Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.9, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Buddhist Coalition for Democracy ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [BCD Statement on War With Iran](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/bcd-statement-on-war-with-iran/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Once again the United States is at war in the Middle East. This time it is a war initiated by a President who criticized his predecessors for having engaged in “endless” foreign wars - [I Now See Something Different When I Look At A Photo of Trump](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/i-now-see-something-different-when-i-look-at-a-photo-of-trump/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px”] In this article, I describe how I came to look at Trump differently. Not that my opposition to him has diminished one bit. But my sense of him as a person has shifted. - [The Suffering That Does Not Trend](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-suffering-that-does-not-trend/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] For months I have been carrying a quiet horror, not only about the Epstein revelations themselves, but about where we were and were not pointing our attention. Then a [February 7, 2026] Instagram - [Where Are All the Young Folks?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/where-are-all-the-young-folks/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Why is it mostly boomers who show up at No Kings Day rallies? Where are all the college students? Why, when we old folks were college students, we were out there protesting the - [What Really Counts](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/what-really-counts/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] No Kings Day 3 has come and gone. An estimated 8,000,000 people participated—we’ll never know the exact number—but the more important question is “what happens next?” I attended a smallish No Kings Day - [In Shōsan's Shadow](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/in-shosans-shadow/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_color=”#FFFFFF”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”||0px|||”] Rise with fierce resolve.Life’s hardships are temple bells,ringing you awake. A sword left unsheathed,cuts through the illusions deep;truth sharpens the blade. Chop wood, carry water—the mountain bows to effort,not to idle pleas. - [Awakening Matriarchs](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/awakening-matriarchs/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Many forces assure me that I am broken and damaged dumb and stupid, deficient unloveable, insignificant not enough, a second-class human without a mind of my own and too emotional too afraid to - [Freedom As A Virtue](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/freedom-as-a-virtue/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Inflation and economic anxiety, political polarization, climate change, and threats to democracy are some of the issues that weigh heavily on the American people. These challenges have led to fierce debates over policies - [BCD Statement on Cuban Oil Blockade & U.S. Cuban Policy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/bcd-statement-on-cuban-oil-blockade-u-s-cuban-policy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] For more than two generations, except for a brief détente under Obama, the United States has pursued an escalating campaign of economic warfare against Cuba: a near-total trade embargo, financial isolation, extraterritorial sanctions, - [Is Using the Word "Fascist" Right Speech?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/is-using-the-word-fascist-right-speech/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Back in the 1990s —before the era of social media—when Usenet was the most common venue for internet conversations— it was noted that the longer an online discussion continued, the greater the probability - [When the Monks Walked for Peace by My House](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/when-the-monks-walked-for-peace-by-my-house/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] When I found out about the mission of their walk, something inside me cracked. Not metaphorically, but physically. Tears came before thought. I felt heat building in my chest, and a sense of - [Stand Up and Stand Together](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/stand-up-and-stand-together/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] On January 13th, New Hampsire Episocopal Bishop Bob Hirschfeld asked New Hampshire Episcopal ministers to “get their affairs in order to make sure they have their wills written, because it may be that - [Trumpism: What Is It?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/trumpism-what-is-it/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] A recent article by Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman, Further Back to the Future, deserves to be better known and is a good road toward defining Trumpism. To capture what makes this - [eyes](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/eyes/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” text_font=”|600|||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] ice Ice the ice is coming Oh January, your cold, unforgiving, almost inhumane winds are tearing me apart My eyes are meant to see can’t ignore what the ice is doing to - [BCD Statement on the Murder of Alex Pretti](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/bcd-statement-on-the-murder-of-alex-pretti/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Along with all Minnesotans and decent people everywhere, the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy grieves the senseless murder of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. We especially grieve for those who knew him best—his family, coworkers, and - [Walk Together Children, Don't You Get Weary](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/walk-together-children-dont-you-get-weary/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] It felt like 8℉ as we stood outside the White Plains Federal Courthouse. Everyone was chilled to the bone, and my gloves weren’t warm enough to allow me to keep holding up my - [A New Template for Conflict, But Cuba Poses the Same Old Problems](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/a-new-template-for-conflict-but-cuba-poses-the-same-old-problems/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Let’s examine the recent United States military strike on Venezuela not only as a spectacle, but as a test case. What happened in Caracas in early January was not simply the removal of - [Neo-Royalism](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/neo-royalism/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] It’s hard to find the exact right word—le mot juste—that best describes the Trump regime. Words like “fascist,” “illiberal,” “personalist dictatorship,” and “authoritarian” are often used, but none seems completely satisfactory. Imagine my - [Say Her Name](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/say-her-name/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The New Year has begun, and it was only three days into the new year that the Venezuelan head of state and his wife were kidnapped for the expressed purpose of grabbing Venezuela’s - [BCD Statement on U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/2839-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy issues this declaration in response to the recent military actions by the United States against the sovereign nation of Venezuela and the capture of its head of state, - [Our Courts and Hitler's](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/our-courts-and-hitlers/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] In a recent holiday message, I expressed optimism that one year into this administration our district courts, courts of appeals, grand juries, and criminal and civil court juries were still upholding the rule - [A Note of Holiday Cheer (Amidst General Awfulness)](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/a-note-of-holiday-cheer-amidst-general-awfulness/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The relentless pace of events continues. In just this past week: 1) Trump commented on the murders of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner, - [Cycles of Belonging: A Migrant Story for Our