Green Dharma Treasury is an archive of Tarchin’s writings. It is offered to all beings with the aspiration that some of these ideas will inspire healthy engagement in this vast living world of which we are all part.
Why is it called Green Dharma Treasury?
Dharma is a rich and multi levelled term. In a general sense it can mean teaching, or truth, or phenomena, or process. This site is particularly concerned with buddhadharma which refers to teachings of awakening, budding, healing, wise livelihood and compassionate engagement. This is a buddhadharma that is broad and inclusive and can be expressed in many forms, as well as the forms found in traditional schools of Buddhism. A vibrant buddhadharma contains hints and admonitions for consciously living in this totally connected, constantly changing, impossible to pin down, dancing of becoming – this mystery of continuous living and dying – this community of sentience that every being is.
2500 years ago, Sakyamuni Buddha recognised, engaged with, and then helped others to recognise and engage with, this naturally occurring dharma of living. From ancient times right up to today, countless other human beings: mystics, shamans, deep thinkers, philosophers, and contemplatives from many diverse cultures and spiritual traditions have done the same.
We have called it Green because dharma is living and eternally fresh.
Green because dharma is a naturally occurring expression of the deep and profound interweaving of all life forms and processes.
Look around you . . . this is it . . . and the looking too.
This precious ecology of being.
This living world coming to know itself.
Our aspiration is that this site will become a virtual Treasury, a gathering of writings, poems, essays and e-books, that have flowed forth in the course of Tarchin’s many years of teaching and exploring. It is filled with hints and nudges, cajolings and reasonings – archetypes of meaning; all pointing to something that is timeless, ineffable, precious, essentially undefinable, yet profoundly and pragmatically useful.
The real treasury, the treasury of the real, opens of itself. It is one’s own inherent aliveness; the unique self-organizing ecology of being that is the very heart and substance of everything.
Who is Green Dharma Treasury for?
Green Dharma Treasury is for students of dharma at every level; from beginner through to deeply matured practitioner, particularly those who are inspired by an approach that is richly inclusive and non-sectarian. It is a resource of themes and methods for dharma teachers and instructors. The overall approach will hopefully be useful for educators and health practitioners who are looking for a more holistic approach to their work. Eco-activists and people looking for a more integrated way of living will find inspiration in these articles. Finally Green Dharma Treasury will be a valuable reference and reminder for people who have personally studied or retreated with Tarchin.
Copyright request. Everything on this site is offered freely. However, it is requested that, out of both courtesy and intellectual honesty, if you do reproduce any of these writings and acknowledge Tarchin as the author, that you don’t change or modify the text. If you change or modify anything – please indicate that you have done so.
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