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.

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.

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.

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.

Join us as we co-create a Dharma culture capable of meeting the world’s challenges with resilience, compassion, and unwavering commitment to justice, healing, and mutual liberation.

The fires of the world have been very hot. There is injustice, climate crisis, and the degradation of dignity and truth. How do we find refuge in the Dhamma while remaining fully in relationship with the world and its pain? What are our sources of joy, inspiration, and resilience at this point?

Drawing inspiration from the teachings of Joanna Macy and Francis Weller, this three-week practice group invites you to acknowledge and feel your grief – for yourself and for the world. Together, we will create a compassionate space to honor, embrace, and practice with all kinds of sorrows, including personal losses and the profound ecological grief of our times.