The Novasutras movement-building goals for the coming years are presented on this page, and in this video
How shall we achieve these? What do you want to work on? Please tell the community below, or contact us directly.
We will also discuss our goals for the coming years during our December solstice livestream – please join us December 21st, 8am PST.
The global environmental and social challenges we face today are daunting, and they demand a response at a scale appropriate to the problem. Join us as we build a spiritual movement based in the principles of reverence for the living world, interdependence and loving-kindness: agaya and ubuntu.
A wonderful quote by Thích Nh?t H?nh provides a lovely illustration of agaya “…I looked into the tree and I saw the whole cosmos in it…” Another expresses ubuntu “We are all the leaves of one tree. We are all the waves of one sea; the time has come for all to live as one.”
The first local chapter of Novasutras is sprouting and reaching sunward. We had our launch party in August (details and pictures follow), and we’re planning and participating in events as part of the Global Climate Strike Week in Santa Cruz, California.
Today I can officially note that the Novasutras movement has attracted some outside attention. We appear to have reached at least stage two in the old saying (widely misattributed to Mohandis K. Gandhi): First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Specifically, at a sandy place where I…
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