"We don't know if the end for humans nears. We know it may come, so the mind must be ready. Overuse of this world by people brings disaster -- floods, global warming. But it's not the end of the Earth, even if it is our own. Nature will move forward, beyond us. But for now," he says, "it is a good idea for us to save trees. It helps."
--Ajaan Boonku, TheravÄda Buddhist monk, Wat Asokaram Monastery, Thailand. In Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, by Alan Weisman (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013), p. 359.
--Ajaan Boonku, TheravÄda Buddhist monk, Wat Asokaram Monastery, Thailand. In Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?, by Alan Weisman (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013), p. 359.
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