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Alan Senauke

Alan Senauke

Hozan Alan Senauke is abbot of Berkeley Zen Center. He received Dharma Transmission from Sojun Mel Weitsman at Tassajara in 1998. As an engaged Buddhist activist, Hozan founded Clear View Project in 2007, developing Buddhist-based resources for social change in Asia and the US. He works closely with the International Network of Engaged Buddhists, is past president of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association, and serves on the faculty of Upaya Zen Center's chaplaincy program. Alan has been a student and performer of American traditional music for more than 50 years. Hozan is author of The Bodhisattva’s Embrace: Dispatches From Engaged Buddhism’s Front Lines.
Through the streets of Rome and then into the Vatican itself, Buddhists and other faith communities took their message in June of 2015. This banner, created by the Buddhist Peace Fellowship was first unveiled in May in front of the US White House.

Towards a Social Dharma

Caring for Our Common Home, Our True Body
Soto Zen priest Hozan Alan Senauke is calling for the development of a "Social Dharma" that would galvanize a global community response committed to maximizing justice and safety for all beings in the context of ecological crisis.
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Buddhists Go to the White House

For a day, a number of Buddhist leaders came together in Washington, DC for the first “White House—U.S. Buddhist Leadership Conference,” the subject at hand being “Voices in the Square—Action in the World.” In this article, Hozan Alan Senauke reflects on the moment.
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