Time](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/cycles-of-belonging-a-migrant-story-for-our-time/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Hearing my friend, an elementary school teacher, say she had to undergo training on what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - [Five Life Tasks for Political Activists](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/five-life-tasks-for-political-activists/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Stephen Batchelor, a prominent secular Buddhist, has reframed the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism as four tasks: 1) Embrace life as it is - [The Supreme Court Stands on its Head](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-supreme-court-stands-on-its-head/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] In Trump v. United States (2024), decided 6–3 on July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled that a former president enjoys (1) absolute - [The Brave Little Parrot and the Fire of Apathy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-brave-little-parrot-and-the-fire-of-apathy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] There’s an old Jataka tale about a small parrot trying to put out a forest fire. You’ve probably heard some version of it. - [MAGA's Collective Reactivity II: A Deeper Dive](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/magas-collective-reactivity-ii-a-deeper-dive/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] In a previous post published here in October, I wrote this essay, in which I began to piece together what I had hoped - [The Alchemy of the Book Club](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-alchemy-of-the-book-club/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px”] It is a wonderful occurrence when you can share something you love with someone who is as enamored of it as you are. - [Heroes Without Headlines](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/heroes-without-headlines/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] They arrive quietly, often unseen by the cameras that prefer the spectacle of the border or the flash of a crime scene. Yet - [The Open Wound: Buddhism, Immigration and the Violence of Belonging Nowhere](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-open-wound-buddhism-immigration-and-the-violence-of-belonging-nowhere/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px”] As a member of the coordinating committee for the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy—an organization that supports democracy through methods consistent with Buddhist principles - [The Democratic Cave-In](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-democratic-cave-in/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Yesterday we transitioned from last Tuesday night’s exhilaration in the wake of Democratic electoral victories to the dispiriting reality of the national Democratic - [The Constitutional Illiteracy of J. D. Vance](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-constitutional-illiteracy-of-j-d-vance/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” custom_padding=”||7px|||”] When Vice President J. D. Vance recently announced that the administration would “follow the law” but not a federal court order mandating - [Afterglow](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/afterglow/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Did it matter that 7,000,000 people turned out for last month’s No Kings Day? If you ever wondered whether all of our recent protests, vigils, - [The Hungry Ghosts of Idealism](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-hungry-ghosts-of-idealism/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] In Buddhist cosmology, the hungry ghosts—pretas—are beings with vast, empty bellies and narrow throats. They wander desolate landscapes tormented by unending craving. Some - [Grace Before Language](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/grace-before-language/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life is a film that feels less like a story than a meditation—a cinematic sutra on suffering, impermanence, - [Calling for an Inner Revolution](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/calling-for-an-inner-revolution-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Some defend the status quo. Others call for upheaval, even violent overthrow, to cure our civic rot. But violence only breeds new cycles - [Calling for an Inner Revolution](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/calling-for-an-inner-revolution/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Some defend the status quo. Others call for upheaval, even violent overthrow, to cure our civic rot. But violence only breeds new cycles of violence. - [What Gives Me Hope](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/what-gives-me-hope/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Why haven’t national Democratic leaders marched in the streets with Indivisible and No Kings? Why haven’t they organized a national strike? Why are they not - [Like Talking to a Wall](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/like-talking-to-a-wall/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”] If you’re like me, you have someone in your life, maybe someone you care about deeply, who has imbibed vast quantities of the MAGA kool-aid. After attending - [Democracy and Dukkha](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/democracy-and-dukkha/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px”] Fragment of a draft for a manifesto on Buddhist-informed democracy Democracy depends on the rule of law to define what is fair and - [MAGA's Collective Reactivity](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/magas-collective-reactivity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Starting on the evening of last November 5, as the state by state presidential election counts were coming in and pointing to the inevitability of Donald Trump’s election to a second term, I have been taking note - [If You Were Not Afraid, What Would You Do for the Healing of the World: Transforming Powerlessness](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/if-you-were-not-afraid-what-would-you-do-for-the-healing-of-the-world-transforming-powerlessness/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”] I would like you to consider a question. If you were not afraid, what would you do for the healing of the world? Not a different you, not a superhero, but as you are. If you were - [Meditation in A Democracy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/meditation-in-a-democracy/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] In the US we live in a representative democracy—imperfect, but real. Citizens elect officials who represent our ideas and concerns, again imperfectly. Democracies need to be nurtured and protected. Their credibility rests on the willingness to accept criticism, self-correct, - [Polarity](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/polarity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”17px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] On a wall in my apartment hangs a prayer flag. The image on the flag is taken from a page in spiritual leader Ram Dass’s book Be Here Now. It shows an illustration - [Intimacy Demands Activity](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/intimacy-demands-activity/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Years ago as part of Lay Ordination I gave a “Way Seeking Mind” talk in which I recalled a longing for a deeper intimacy with the natural world around me: the rocks and trees of the mountains - [The Inspiring Unintended Consequences of Terrible Political Times](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-inspiring-unintended-consequences-of-terrible-political-times/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Who could’ve predicted the wonderful unintended consequences of these terrible political times in our beloved American democracy! Who could’ve predicted that a small group of Buddhist visionaries would be inspired to conceive of a new - [All Kinds of People](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/all-kinds-of-people/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] “Takes all kinds of people to make up a world.” These words were spoken by Kurt Vonnegut’s beloved fictional weirdo, Kilgore Trout, in his book Breakfast of Champions. In the scene, Trout is - [This is the Week That Was](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/this-is-the-week-that-was/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] The other day White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller declared the “Democrat party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization.” Just a day earlier Donald Trump directed - [A Tyrant is Trying to Scare Us](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/a-tyrant-is-trying-to-scare-us/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_font_size=”18px” text_text_color=”#000000″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Sometimes I hear from ordinary people who wish to do something about the multiplying threats to freedom and democracy that we face under the growing Trump tyranny, but fear that their activism may - [Two Kidnappings](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/two-kidnappings/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] On Thursday July 31, 2025 two members of my community were kidnapped by ICE immediately after attending their immigration hearings at the courthouse at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City. Both were - [Am I Doing Enough?