by Fran Hoag | Apr 25, 2021 | Announcements
Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA) is honored to invite you to attend Unpacking Whiteness; exploring the delusion of race from a Buddhist perspective, a 4-session online course, led and facilitated by Crystal Johnson. More white people than ever before are waking up...
by Marie Beccue | Mar 15, 2021 | Announcements, News
The Buddha and Quan Yin embark on a sacred journey. On February 28, 2021, the last class to be held at Insight Community of the Desert’s longtime meeting space on Tahquitz Way came to a graceful and grateful close, led over Zoom from the beloved Dharma hall by...
by Fran Hoag | Feb 10, 2021 | Announcements
Dear Sangha, dear friends along the path, Thich Nhat Hanh writes, “Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible.” In these uncertain times I find great comfort in this profound truth. Every moment of life is rich with change and possibility. When I am able to...
by Fran Hoag | Jan 29, 2021 | Announcements
Talk by Larry Yang, ICD Founding Teacher Webinar video available for viewing January 28 – February 4, 2021 Larry Yang presented the first webinar in the 2021 Buddhism and Race Speaker Series presented by Harvard Divinity School. It was enthusiastically received...
by Fran Hoag | Jan 2, 2021 | Announcements
Join our online discussion of our February book selection February 10 @ 6:30 – 8 pm. Our February selection is a gripping memoir which has attracted considerable international attention. “Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchú, a...
by Fran Hoag | Oct 9, 2020 | Announcements
On July 19, 2020 we hosted an event which was an interruption of the usual, the comfortable. This post contains a video of that event. The interruption was necessary to make space for the recognition of a painful trend of violence towards the black community in the...
