Jane Hirshfield and Geoff Shōun O'Keeffe will be talking about the Three Tenets, the way poems carry the values of right speech in their marrow, right action in the realms of both biosphere and social compact, and compassionate attention as the ground of change.

Led by Kaira Jewel Lingo, Adam Bucko, Larry Ward, and Peggy Ward, we'll share wisdom from our animal friends, while exploring our reciprocity and interconnectedness with the natural world as a whole.

This year we plan on walking the grounds of a deep history in the expansion of slavery, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights movement – Selma and Montgomery. We intend our Plunge in Alabama to be personal and transformative, with attendees coming away with an emotional and heart connection with the people, places, and events we witness.

Join us to be inspired and learn from these speakers and leaders like you who are committed to creating a hopeful and regenerative future. Featuring Susan Bauer-Wu, PhD, RN, FAAN (virtual); Rev. Veronica M. Johnson; Leah Rampy, PhD; and musician Sara Thomsen. In person and online.

This Multi-faith dialogue offers us an opportunity to explore how our practices and scriptures provide us with clarity, courage and resolve to engage in compassionate action for ceasefire, justice and peace for Palestine, Sudan, Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Israel, Russia and the 30 more countries currently at war or in armed conflict.

The “Gathering Dharma” Sunday series is about compassion, connection and collective action. It is a time to explore social and environmental engagement and to affirm our vows in a time of great challenge on our earth.

Pacific Zen Institute is pleased to bring Governor Jerry Brown to our Online Temple for a conversation about his life in politics and Zen with co-hosts Jon Joseph, John Tarrant, and David Weinstein.

On 3-12 May, people of faith around the world will be mobilizing for a week of action calling for an end to fossil fuels, a sustainable future, and a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.

This day will be given over to experiencing both our deep gratitude for Earth, in her magnificent fullness and vulnerability, as well as our immense grief and anger, for the losses, ecological ruination and a culture of domination that denies and degrades our inter-connectedness and ecological unity with all of life on the planet.

As we find ourselves moving into an increasing ecological crisis and witnessing its impact on the planet and our lives, the Buddha’s teaching becomes ever more relevant and essential. During this retreat, teachings will be on this theme with an emphasis on bringing the path to the whole of our experience.