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/am-i-doing-enough/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” text_font_size=”18px”]Growing up in a Jewish family, I often wondered why more Germans didn’t resist Hitler’s rise to power. Living in America in 2025, I no longer have to wonder. The rise of authoritarianism with its minority of - [Mindful Town Hall](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/mindful-town-hall/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_text_color=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″ text_font_size=”17px”] The greatest weapon authoritarians have at their disposal is their ability to demoralize the resistance by making its members feel isolated and powerless. When people feel alone and defenseless, they follow Aesop’s advice that it’s - [Compassion and Interbeing](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/compassion-and-interbeing/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_font_size=”17px” sticky_enabled=”0″] These are the last days that we will share with Joanna Macy, as the beloved Buddhist scholar and founder of The Work That Reconnects spends her remaining time in hospice care with her friends and - [The Constitution Promises Rights to Immigrants—Within Limits](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-constitution-promises-rights-to-immigrants-within-limits/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_font_size=”17px” sticky_enabled=”0″] Imagine one Maria Torres—a mother of three and an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. On a quiet morning in Phoenix federal agents knock on her door. She isn’t under investigation. She has never committed a crime. - [The Theater of Cruelty](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/the-theater-of-cruelty/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” text_text_color=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″] On a sweltering July afternoon in the Florida Everglades, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Kristi Noem stood before a newly constructed immigration detention center newly built with cages and tents in a remote Everglades location where - [Justice by Geography: How Chaos Now Reigns Supreme](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/justice-by-geography/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”19px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Over the course of his presidency and beyond, Donald Trump has tested the limits of federal power through executive orders, agency maneuvers, and constitutional brinkmanship. In the district and appellate courts, the legal response has been - [What it Means to be a Citizen of the United States of America](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/what-it-means-to-be-a-citizen-of-the-united-states-of-america/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”17px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] In the United States, the word “citizen” carries a weight that goes beyond legal status. It evokes the right to vote, the expectation of justice, the duty to serve, and the sense of - [When Democracies Choose to Die](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/when-democracies-choose-to-die/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”3px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” text_line_height=”1.5em” global_colors_info=”{}”] In 1814, John Adams issued a warning that sounds today like the tolling of a distant but familiar bell: “Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a - [What's Buddhist About Engaged Buddhism?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/whats-buddhist-about-engaged-buddhism/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”17px” text_line_height=”1.9em” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Previous versions of this article were published in Turning Wheel (2004) and The Existential Buddhist (2016). It still seems relevant today. What is it that is specifically ## Pages - [Home](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/) - We represent a broad coalition of Buddhists from multiple traditions and lineages and with differing political opinions—radical, progressive, liberal, centrist, and conservative—who share the common goal of ensuring democracy’s survival. - [Call to Action](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/call-to-action-2/) - As Buddhists, we are called to witness the suffering of the world and to mindfully, wisely, and compassionately respond to it. We represent a broad coalition of members with differing perspectives and political philosophies—radical, progressive, liberal, centrist, and conservative—who share a common love for a thriving democracy and are committed to ensuring its survival. - [Videos](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/videos/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Videos” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”20%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”] Video’s from BCD’S New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series hosted by Julia Sagebien [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”4px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”77%” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”] - [Call to Action for Elections](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/call-to-action-for-elections/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”A Call to Action In This Election Season” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” width=”61%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ global_colors_info=”{}”] As Buddhists and friends of the Dharma, we are called to see clearly, speak truthfully, act compassionately, and reduce - [Blog](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/blog/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Buddhist Coalition for Democracy Blog” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” title_font_size=”36px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”43%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” transform_translate=”0px|-258px” transform_translate_linked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blog fullwidth=”off” posts_number=”15″ include_categories=”all” show_more=”on” show_comments=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” read_more_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” read_more_text_color=”#0C71C3″ read_more_font_size=”19px” read_more_line_height=”2.5em” transform_translate=”0px|269px” transform_translate_linked=”off” - [Photo Gallery](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/photo-gallery/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Photo Gallery” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One|700|||||||” title_text_color=”#000000″ title_font_size=”3.5em” title_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”1px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”45%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Buddhist Coalition for Democracy members participate in pro-democracy rallies and demonstrations across entire the country. Here are some photos - [News](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/news/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_image=”off” min_height=”100vh” bottom_divider_style_tablet=”none” bottom_divider_style_phone=”none” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”on|phone” background_last_edited=”on|desktop” use_background_color_gradient_tablet=”on” use_background_color_gradient_phone=”on” background_color_gradient_direction_phone=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops_tablet=”#ffffff 