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SUMMARY:The Three Tenets: The Intimacy of Taking Action
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a panel discussion with Genjo Marinello\, Joshin Byrnes\, Jitsujo Gauthier\, Koho Mello\, and Mikko Ijäs discussing Zen Peacemakers third Tenet: Taking Action. In this panel discussion\, we will probe the emotional and spiritual aspects of taking action. Many of us struggle with the notion of taking action without naming or blaming perpetrators\, without calling out evil\, without siding with one group against another\, or this against that. Many of us are hard-wired for the language\, the tone\, the energy and the action of conflict and resistance\, which we know does not make matters better. And yet we are called to act. \nHow do we do this wisely and compassionately\, preserving our inherent interconnectedness?\nThis tenet has been expressed as “healing”. How do we promote healing when we take action? \nGeoff O’Keeffe will moderate and there will be an opportunity for participants to participate in the discussion.\nDuration: 90 minutes \nA link to join using Zoom will be sent after you register. \nTo register: \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/187516
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/the-three-tenets-the-intimacy-of-taking-action/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T130000
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SUMMARY:Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness to Gaza Silent Meditation
DESCRIPTION:As Zen Peacemakers\, we practice seeing our world from a position of stillness and non-judgment\, witnessing life’s beauty and joy alongside the horror and suffering\, without looking away. From that intense experience our hearts call us to act. \nPlease join us virtually Friday\, September 5th at 12:00 pm US Eastern Time\, to sit together in silence for one hour\, to acknowledge all those suffering in Gaza. \nDuration: 60 minutes \nA link to join using Zoom will be sent after you register. \nTo register: \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/189562 \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/zen-peacemakers-bearing-witness-to-gaza-silent-meditation/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T143000
DTSTAMP:20260422T043953
CREATED:20250910T212106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250910T212106Z
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SUMMARY:Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – NONVIOLENCE with Father John Dear
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, Father John Dear will reflect on the critical importance of “nonviolence” for each one of us today\, in our hearts and our personal lives\, and for our world. He will review the basics\, point out some areas that we can actively work on\, and encourage us to do what we can together to be a force for a more nonviolent nation and world. He looks at creative nonviolence from the perspective of Gandhi\, Dr. King and Dorothy Day\, and his many friends and teachers\, including Daniel and Philip Berrigan\, Coretta Scotta King\, Mother Theresa\, Thich Nhat Hanh and Archbishop Desmond Tutu\, who nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize. \nRegistration link: \nhttps://www.upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-september-2025/
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-nonviolence-with-father-john-dear/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250916T133000
DTSTAMP:20260422T043953
CREATED:20250815T182522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250817T010204Z
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SUMMARY:Zen Peacemaker Event: The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy: The New Kid on the Block
DESCRIPTION:Buddhist Coalition for Democracy (BCD) board members John Murphy and Rev. Seth Zuiho Segall will discuss the origins of the BCD and its Call to Action\, the organization’s guiding principles\, its initial actions and future programming\, and its view of the current political situation and the role Buddhists can play in supporting democratic principles\, ideals\, norms\, and processes. We will discuss the BCD’s intention to be a non-denominational Buddhist organization that embraces a broad spectrum of anti-authoritarian political views. \nYou can register for this event here. \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/188967/booking/07c50b55-4ae6-4577-a907-1ef7a9669306/ticket-selection
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/zen-peacemaker-event-the-buddhist-coalition-for-democracy-the-new-kid-on-the-block/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T043953
CREATED:20250826T185940Z
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SUMMARY:The Three Tenets with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien
