Stephanie Kaza: What is Moral Injury?

In today’s talk Stephanie Kaza explores moral injury: We can be morally injured by the damage done to the environment. The moral injury leaves us feeling ashamed, guilty, and helpless, and ‘…threatens our belief in our society.’ Looking at other traditions like the ancient Christians and the Navajo, their wisdom demonstrates that we must ‘…take responsibility for our healing which contributes to a better society.’ So how can Buddhist moral guidelines heal moral harm? By turning towards the harm, learning from it, we can engage collectively to ‘…restore the moral fabric of society…and our impact with each other.’