Universal responsibility and the global environment

Sravasti Abbey monastics attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings at the Environmental Summit in Portland, Oregon from May 9-11, 2013. Venerable Thubten Jampa shares on the teachings that they received.

  • A summary of the panel on “Universal Responsibility and the Global Environment.”
  • His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dr. David Suzuki and Andrea Durbin spoke on our responsibility to care for the environment for the benefit of future generations

View Venerable Thubten Jampa’s followup talk on this topic.

Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa

Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa is from Hamburg, Germany. She took refuge in 2001. Bhikshuni Jampa studied politics and sociology for 5 years at the Humboldt-University in Berlin and received her master in Social Science in 2004. Afterwards she worked for the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) in Berlin till 2007 and for the Tibetan Center Hamburg from 2007-2011. She completed monastic training at Sravasti Abbey, USA from 2011-2022. Today she lives in Hamburg again as a fully ordained nun (Bhikshuni) and studies full-time at the Dharma College at the Tibetan Centre. She occasionally offers lectures, retreats, regular meditations and a study group at the Buddhist Society Hamburg and if requested at the Tibetan Centre, among other places. Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa is also involved in the Hamburg Buddhist Society (BGH).

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