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China\u2019s massive environmental crisis has its traditionally secular state looking to religion to encourage deeper values, more compassion towards nature, and the creation of what some governmental officials are calling \u201can ecological civilization.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cWho will protect the environment? In the West and in China, it\u2019s the government’s responsibility,” says Tashi Sange, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and conservationist. “This is not the Buddhist way. If you think that way you are not Buddhist. You are the protector. 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