• BCD Live Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Mushim Patricia Ikeda

    Zoom Event

    In this episode of New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism, Host Julia Sagebien interviews Mushim Patricia Ikeda.  Mushim is a Buddhist teacher, author, social justice activist, and mother based in Oakland, California. She teaches at the East Bay Meditation Center, where she leads the award-winning yearlong mindfulness program for social change agents, Practice in Transformative Action. […]

  • 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 and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list.  

  • BCD Weekly Meditation Group

    BCD Weekly Meditation Group
    Zoom Event

    ​​This is a weekly meditation group facilitated by Linda Modaro. It is a welcoming drop-in group—join when you can. Meeting ID: 818 7605 9491 Passcode: 100 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81876059491?pwd=TUpXZ0V3bHYya1c0cjRia2JBS3J3UT09 What to Expect Each session begins with an invitation to bring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with activism into your meditation; holding them in the conditions […]

  • 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 and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list.  

  • BCD Weekly Meditation Group

    BCD Weekly Meditation Group
    Zoom Event

    ​​This is a weekly meditation group facilitated by Linda Modaro. It is a welcoming drop-in group—join when you can. Meeting ID: 818 7605 9491 Passcode: 100 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81876059491?pwd=TUpXZ0V3bHYya1c0cjRia2JBS3J3UT09 What to Expect Each session begins with an invitation to bring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with activism into your meditation; holding them in the conditions […]

  • BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagbien interviews Tara Brach

    Zoom Event

    In this seventh live interview in the New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series, host Julia Sagbien will interview renowned Insight Meditaiton teacher Tara Brach. Tara is a spiritual teacher, psychologist and author of the internationally bestselling books Radical Acceptance, Radical Compassion and Trusting the Gold. She blends Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices, mindful attention […]

  • 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 and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list.  

  • BCD Weekly Meditation Group

    BCD Weekly Meditation Group
    Zoom Event

    ​​This is a weekly meditation group facilitated by Linda Modaro. It is a welcoming drop-in group—join when you can. Meeting ID: 818 7605 9491 Passcode: 100 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81876059491?pwd=TUpXZ0V3bHYya1c0cjRia2JBS3J3UT09 What to Expect Each session begins with an invitation to bring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with activism into your meditation; holding them in the conditions […]

  • BCD Poetry as Witness: A Contemplative Circle of Nature and Word (Recurring Monthly Group)

    Zoom Event

    Poetry as Witness is a monthly online contemplative circle of Nature & Word designed as a space for literary expression, mindful witnessing, and relational reflection. The circle is facilitated by Lorena Saavedra-Smith, BCD member, poet, pacha philosopher, and ecopsychologist. Originally from Perú, Lorena is a lifelong storyteller and keeper of Andean ancestral wisdom. This circle […]