Chaplaincy is sacred work in that it can involve touching and caring for the deepest, most personal, and most valuable areas of people’s lives.
Eco-Chaplaincy explicitly adds to this a focus on the sacred or profound interconnectedness people have with the natural world.
Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy is a pioneering endeavor which places Buddhist practice and Dharma values at the heart of caring for the natural world, and for the suffering, joys, and degrees of inner freedom we can all have in relation to the natural world.
The wise benefit self, benefit others,
benefit self-and-others,
and benefit the whole world.
-The Buddha
Buddhist
Ecological
Chaplaincy
Where there is suffering in this interconnectedness, the eco-chaplain is interested in healing;
Where there is joy and love, the eco-chaplain helps celebrate;
Where there is alienation, the eco-chaplain fosters belonging;
Where there is injustice the eco-chaplain promotes justice and reconciliation;
Where there is the possibility of doing good, the eco-chaplain promotes the greatest good for all involved.
