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As part of an emerging set of programs, research, and initiatives related to contemplative social justice, this one-day event will provide essential perspectives, tools and techniques for individuals working on social justice related initiatives. We

RISE Together Mentorship Network, in partnership with Financial Fountains, invites you to attend Gateway to Wealth: Financial Mindfulness featuring Lazetta Rainey Braxton, MBA, CFP, Founder and CEO of Financial Fountains. This dynamic leadership workshop is part of RISE Together’s Thriving in

This event is only available to members of the RISE Together Network. Participants will explore how as faith leaders women of color in ministry can respond to issues of justice observed in their communities, as well as,

During a season of political and socio-cultural polarities and violence against black and brown bodies, Kelly Brown Douglas, one of our nation’s thought leaders, theologians and social justice advocates, will join the RISE Together cohort

Join Ven. Khenpo Pema Wangdak for a discussion and meditation on the subject of patience. The enduring positive effects of peace, loving-kindness, and compassion, and everything else that is good in human nature—its values and ethics, its aspirations and

The Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism, in partnership with the Buddhist Council of New York, an association of Buddhist temples and organizations, is pleased to announce that it will celebrate its 33rd Anniversary

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“There are many works on Japanese-American incarceration in World War Two—especially those that recount the government and the media’s perspective on this history—but American Sutra is the first to highlight the role that Buddhism played in this history,

The Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism invites you to join us for our monthly Dharma Talk Series: Emptiness and Social Action. Over the course of nine months, a wide array of Buddhist teachers

Government for the People: A Buddhist View of Political Legitimacy In this talk Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi will draw upon three classical Buddhist sources that deal with the legitimation of political authority: the suttas of the

The New Bodhisattva Path The most important contribution of Buddhism to our situation today is the bodhisattva path, understood in a new way that combines the traditional concern for personal transformation with a commitment to

“If a bodhisattva realizes the ultimate selflessness of all beings, how do they generate the great love and compassion towards them?”  –Vimalakirti Sutra. Misunderstanding the teachings and truth of emptiness can lead to apathy, despair

The early Buddhist teaching on emptiness can be understood based on the Buddha’s teaching on non-self and dependent origination. However, if everything is empty, then who is socially engaged?  How can we be socially engaged