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Entering the Burning House

By Centre Team on Fri, 30 Aug, 2024 - 13:32

Entering the Burning House

By Centre Team on Fri, 30 Aug, 2024 - 13:32

An eight-week online course exploring the most pressing questions of our times

How we can wake up and respond to the climate and ecological emergencies?

This course follows Shantigarbha’s book ...

San Francisco Buddhist Center

A Bodhisattva's Reach Must Exceed Their Grasp

By rodashruti on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 21:15

A Bodhisattva's Reach Must Exceed Their Grasp

By rodashruti on Wed, 13 Sep, 2023 - 21:15

…or what’s a fundraiser for?*

Please join us on Sunday, September 17th at 5PM Pacific Time for the fourth and last film in our festival, Inhabitants: An indigenous perspective on restoring the world.

When we got close to our fundraising goal, we increased it! Can you help us surpass a million rupees for Karuna-USA?

We are raising funds for Karuna-USA to help reduce the suffering of many thousands of beings. One hundred percent of funds raised will go to Karuna...

San Francisco Buddhist Center

Writing with Fire

By rodashruti on Tue, 8 Aug, 2023 - 20:08

Writing with Fire

By rodashruti on Tue, 8 Aug, 2023 - 20:08

Please join us for the third film in our festival, Writing with Fire, a double Sundance award winner, for inspiration, an opportunity to support Karuna-USA, and community.

“In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Chief Reporter Meera and her journalists break traditions, redefining what it means to be powerful.”

We are raising funds for Karuna-USA to help reduce the suffering of many thousands of beings. One hundred percent of funds raised...

San Francisco Buddhist Center

Biggest Little Farm, Big Love for Karuna-USA

By rodashruti on Sat, 15 Jul, 2023 - 20:58

Biggest Little Farm, Big Love for Karuna-USA

By rodashruti on Sat, 15 Jul, 2023 - 20:58

We’re excited to invite you to the second film in our Film Festival, the inspiring, heart-warming and visually stunning documentary the Biggest Little Farm.

We are raising funds for Karuna-USA to help reduce the suffering of many thousands of beings. One hundred percent of funds raised will go to Karuna USA’s climate change projects in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Please join us either in person OR on Zoom! Tickets available at the links above and below.

Sunday, July 16, 2023 5pm PST ...

San Francisco Buddhist Center

Pad Yatra!

By rodashruti on Sat, 17 Jun, 2023 - 20:23

Pad Yatra!

By rodashruti on Sat, 17 Jun, 2023 - 20:23

The opening night of our film festival fundraiser for Karuna-USA is only a few days away. We know it’s Pride weekend and there’s a log going on, but if you’re looking for something to do, please join us in person or by Zoom!

Our first movie offering is the highly acclaimed Pad Yatra.

Please join us on Friday, June 23 at 7pm in person or on zoom. You can visit our fundraising page for tickets and more info on...

Buddhist Centre Features

The Earth as Source of Inspiration - Paramananda & Maitridevi in Conversation (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 429)

By Centre Team on Tue, 10 May, 2022 - 20:24

This week’s episode is a wonderful conversation from our archive of live events here on The Buddhist Centre Online, featuring our host Paramananda and his guest Maitridevi, Chair of Taraloka Buddhist Retreat Centre for Women in Wales.

Starting from a poem by W.S. Merwin, an initial conversation about gratitude for life despite all our knowledge of sorrows blooms into a shared set of reflections on impermanence, on our lack of centrality as a species, and on meditation...

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What is Buddhist Activism? (The Buddhist Centre Podcast, Episode 427)

By Centre Team on Sat, 23 Apr, 2022 - 17:38

To mark Earth Day 2022, we’re joined by four friends who, one way or another, are involved with Buddhist activism. From the Buddhafield project to XR Buddhists to Silent Rebellion, we hear tales from the edge of socially engaged Buddhist practice, exploring what, if anything, Buddhists have to offer the world of protests, disruptions and often polarized issue-based politics.

Amaragita, Katja Behrendt, Priyadaka and Yogaratna offer a thoughtful set of reflections in articulating why a distinctive Buddhist approach to urgent issues...

Buddhist Centre Features

Calling the Earth to Witness: A Buddhist Perspective on Ecology

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 14:56

Calling the Earth to Witness: A Buddhist Perspective on Ecology

By Centre Team on Fri, 20 Aug, 2021 - 14:56

A Conversation with Shantigarbha and Dhivan

Saturday 25th September
11.30 US PST | 13.30 Mexico | 14.30 US EST | 19.30 UK & IE | 20.30 Europe CET | 04.30 Australia EDT | 07.30 New Zealand

Reserve a space on this event

The first ethical precept in Buddhism outlines the central importance of non-harm in all our behaviour. Of course, in the Buddha’s day over 2,500 years ago, there was no climate emergency, or...

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Beauty and Environmental Action (The Dharma Toolkit Podcast, Episode 41)

By Centre Team on Sat, 17 Jul, 2021 - 17:05

Join us for a deep dive into the relationship between art, aesthetics, the environment, and the inner life of people, objects and houses! In this episode we discuss the current ecological and biodiversity crises with an artist and a poet, asking how an appreciation and fuller understanding of beauty itself can help us take action in our own lives.

Be prepared to have your notions of “the beautiful” challenged and, hopefully, also affirmed as we range with our guests Padmacandra and Vilokini...

San Francisco Buddhist Center

Watch the recording of "Touching the Earth"

By rodashruti on Fri, 23 Apr, 2021 - 21:18

Watch the recording of "Touching the Earth"

By rodashruti on Fri, 23 Apr, 2021 - 21:18

On Wednesday, April 21st, the San Francisco Buddhist Center dedicated sangha night to an evening of meditation, music, poetry, personal stories, and generosity on behalf of the Earth. An unedited video of the recording is available now at the link below.

Lyla June and Minal Hajratwala performed, and Christine Thuring (from the Vancouver sangha), and Tim Skufca & Marta Meengs (from the Montana sangha) shared their experiences with engaged Buddhism on behalf of the earth. The evening was organized by the Green Sangha to fundraise, protect, and celebrate...

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