• AWAKENED ACTION: Making the Future in the Present

    This special gathering is a time to explore how in this very moment, we make the future in the present. Today, we find ourselves moving against attempts to step backward into greater and greater harm. In this important time together we will explore through teachings, story, practice, meeting each other warm hand to warm hand, […]

  • Buddhist Voices for Immigration Justice: Compassion in Action

    Zoom Event

    BCD, in partnership with the Insight Meditation Center of Washington will be holding a virtual Town Hall on Immigration. “Buddhist Voices for Immigration Justice: Compassion in Action” will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2025, 6:00-7:30pm EST.  Our panelists: Tara Brach, whose teachings include a full, compassionate engagement with our world; Lama Rod Owens, an […]

  • BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    Zoom Event

    This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell.  Each week, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. Email Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment. To join, click on: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85776917873?pwd=i10H8UiuaXwkqSJtgVigDucVyBLyF3.1 Meeting ID: 857 7691 7873 Passcode: 169767

  • BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    Zoom Event

    This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell.  Each week, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. Email Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment. To join, click on: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85776917873?pwd=i10H8UiuaXwkqSJtgVigDucVyBLyF3.1 Meeting ID: 857 7691 7873 Passcode: 169767

  • BCD Telecast: New Directions in Engaged Buddhism

    BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism host Julia Sagebien interviews Francisco “Paco” Lugoviña Roshi

    Zoom Event

    In this third of a series of monthly live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews Francisco "Paco" Lugoviña Roshi  about his vision for engaged Buddhism. The interview will last 30 minutes and be followed by an opportunity for question and answers by viewers. Roshi Paco is a Dharma heir to Bernie […]

  • BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club

    Zoom Event

    This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell.  Each week, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. Email Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment. To join, click on: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85776917873?pwd=i10H8UiuaXwkqSJtgVigDucVyBLyF3.1 Meeting ID: 857 7691 7873 Passcode: 169767

  • Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg

    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 engaging in the world in a courageous way based on contemplative practice and views that actualize non-separateness, interbeing, equity, compassion, justice, integrity, courage, dignity, […]