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Dharma Beyond the Human: Its Histories and Possible Futures with Adam Lobel

Adam Lobel and Damcho Diana Finnegan wonder together about possible futures for a Buddhism that moves beyond anthropocentrism. In service of that, they trace the tussle between Buddhism's imperialist impulses and its animist heart. They explore the complicated history of the term "animism," and why and how they are using this term now. They suggest ways in which exploring animism could help us restore relationship to natural spirits, non-human beings and the more-than-human world generally. They discuss how this could allow Buddhism to better acknowledge and respond to the current polycrisis. They chart how Buddhism has been marked by its many alliances with empires over history and wonder what that has done to the animist spirit that is also pulsing through Buddhism, and how the scientific materialist bias in the transmission of Buddhism to Turtle Island may have filtered out relationships to non-human presences. ABOUT ADAM LOBEL Adam Lobel, PhD, practices at the intersections of ecodharma, meditation, and psycho-social political transformation. He is a scholar-practitioner of philosophy and religion, a Guiding Teacher for One Earth Sangha, an environmental justice activist working to resist the petrochemical buildout in his region, and a professor of Ecopsychology. Adam served as a teacher (acharya) in the Shambhala tradition from 2005 until resigning in 2018. A speaker on ecology and spirituality at the United Nations, he leads ecodharma workshops called “Silent Transformations,” has taught in the Ecosattva Training, and is a Greenfaith fellow. Adam’s teachings focus on Great Perfection Tibetan Buddhism, modern phenomenology, and inoperative studies (Heidegger, Foucault, Agamben). He has a longstanding interest in progressive contemplative education and transformative pedagogy. Adam teaches a critical style of contemplative training that seeks to avoid enclosure in neoliberal mindfulness while still disclosing effortless awareness. He is currently developing what he calls “four fields” of contemplative practices for potential worlds. For more on his teachings see his website: Releasement. ABOUT DAMCHO DIANA FINNEGAN Damcho was a journalist based in New York and Hong Kong before training in India with Tibetan Buddhist masters for over a decade, earned a PhD in Sanskrit and Tibetan Buddhism and co-founded Comunidad Dharmadatta, a women-led practice community with a presence across Latin America and a commitment to an anti-patriarchal, earth-based spirituality inspired by Buddhism. She has been teaching primarily in Spanish since 2003. She was a Buddhist nun for 24 years. More at dharmadatta.org/en/ and institutobudadharma.org *BUDDHIST ANIMISMS* This far-ranging series serves as excavation in search of animist roots in Buddhist teachings and practices, whether they spring from the source or from indigenous soils in which Buddhism was later transplanted. By "animism' we mean worldviews that recognize the personhood and intelligence of non-human beings. Through this category, we ask what a non-anthropocentric vision of Buddhist practice could look like. How do we extend a practice of right relations to the land? What resources does Buddhism offer for moving beyond the extractive relationships humans currently have to other species? In conversational inquiry, we trace the interactions between Buddhist teachings and other sources of wisdom that honor the intelligence of non-human species. Practitioners from indigenous, native and original people's communities in North and South America reflect on the relationship of their Buddhist and indigenous wisdoms and practices. Teachers share their experience working with animist ways of being to deepen their practice. Scholars share their research into the place of the more-than-human in Buddhist doctrine, communities and practices. Other talks in the series will be published monthly here:    • Buddhist Animisms   With thanks to the BESS Family Foundation for their support, making it possible for us to host the remarkable speakers in this series.