______Socially Engaged Buddhism______
Maia Duerr, former executive director of BPF and a great help to Vancouver BPF in getting us going, wrote:
Hi there good folks at Vancouver BPF,
Thought you might be interested in a new blog I have started on socially engaged buddhism — see http://jizochronicles.wordpress.com/
all the best,
Maia Duerr
Thanks, Maia. We’ll follow your posts there. Vancouver BPF
Meditation in Prisons: a follow-up discussion with Bridget MacKenzie and others involved in bringing meditation practice into BC prisons
Monday, Dec 7 :: 7:00–9:00pm
Mt Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 East Broadway, Vancouver
Please join us to find out more about Vancouver BPF and to connect with others interested in contemporary social issues and action. The meeting will open with a short meditation followed by introductions and discussion.
a documentary based on personal transformation in prisons, where eastern philosophy and meditation are not widely practiced
Am Johal [context] will moderate a panel discussion on it with:
Gabor Maté – physician, writer, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction [bio]
Alison Granger Brown – recreation therapist at the Fraser Valley Institution
Anila Ann McNeil – Tibetan Buddhist nun and prison chaplain for Fraser Valley federal prisons
Bridget MacKenzie – prison chaplain for Fraser Valley federal prisons
Monday, 16 November 2009
Doors open at 6:15pm … film 7:00pm … panel 8:30pm
Location: Langara College 100 West 49th Avenue – Newberry Hall (Room A130)
Admission by donation BUT RSVP to reserve a place;
no one will be turned away due to lack of funds;
all money raised will go to prison support groups;
RSVP – Leave a Reply/Leave a Comment below
***Note the six paragraphs on The Dhamma Brothers in this recent prison dharma article.
Noah Levine is a Buddhist teacher, counselor and author (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream). He is trained to teach by Jack Kornfield of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats nationally as well as leading groups in juvenile halls and prisons. Noah holds a masters degree in counseling psychology from CIIS. He has studied with many prominent teachers in both the Theravadan and Mahayanan Buddhist traditions.
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An evening with Zen teacher Dr Ian Prattis …
author of Failsafe: Saving the Earth from Ourselves
Tuesday, Sept 22 :: 7:00-9:00pm
Zuru Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre
318-336 East 1st Avenue
604 874-7655 :: by donation
*These are Word documents. The text they contain is copied below.
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bigskyfreedom.org – a Vancouver community in the tradition of nonviolent anarcho-Buddhism
First Sit: Sunday, September 27 in Stanley Park from 1pm to 2pm at the Brockton Oval [details]
“Now, decades after the first arsenic alerts were sounded, Bangladeshi authorities and Unicef are finally testing the tube wells in order to gauge the extent of the contamination.
“Their task is a daunting one. It will take longer to test all of the tube wells than it took to dig them.”
Oneness Day Petition – The Text
I declare:
1. That the message We Are All One, inter-related, inter-connected and inter-dependent … [link]
Many thanks to Awake in Action, hosts for this screening of The Dhamma Brothers on Thursday, August 6. Doors open at 5:45pm, program starts at 6:00pm. By donation. [details]
The Interfaith Summer Institute has invited David Loy to speak at a conference it is hosting in Vancouver in March: 3/5/10 to 3/7/10. If he accepts, he may also do something with Vancouver BPF while he is in town. Meanwhile you can read a draft of his latest article, posted below. Read the rest of this entry »
