobody was holding their breath waiting for common sense to prevail! Now it is up to individuals both Buddhist and non-Buddhist around the globe to do something positive:

Many people feel helpless in the face of Global Warming, the greatest threat of this age to the survival of mankind. But here is a step that you can take: Listen to the Medicine Buddha Mantra and reflect on what this planet means to you. And then please email your loved ones and friends to do the same. if you enclose the following link: www.bodhimanda.org/node/48 they will be able to get the same message and hear the same mantra.

Just listening to a mantra, however inspiring, will probably seem pointless at first. But then, the outcome of the Copenhagen debate has shown that the most powerful world figures are unwilling to agree on the right course of corrective action either. What is needed now more than ever, is a change of heart rather than futile, politically charged squabbling over scientific facts and figures. We need to begin feeling for Mother Earth rather than just go on calculating how much harm we can continue to inflict on her. If we can do this, perhaps more of us will be willing to give up the unsustainable aspects of our lifestyles that are collectively choking the life out of our planet.