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.
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 […]
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.
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. […]
This weekly book club is hosted by Kat Symington Muendell. Each week, members will discuss a book or article related to engaged Buddhism. Email Kat at bcdbookclub@gmail.com for the weekly reading assignment and Zoom link and to get on the Book Club mailing list.
BCD 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 […]
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]