DESCRIPTION:Bernie Glassman articulated the Three Tenets of the Zen Peacemakers early in the evolution of the organization. But these three\, simple\, profound\, vows or commitments can also be taken as a complete practice for our life: \nI will embody Not Knowing\, thereby giving up fixed ideas.\nI will Bear Witness\, opening my heart to the joy and suffering of life.\nI will take Loving Action arising out of not-knowing and bearing witness. \nWe can practice and manifest our true selves in every situation and with everything that arises\, using the Three Tenets. This is a lifelong practice\, one we never complete on our hourlong session we will present and describe the Three Tenets and have time to take your questions. \nDuration: 60 minutes – Format: Presentation \nTo register: \nhttps://hive.zenpeacemakers.org/events/188997
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/the-three-tenets-with-sensei-jim-daikan-bastien/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T043953
CREATED:20250813T154809Z
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SUMMARY:BCD New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Live Telecast: Julia Sagebien interviews Rev. Seth Zuihō Segall
DESCRIPTION:In the first of a series of monthly live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders\, host Julia Sagebien interviews Rev. Seth Zuihō Segall about his understanding of engaged Buddhism.  The interview will last 30 minutes and will be followed by an opportunity for questions and answers by viewers. In later months\, the series will include live interviews with the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi from Chuang Yen Monastery\, Tara Brach of the Insight Meditaiton Community of Washington\, D.C.\, Mushim Patricia Ikeda from the East Bay Meditation Center\, Sinclair Shinryu Thomson Roshi\, abbot of the Village Zendo\, Daiken Nelson Roshi\, from Pamsula Zen Center\, the Rev. angel Kyodo williams from the Center for Transformative Change\, Ellen Korman Mains\, author and long-term student of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche\, and others.  These live broadcasts will be recorded and later available as YouTube videos and Substack podcasts. \nRev. Segall is a Zen priest and psychologist who has written many books\, chapters\, and articles on the intersection of Buddhism and psychology.  He is a former clinical faculty member of the Yale School of Medicine and a current contributing editor to Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.  He is a cofounder and Coordinating Committee member of the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy. Rev. Segall views Buddhism from a naturalistic\, pragmatic\, cosmopolitan\, and eudaimonic perspective. His experience as a citizen-activist began with the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movments. \n  \nTo Join\, click: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8246019794?pwd=wBClQIIZIA1hLkaiL8dzZyniJoQj0V.1&omn=84098118163 \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-new-directions-in-engaged-buddhism-live-telecast-julia-sagebien-interviews-rev-seth-zuiho-segall/
LOCATION:Zoom Event
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T143000
DTSTAMP:20260422T043953
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SUMMARY:Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – DISCERNMENT with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the continued commitment to social and environmental engagement and justice in this very complex time\, to exploring the roots of structural violence in our social systems\, and to engage in the world in a courageous way based on contemplative practice and views that actualize non-separateness\, interbeing\, equity\, compassion\, justice\, integrity\, courage\, dignity\, and unshakable awareness. \nThis monthly series is stewarded by Roshi Joan Halifax\, Sensei Noah Kodo Roen\, and Sensei Wendy Dainin Lau. \nThe faculty for this series includes: Jon Kabat-Zinn\, Christiana Figueres\, Ruth King\, Valerie Brown\, Bhikkhu Bodhi\, Father Greg Boyle\, Terry Tempest Williams\, Konda Mason\, Rebecca Solnit\, Father John Dear\, Guo Gu\, Tara Brach\, Frank Ostaseski\, Sharon Salzberg\, Roshi Joan\, and Senseis Noah Kodo Roen and Wendy Dainin Lau. \nThe focus is on recognizing and ending violence in relation to addressing the roots of war/genocide\, racism\, climate suffering\, economics of exploitation and extraction\, othering\, and our own delusion that we are separate from any being or thing. \nVen. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an American Buddhist monk\, born in 1944 in Brooklyn\, New York. He obtained a BA in philosophy from Brooklyn College and a PhD in philosophy from Claremont Graduate School before traveling to Sri Lanka to pursue his interest in Buddhism. He received novice ordination in 1972 and full ordination in 1973\, both under Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maitreya (1896-1998)\, the leading Sri Lankan scholar-monk of the time. \nRegistration link: \nhttps://www.upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-bhikkhu-bodhi-2025/ \n 
URL:https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-discernment-with-ven-bhikkhu-bodhi/
CATEGORIES:Engaged Buddhism,Virtual Event
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