Engaged Buddhism: A heart as wide as the world

Sit & Dharma Talk with Visiting Teacher Sue Taylor

• Talk Handout (.pdf): Engaged Buddhism

How do we use our practice to build bridges of empathy and compassion in a confusing and challenging world? Tonight we will discuss the wisdom of elders who have spent their lives metaphorically walking between their internal “practice on the zafu” and their transformational external practice in the world.  We will explore the many ways their examples offer inspiration and courage, as well as spaciousness and resilience.

 

Sue Taylor, PhD, MSW, is a member of the Sacramento Dharma Center Board, an ordained Theravada Minister, and an Environmental Chaplain. She is a professor at CSU Sacramento in the Department of Social Work.

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