Prayer for rainforests

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Aemilius
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Prayer for rainforests

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May all rainforests on planet Earth thrive, be happy, continue to live, and not die (because of aggressive and greedy human activity)!


"Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living ecosystems, with some surviving in their present form for at least 70 million years. They are incredibly diverse and complex, home to more than half of the world’s plant and animal species—even though they cover just 6% of Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests astoundingly dense with flora and fauna; a 10-square-kilometer (4-square-mile) patch can contain as many as 1,500 flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 400 species of birds and 150 species of butterflies.

Rainforests thrive on every continent except Antarctica. The largest rainforests on Earth surround the Amazon River in South America and the Congo River in Africa. The tropical islands of Southeast Asia and parts of Australia support dense rainforest habitats."
svaha
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Sarvē mānavāḥ svatantrāḥ samutpannāḥ vartantē api ca, gauravadr̥śā adhikāradr̥śā ca samānāḥ ēva vartantē. Ētē sarvē cētanā-tarka-śaktibhyāṁ susampannāḥ santi. Api ca, sarvē’pi bandhutva-bhāvanayā parasparaṁ vyavaharantu."
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1. (in english and sanskrit)
muni
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Re: Prayer for rainforests

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"Peace and the survival of life on earth as we know it are
threatened by human activities which lack a commitment to
humanitarian values. Destruction of nature and nature resources
results from ignorance, greed and lack of respect for the earth’s
living things."
https://tibetpolicy.net/wp-content/uplo ... 7-2017.pdf
GrapeLover
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Re: Prayer for rainforests

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Lama Pema’s prayer to Prthvi Devi also seems relevant here: https://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.php?t=31564
Tenma
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Re: Prayer for rainforests

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The closest thing to prayers for rainforests I can think of is Thangtong Gyalpo's "Prayer for Dispelling Famine" which can be used for a similar purpose as Lama Pema taught last time in his transmission (alongside as a treatment for epidemics). Likewise, in terms of "new" prayers like Lama Pema's "Prayer to Prithvi Devi," there is the Dalai Lama's "The Sheltering Tree of Interdependence":

https://www.dalailama.com/messages/envi ... eflections
འ༔ ཨ༔ ཧ༔ ཤ༔ ས༔ མ༔
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