45%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 82%” background_color_gradient_stops_phone=”#ffffff 52%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”|auto||165px||” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|10vw||10vw|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0vw||10vw|false|false” module_alignment_tablet=”left” module_alignment_phone=”left” module_alignment_last_edited=”on|phone” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”News” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One|700|||||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”3.5em” title_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”4em||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0em||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ - [About Us](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/about-us/) - The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy is a non-denominational Buddhist non-profit organization organized in March 2025 to serve as a vehicle for Buddhists to support democratic norms, institutions, and processes in their moment of peril. - [Logos and Brochures](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/logos-and-brochures/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Logos and Brochures” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” title_font_size=”48px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] We have two versions of our logo you can download by clicking on the buttons below—one with a teal background and one with a transparent background. You - [En español](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/en-espanol/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#000000″ header_font_size=”1px” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”33px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] En español [/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_weight=”4px” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”16%” module_alignment=”left” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Inicio (home) Coalición Budista por la Democracia Somos una amplia coalición de budistas provenientes de múltiples tradiciones y linajes, con - [Join/Contact Us](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/contact/) - Contact or join the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy today. 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What does it mean to become a signatory to our Call to Action? - [Call to Action for Immigration Justice](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/2191-2/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”18px” header_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”1px|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ sticky_enabled=”0″] - [Buddhist Resources for Challenging Times](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/beneficial-resources/) - 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[Donate](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/funds/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Donations” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” title_font_size=”41px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”23%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”20px” global_colors_info=”{}”] Dana, or generosity is the first of the Buddhist paramitas. Your donations go to fund the Coalition’s - [Immigrant Legal Resources](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/immigrant-resources/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” background_enable_image=”off” min_height=”100vh” custom_padding=”|2px||||” bottom_divider_style_tablet=”none” bottom_divider_style_phone=”” bottom_divider_style_last_edited=”on|phone” background_last_edited=”on|desktop” use_background_color_gradient_tablet=”on” use_background_color_gradient_phone=”on” background_color_gradient_direction_phone=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops_tablet=”#ffffff 45%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 82%” background_color_gradient_stops_phone=”#ffffff 52%|rgba(255,255,255,0) 100%” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|0vw||0vw|false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Immigrant Rights Legal Resources” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One|700|||||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”3.5em” title_line_height=”1.2em” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”4em||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0em||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2bbda7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” - [Know Your Rights](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/know-your-rights/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Know Your Rights” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” title_font_size=”35px” title_text_align_tablet=”” title_text_align_phone=”” title_text_align_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”78%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” text_text_color=”#000000″] An immigrant rights advocate would advise individuals who are stopped or detained by immigration authorities (such as ICE or - [Donor Dashboard](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/donor-dashboard/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Donor Dashboard” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Julius Sans One||||||||” title_font_size=”41px” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_heading][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”39%” global_colors_info=”{}”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] [/et_pb_code][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] - [Events Calendar](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_heading title=”Events Calendar” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” title_font=”Julius Sans One|700|||||||” title_font_size=”45px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_heading][et_pb_divider _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” color=”#2BBDA7″ divider_weight=”3px” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ max_width=”42%”][/et_pb_divider][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section] ## Donation Forms - [Default Donation Form](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/donations/givewp-donation-form-2/) - [] ## Venues - [New York City](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/new-york-city/) - [Vietnam Veterans Memorial](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/vietnam-veterans-memorial/) - [YouTube Livestream](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/youtube-livestream/) - [Interfaith Center](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/interfaith-center/) - [151 West 30th St., 3rd Floor](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/151-west-30th-st-3rd-floor/) - [Zoom Event](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/zoom-event/) - [Malcom X Park](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/venue/malcom-x-park/) ## Organizers - [Multiple Organizers](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/multiple-organizers/) - [Rachel Faro](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/rachel-faro/) - [Tricycle: The Buddhist Review](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/tricycle-the-buddhist-review/) - [Women's March](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/womens-march-2/) - [Women's March](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/womens-march/) - [Indivisible](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/indivisible/) - [Plum Village](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/plum-village/) - [Interfaith Center of New York](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/interfaith-center-of-new-york/) - [Insight Meditation Community of Washington](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/insight-meditation-community-of-washington/) - [ACLU](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/aclu/) - [Upaya Zen Center](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/upaya-zen-center/) - [Buddhist Coalition for Democracy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/buddhist-coalition-for-democracy-2/) - [May Day