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100,000 Deaths and Our Cities in Flames

The pandemic shoved the unsurpassable threat of climate change out of the news, and now the outbreak of demonstrations in cities all over the country has seized our attention. Today we memorialize 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths with the traditional Buddhist memorial prayer, but also acknowledge the deadly virus of systemic racism and oppression of African-Americans… Teisho by Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede.

Email: May 28, 2020

CoronaCast This Week The latest: CoronaCast from Roshi: May 28. Memorial Service for the 100,000 To mark the terrible milestone of our now having reached 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths, this Sunday, May 31, Roshi will read aloud the prayer at the heart of the standard Buddhist memorial service (adapted from the Tibetan Book of the…

Email: May 16, 2020

June “Sesshin” Our maiden virtual sesshin is scheduled for Monday morning, June 8, through Thursday evening, June 11. It will depart from our customary sesshin schedule, starting later each day (6:15 am), running until 9:00 pm, and also with longer break periods to provide time for participants to manage their households – meals, family, pets,…