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Braiding Sweetgrass book recommendation
Inspirations | Novasutras | practices

Braiding Sweetgrass book recommendation

ByNovasutras Movement 2018-Oct-012018-Nov-20

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer – why you should read this book, share it with your friends, and rejoice in its powerful lessons for abiding in ubuntu and agaya!

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Roots of Agaya
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Roots of Agaya

ByNovasutras Movement 2018-Jun-282018-Jun-25

Agaya came from merging the words agape and Gaia. Gaia references the Gaia Theory that Earth systems interact to promote life’s resilience. Agape is divine, altruistic love.

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Tree with roots exposed. Photo by Aaron Escobar [CC BY 2.0]
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Digging into Deep Ecology

ByNovasutras Movement 2018-Jun-22

Novasutras has its roots in Deep Ecology, as expressed in agaya.

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The Cosmos in the Tree, as seen by ThĂ­ch Nh?t H?nh

ByNovasutras Movement 2018-Mar-112022-Apr-13

A wonderful quote by ThĂ­ch 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.”

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Why is Novasutras a spiritual movement?
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Why is Novasutras a spiritual movement?

ByMichelle Y. Merrill, Ph.D. 2017-Dec-182019-Nov-15

Unlike most activist organizations, Novasutras starts from the intention of inspiring a movement large enough to change the whole paradigm of civilization.

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The Novasutras ecospiritual movement helps us become interconnected with the more-than-human world through reverence, joy, generosity, gratitude, and loving-kindness.

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    • About
      • About Novasutras
        • An Ecospiritual Movement to Shift the Mindset
      • Agaya and Ubuntu
      • Contact
      • Help Us Grow
        • Uplifters
          • Meet Our Uplifters
          • Our Interns
    • Events
      • Novasutras Global Events
        • Past Events
      • Leading Deep Change
      • Santa Cruz Area Events
    • Blog
    • Projects
      • Internships
      • Earth’s Three Green Hearts
        • Sundaland
        • Amazonia
        • Congo
      • Climate Solutions
        • #StopLine3
        • Regenerative Land Reform
      • Child Hardship Fact Force
    • Practices
      • Celebrations
      • Meditation
      • Focusing
      • Shinrin-Yoku
      • Work That Reconnects
    • Santa Cruz local chapter
      • Santa Cruz, California area chapter
        • Santa Cruz Area Resources
      • Santa Cruz Area Events
        • Santa Cruz Archives