Strong](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/may-day-strong/) - [Amaury Cruz](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/amaury-cruz/) - [Berkeley Zen Center](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/berkeley-zen-center/) - [Buddhist Coalition for Democracy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/buddhist-coalition-for-democracy/) - [Zen Peacemakers](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/zen-peacemakers/) - [No Kings](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/no-kings/) - [Third Act](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/third-act-2/) - [Good Trouble Lives On](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/good-trouble-lives-on/) - [Mobilize](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/mobilize-2/) - [Sensei Morris Doshin Sullivan](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/sensei-morris-doshin-sullivan/) - [Mobilize](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/mobilize/) - [Bay Area Buddhist Association](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/bay-area-buddhist-association/) - [Linda Modaro](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/linda-modaro/) - [Third Act](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/organizer/third-act/) ## Events - [BCD Live Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Joshin Byrnes](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-event-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-joshin-byrnes/) - In this ninth episode in the New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series, host Julia Sagebien interviews Joshin Byrnes. Joshin is a Zen priest and teacher at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Community in Middlebury, Vermont, a hub of community-engaged practice with direct service programs that include an active daily drop-in center called Gather and transitional supported - [First Sunday Independence Day Democracy Observance](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/first-sunday-independence-day-democracy-observance/) - BCD is hosting a First Sunday Democracy Observance on July 5th at 11:00 a.m. ET. The event was initiated by member Morris Doshin Sullivan Sensei in conjunction with other Buddhist and interfaith organizations. The Zoom event will commemorate the 250th anniversary of our nation's independence at a time when our democracy is under threat and - [Day of Remembering Our Interdependence](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/day-of-remembering-our-interdependence/) - This is a Buddhist-led, inter-faith, day-long practice and pilgrimage in NYC Inspired by the Buddhist Monks’ 2,300-mile Walk for Peace. Pilgrims will do sitting and walking meditation, transferring merit and metta practice, chanting and ceremonies for everyone’s safety and protection. The day will culminate in a joyful gathering, with songs, poetry, movement, food. All are welcome - [BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club-2-2/2026-07-14/) - 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. - [Live BCD Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Kaira Jewel Lingo](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/live-bcd-event-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-kaira-jewel-lingo/) - In this eighth live interview in the New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series, host Julia Sagbien will interview Kaira Jewel Lingo. Kaira Jewel is a senior Dharma teacher in the Plum Village Zen lineage and teaches Vipassana in the Insight tradition. She is a member of the Plum Village North American Dharma Teachers’ Council of - [BCD Action Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-action-committee-meeting-2/) - This is a meeting for Action Committee members only. - [BCD Poetry as Witness: A Contemplative Circle of Nature and Word (Recurring Monthly Group)](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-poetry-as-witness-a-contemplative-circle-of-nature-and-word-recurring-monthly-group/2026-07-30/) - 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 - [Buddhism, Politics, and Social Engagement Town Hall](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/buddhism-politics-and-social-engagement-town-hall/) - More information TBA - [BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagbien interviews Tara Brach](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-interview-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagbien-interviews-tara-brach/) - 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 - [Ten Percent More Engaged (Monthly BCD Group)](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/mindful-conversations-interconnection-and-inner-connection/2026-07-15/) - BCD offers a monthly gathering for those who want to engage in mindful reflection and find practical ways to be more involved in making change happen. Our gatherings take place on the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST. We start with a meditation, after which we briefly share what came - [BCD Weekly Meditation Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-weekly-meditation-group-2/2026-07-15/) - ​​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 Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Mushim Patricia Ikeda](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-event-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-mushim-patricia-ikeda/) - 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 General Membership Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-general-membership-meeting/) - This first 2026 on-line general membership meeting marks the one year anniversary of the founding of BCD. BCD will present information on BCD's growth and development, current programming and activities, and future directions. There will be ample time for members to comment, make suggestions, and raise issues. Members are encouraged to read the 2025 Annual - [BCD Women in Solidarity Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-women-in-solidarity-group/2026-08-06/) - This is a group for women to express and discuss their own lived experience within the safety of a women's-only space. The group's focus is on matters relevant to engaged Buddhism. Topics may include patriarchy within Buddhist groups, activist groups, and society at large. Depending on the interests of the members, the group may discuss - [Buddhist Monks' Walk for Peace arrives at the Lincoln Memorial](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/buddhist-monks-walk-for-peace-arrives-at-the-lincoln-memorial/) - The Buddhist monks' 2,300 mile Walk for Peace ends with a gathering on Wednesday, February 11th at the Lincoln Memorial. BCD members who wish to greet the monks as a group will assemble on February 11th at 1:00 p.m. at the Vietnam Veteran Memorial on Constitution Avenue between 21st and 22nd streets NW. For more - [Buddhist Monks' Walk for Peace Interfaith Service at Washington National Cathedral](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/buddhist-monks-walk-for-peace-interfaith-service-at-washington-national-cathedral/) - The Buddhist Monks' 2,300 mile Walk for Peace from Fort Worth Texas to Washington, D.C. ends this week. They will hold an interfaith service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday, February 10th at 1:00 pm. It will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5lbugF8PHY - [BCD Live Event: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Julia Sagebien interviews Ellen Korman Mains](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-event-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-julia-sagebien-interviews-ellen-korman-mains/) - On Thursday February 26th at 7:00 p.m. EST, Host Julia Sagebien will conduct a live interview with Ellen Korman Mains as part of BCD's New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism series. The daughter of a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivors, Ellen studied with Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche from 1971-1987 and studied the Way of the Bow with Sensei - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-9/) - This event is for Coordinating Committee members only. - [Tricycle Event: "A Response to Minneapolis"](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/tricycle-event-a-response-to-minneapolis/) - Tricycle: The Buddhist Review is sponsoring an on-line event entitled "A Response to Minneapolis." The will feature a talk by BCD Coordinating Committee member Seth Zuihō Segall, and a meditation led by BCD Meditation