American Academy of Religion November Annual Meeting

Shodo Spring challenges conventional views by asking big, bold questions — What if industrial civilization isn’t the best humans can do? And she encourages us to explore a worldview that integrates personal healing, collective growth, and ecological balance.

This Town Hall will bring together Dharma teachers, a Buddhists grassroots activist, and a legal expert to explore the intersection of Buddhist teachings, human rights and immigrant justice. Together, we will learn, reflect, and take steps toward compassionate action. Panelists include Tara Brach, Lama Rod Owens, Dr. Marisela Gomez, and Lenni B. Benson.

In this online retreat we will look at what’s happening in our world through the lens of the end of modernity – that time in history characterized by beliefs in limitless growth, colonialism, science & technology, human supremacy and individualism.