Tacoma Buddhist Temple deeply benefited in its early decades from the Puyallup Tribe's friendship. When white settlers prevented Japanese Buddhist immigrants from farming, the Puyallup provided opportunities to farm and thus survive. Similar situations happened with other temples in the region. The Tacoma temple has created a land acknowledgement and is building ties of gratitude with the Puyallup
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https://www.tacomabt.org/

In case it needs to be said: There are no such things as illegal immigrants in the Pure Land, because everyone is unconditionally welcomed and valued. While we foolish beings fall short of Amida Buddha's Great Compassion, the same spirit animates our Jodo Shinshu temples.
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Kindness, or non-aversion, begins with empathy, the sense that we’re all in this same samsāric ocean together, struggling in the floods.
~Ajahn Sucitto

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BDG feature: So, You Want to Be a Buddhist Author, Eh? Part Three: A Deeper Dive into Buddhism in Print

🔗 Read more at BDG: https://tinyurl.com/dxbwsw93

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Toronto Buddhist Church at Toronto Pride 2025 yesterday!
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July 6, 11am PT: "Meeting the Moment: Building Refuges in Response to State Violence"

Join Berkeley Buddhist Temple for an intergenerational conversation with movement elders as they hold space for practicing sangha by embodying refuge & standing in solidarity with the many communities under attack by state violence in the past, present, and future.

Register at:
Tinyurl.com/MeetingtheMoment4
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Traditional artisanal cuisine of the mystic East... aka ribbon jello at the social gathering following last Sunday's Pride service at the Buddhist Church of San Francisco
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