group teacher Linda Modaro. There will be time for Q&A. The event is free of charge. You can sign up for the - [Free America Walkout](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/free-america-walkout/) - The Free America Walkout is sponsored by Women's March and endorsed by Indivisible, 50501, and the Buddhist Coalition for Democracy. People are encouraged to walk out of their jobs or classes at 2:00 p.m. local time on January 20th. There will also be local demonstrations at 2:00 pm. To find demonstrations in your area, click - [ICE Out For Good](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/ice-out-for-good/) - A broad national coalition, including Indivisible, MoveOn Civic Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, Voto Latino, United We Dream, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign of the Not Above the Law coalition, and partner organizations across the country, is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and - [Start of De-Ice Citizens' Bank Campaign](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/start-of-de-ice-citizens-bank-campaign/) - Citizens Bank helps fund two private prison companies (GeoGroup and Core Civic) that are building out 80,000 new immigrant detention cells. Nine Banks (JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third, PNC, Barclays, and U.S. Bank.) have cut ties to these companies, but Citizens' Bank refuses to cut ties. On the - [BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club-2/2026-02-03/) - 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](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club/2025-12-30/) - 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 Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Roshi Sinclair Shunyru Thompson](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-interview-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-roshu-sinclair-shunyru-thompson/) - In this fourth in a series of live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews Roshi Sinclair Shunryu Thompson about his understanding of engaged Buddhism. Shinryu is a dharma heir to Roshi Enkyo Pat O'Hara and the Abbot of the Village Zendo. He is also a member of the Phajjsi Qollut Jalsu - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-8/) - Meeting for members of the BCD Coordinating Commitee - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-7/) - Meeting of the BCD Coordinating Committee - [Calming the Fearful Mind: Finding Love and Resistance in a Troubled World](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/2274/) - This is a 5-day on-line retreat run by the Lower Hamlet Sisters of Plum Village in the Thisch Nhat Hanh tradition. Price of attendance ranges from $200-$600 depending on personal circumstances. You can register for it at: https://plumvillage.org/course-registration?ld_register_id=587753 - [BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Dr. Sharon Suh](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-interview-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhisml-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-dr-sharon-suh/) - In this fourth in a series of live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews Dr. Sharon Suh. The interview will last 30 minutes and be followed by an opportunity for question and answers by viewers. Dr. Sharon A. Suh is professor and scholar of Buddhism at Seattle University. She received her - [BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism host Julia Sagebien interviews Francisco "Paco" Lugoviña Roshi](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-live-interview-new-horizons-in-engaged-buddhism-host-julia-sagebien-interviews-francisco-paco-luvovina-roshi/) - 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 Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-6/) - Meeting of BCD Coordinating Commitee - [Mindful Conversations: Inner Connection and Interconnection](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/mindful-town-hall-inner-connection-and-interconnection-2/) - For members who want to engage in a process of mindful reflection together, BCD now offers a monthly Mindful Town Hall on the third Wednesday of every month, from 7 to 8:30 pm New York time. This gathering differs from a traditional town hall. It is not a forum for debate or opinion-sharing. Instead, it - [Mindful Converations: Inner Connection and Interconnection](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/mindful-town-hall-inner-connection-and-interconnection/) - For members who want to engage in a process of mindful reflection together, BCD now offers a monthly Mindful Town Hall on the third Wednesday of every month, from 7 to 8:30 pm New York time. This gathering differs from a traditional town hall. It is not a forum for debate or opinion-sharing. Instead, it - [Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/meeting-the-polycrisis-together-with-all-beings/) - Join Shodo Spring as she discusses her new book: OPEN REALITY Meeting the Polycrisis Together With All Beings Open Reality speaks to the world behind and beneath our daily collective trauma. It opens practical possibilities for creating a shared, flexible culture that knows the natural world both as family and as a working partner. It - [AWAKENED ACTION: Making the Future in the Present](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/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, - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – LOVE with Frank Ostaseski and Sharon Salzberg](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/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, - [SDGs (the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals) & Buddhism: What can we do now for our future?](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/sdgs-the-united-nations-sustainable-development-goals-buddhism-what-can-we-do-now-for-our-future/) - We, the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha, Higashi Honganji, Nichiren Shu, and Soto Zen International Centers in the Bay Area, have come together to form the Bay Area Buddhist Association (BBA).Together, we are organizing an interdenominational Buddhist event to explore how Buddhism relates to the United Nations SDGs. Join us for the next event in our ongoing - [Religious Resistance to Authoritarianism: Conference for Faith Leaders and Concerned New Yorkers](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/religious-resistance-to-authoritarianism-conference-for-faith-leaders-and-concerned-new-yorkers/) - Organized by the Interfaith Center of New York, the keynote address will be given by Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present. Other speakers include Dr. David Greenberg, author of John Lewis: A Life, Dr. Michael E. Lee, author of Revolutionary Saint: The Theological Legacy of Óscar Romero, Dr. Kim Shively, author - [BCD Action Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-action-committee-meeting-november-2025/) - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – BRIDGING with Tara Brach](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-bridging-with-tara-brach/) - Disarming the Heart—Practices for Bridging Divides Do you sometimes demonize those whose views and actions feel threatening or harmful? In these times of deep polarization, the suffering of our world arises from a trance of forgotten belonging—and the hope for healing lies in remembering, together. This session offers experiential practices to help us soften the - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-5/) - [BCD Live Interview: New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism: Julia Sagebien interviews Daiken Nelson Roshi](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-telecast-new-directions-in-engaged-buddhism-julia-sagebien-interviews-daiken-nelson-roshi/) - [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#FFFFFF” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] In the second of a series of monthly live interviews with engaged Buddhist thought leaders, host Julia Sagebien interviews - [Buddhist Voices for Immigration Justice: Compassion in Action](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/town-hall-buddhist-voices-for-immigration-justice-compassion-in-action/) - 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 Coordinating Committee](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-2/) - This is a meeting for BCD Coordinating Committee members only. - [BCD Weekly Meditation Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-weekly-meditation-group/2025-12-31/) - ​​This is a weekly meditation group facilitated by Linda Modaro. It is a welcoming drop-in group—join when you can. Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 893 5609 8014 Passcode: 858008 Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89356098014?pwd=tzkqQXgDvi59KYGMJFxUMh2fHgsg5J.1 What to Expect Each session begins with an invitation to bring your thoughts, feelings, and experiences with activism into your meditation; holding them in - [No Kings: Protest Safety, Know Your Rights & De-Escalation Training](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/no-kings-protest-safety-know-your-rights-de-escalation-training/) - Before you hit the streets- join our know your rights, protest safety, and de-escalation training on 10/6/25 at 8 PM ET. This October, communities across the country will mobilize en masse for the second No Kings national day of action- a mass mobilization against President Trump's abuses of power and federal crackdown on our freedoms. - [No Kings Nationwide Day of Defiance](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/no-kings/) - No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. On October 18, millions of us are rising again to show the world: America has no kings, and the power belongs to the people. See map of locations at: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/map/ - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – EMBODIMENT with Guo Gu](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-embodiment-with-guo-gu/) - Upaya Zen Center presents a monthly series stewarded by Roshi Joan Halifax, Sensei Kodo Roen, and Sensei Wendy Dainin Lau. The 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 - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-4/) - This meeting is for Coordinating Committee Members only - [BCD New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Live Telecast: Julia Sagebien interviews Rev. Seth Zuihō Segall](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-new-directions-in-engaged-buddhism-live-telecast-julia-sagebien-interviews-rev-seth-zuiho-segall/) - 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 - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – DISCERNMENT with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-discernment-with-ven-bhikkhu-bodhi/) - 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, - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – NONVIOLENCE with Father John Dear](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-nonviolence-with-father-john-dear/) - 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 - [BCD Communications Committee](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-communications-committee/2026-08-12/) - This is a members-only meeting for Communications Commitee members to dicuss communications strategy regarding the BCD website, press releases, social media, telecasts and podcasts, Substack publications, and newsletter. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact Amaury Cruz at . - [No Kings October Mobilization Kick Off Call](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/no-kings-october-mobilization-kick-off-call/) - The No Kings Coalition is proud to announce the kick-off to our October 18th national protest! Join us to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind this national day of action. Whether you’re brand new or a seasoned organizer, the time to act is now! Sign up at https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/839315/ - [BCD Action Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-action-committee-meeting/) - This meeting is for members of the BCD Action Committee only. For more information, contact Karsten Struhl at kastruhl@tiac.net or Kathryn Koehl at kathrynkoehl@hotmail.com - [We Are All DC: A National March](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/we-are-all-dc-a-national-march/) - On Saturday, September 6, there is a call DC residents and allies from across the country to join a "We Are All DC" national march in solidarity with DC communities to end the occupation of DC. The march will be followed by a Beloved Community Banquet from 4:00-7:00 PM at the Walker Memorial Baptist Church, 13th - [Actualizing Unfaltering Engaged Practice In Our Time – HOPE with Rebecca Solnit](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/actualizing-unfaltering-engaged-practice-in-our-time-hope-with-rebecca-solnit/) - 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, - [The Three Tenets with Sensei Jim Daikan Bastien](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/the-three-tenets-with-sensei-jim-daikan-bastien/) - 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: I will embody Not Knowing, thereby giving up fixed ideas. I will Bear Witness, opening my heart to the - [Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness to Gaza Silent Meditation](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/zen-peacemakers-bearing-witness-to-gaza-silent-meditation/) - 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. Please join us virtually Friday, September 5th at 12:00 pm US Eastern Time, to sit together in - [The Three Tenets: The Intimacy of Taking Action](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/the-three-tenets-the-intimacy-of-taking-action/) - 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 - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-3/) - This meeting is for Coordinating Committee members only - [Labor Day 2025: Workers Over Billionaires](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/labor-day-2025-workers-over-billionaires/) - Labor and community are planning more than a barbecue on Labor Day this year because we have to stop the billionaire takeover.** Billionaires are converting the government into their private slush fund and just passed the largest wealth giveaway in the history of the US. The money they take from working families, they put in - [BCD Coordinating Committee](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee/) - This is a members-only event for Coordinating Committee members - [BCD Action Committee](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-action-committee/) - This is a members-only meeting for Action Committee members - ["Politics and the Path," a talk by BCD Coordinating Committee member Rachel Faro at the NY Shambhala Center](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/politics-and-the-path-a-talk-by-bcd-coordinating-committee-member-rachel-faro-at-the-ny-shambhala-center/) - It’s often thought that the life of a meditator, a practitioner, is noncommittal, serene, not involved with or above the problems of the world. And yet, it’s hard to ignore the suffering and confusion we see everywhere, especially these days when society seems so polarized. One of the most fundamental aspects of Buddhism and Shambhala is - [Zen Peacemaker Event: The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy: The New Kid on the Block](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/zen-peacemaker-event-the-buddhist-coalition-for-democracy-the-new-kid-on-the-block/) - 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, - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting-2/) - [BCD Communications Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-communications-committee-meeting-2/) - [Hozan Alan Senauke's Memorial Service](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/hozan-alan-senaukes-memorial-service/) - Honor and celebrate the life of Zen Priest-Musician-Activist Hozan Alan Senauke, the late Abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. The day will include a Zen ceremony, stories from a number of friends, and lots of music. Hozan authored several books in which he shared his lived understanding of the Dharma: Heirs to Ambedkar: The Rebirth of - [Sun Day](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/sun-day/) - Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating solar and wind power, and the movement to leave fossil fuels behind. Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power on the planet – and gives us a chance to actually do something about the climate crisis. But fossil fuel billionaires are - [One Million Rising: Session 3](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/one-million-rising-session-3/) - One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. Session 3: You'll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign - [Introduction to Zen Peacemaking with Eve Marko](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/introduction-to-zen-peacemaking-with-eve-marko/) - Our approach to Peacemaking is unique. As we practice the Three Tenets of Not Knowing, Bearing Witness, and Taking Action, we commit to not taking fixed positions, to embracing wholeness and unity, to setting a place at the table for everyone. In a world of conflict, suffering, and violence, how do we make peace in - [From Trauma to Hope in the Holy Land](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/from-trauma-to-hope-in-the-holy-land/) - From Trauma to Hope in the Holy Land Join this presentation with Elias Deis, Executive Director of Holy Land Trust. Holy Land Trust is a non-profit Palestinian organization committed to fostering peace, justice, and understanding in the Holy Land. They are deeply dedicated to exploring the root causes of violence and developing solutions to address - [Multifaith Prayer Circle in Support of the Apache People Protecting Oak Flat](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/multifaith-prayer-circle-in-support-of-the-apache-people-protecting-oak-flat/) - As Buddhist practitioners, we invite you to join us at a perilous moment, in supporting the Western Apache people of southeastern Arizona, who have for centuries remained steadfast in protecting Mother Earth. You may have heard of Oak Flat, the name in English for sacred high-desert land critical to Apache religion and culture, about 60 - [A Mindful Town Hall: Inner Connection & Interconnection](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/a-mindful-town-hall-inner-connection-interconnection/) - ​We are inviting you to a Mindful Town Hall, in which we will explore how we are affected by the political situation. This will be a 90-minute Zoom session in which there will be time for meditation, breakout rooms, and group discussion. ​The meeting will be facilitated by Serge Prengel, a therapist and mindfulness practitioner - [Zen Peacemakers presents Do Not Comply in Advance](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/do-not-comply-in-advance/) - Zen Peacemakers presents Rev. Dan Clark for an interactive presentation: Do Not Comply in Advance. In this talk, we will explore the political and religious foundations of resisting authoritarianism and the ways in which contemplation and action work together to support meaningful solidarity and effective advocacy. - [No Kings Day Debriefing Phone Call](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/no-kings-day-debriefing-phone-call/) - The No Kings Day organization will hold a debriefing call for everyone who attended a No Kings Day demonstration on June 14th. You can sign up to participate on the call at: https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/798722/?emci=9ebf9762-8b49-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&emdi=d88f0884-ef49-f011-8f7c-6045bdfe8e9c&ceid=2651284 - [Good Trouble Lives On Informational Call](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on-informational-call/) - On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. Join us on this informational call to learn more. - [Good Trouble Lives On Informational Call](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on-informational-call-2/) - On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. Join us on this informational call to learn more. - [BCD Communications Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-communications-committee-meeting/) - [Good Trouble Lives On Informational Call](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on-informational-call-3/) - On July 17, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, we’re taking action across the country to defend our democracy and carry forward his legacy of Good Trouble. Join us on this informational call to learn more. - [One Million Rising: Session 2](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/one-million-rising-session-2/) - One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. Session 2: This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them - [One Million Rising: Session 1](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/one-million-rising-session-1/) - One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. Session 1: Get oriented to making meaning of this moment and the role you can play in coordinated strategic action. - [Preparing for Sun Day 2025](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/preparing-for-sun-day-2025/) - Join Bill McKibben in conversation with Third Act staff and Sun Day partners to learn about why we must dramatically accelerate and scale-up solar energy and how Sun Day will help achieve this goal. - [BCD Coordinating Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-coordinating-committee-meeting/) - [BCD Action Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/bcd-action-ctte-meeting/) - [Good Trouble Lives On: A Day of Action](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/event/good-trouble-lives-on-a-day-of-action/) - Demonstrations will be held across America on July 17th in honor of the late Congressman John Lewis. Go to Good Trouble Lives On to find an event near you. ## Series - [BCD Poetry as Witness: A contemplative Circle of Nature and Word (Recurring Monthly Group)](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-poetry-as-witness-a-contemplative-circle-of-nature-and-word-recurring-monthly-group/) - [BCD Women in Solidarity Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-women-in-solidarity-group/) - [Mindful Conversations on Politics and Society](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/mindful-conversations-on-politics-and-society/) - [BCD Engaged Buddhist Book Club](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-engaged-buddhist-book-club/) - [BCD Weekly Meditation Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-weekly-meditation-group/) - [BCD Telecast: New Directions in Engaged Buddhism](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-telecast-new-directions-in-engaged-buddhism/) - [BCD Communications Committee](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/series/bcd-communications-committee/) ## Categories - [Uncategorized](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/uncategorized/) - [Engaged Buddhism](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/engaged/) - [Democracy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/democracy/) - [Dharma](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/dharma/) - [Analysis](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/analysis/) - [Historical Perspective](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/historical/) - [Poetry](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/category/poetry/) ## Tags - [Alligator Alcatraz](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/alligator-alcatraz/) - [ICE](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/ice/) - [Immigration](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/immigration/) - [Apache Stronghold](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/apache-stronghold/) - [Oak Flat](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/oak-flat/) - [Joanna Macy](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/joanna-macy/) - [compassion](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/compassion/) - [interbeing](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/interbeing/) - [Constitution](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/constitution/) - [Immigrant Rights](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/tag/immigrant-rights/) ## Event Categories - [National Day of Action](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/national-day-of-action/) - [BCD Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/bcd-meeting/) - [Virtual Event](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/virtual-event/) - [Engaged Buddhism](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/engaged-buddhism/) - [Local Demonstration](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/local-demonstration/) - [Meditation Group](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/meditation-group/) - [Conference](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/conference/) - [On-Line Retreat](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/on-line-retreat/) - [Local Event](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/local-event/) - [Committee Meeting](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/committee-meeting/) - [Live Interview](https://www.buddhistcoalitionfordemocracy.org/events/category/live-interview/)