BuddhaFest

04/09/2020

Mindfulness & Compassion Global Summit

The Mindfulness & Compassion Global Summit is going virtual!

And in recognition of the crisis the world is in, we're waiving the Summit registration through May 22. That means people around the world can now register for FREE.

You can register for the June 4-6 Virtual Summit here. http://bit.ly/37D710v

You'll be able to see all of the same speakers and take part in all of the same sessions that were scheduled for the in-person Summit in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Summit is being rescheduled for June 2021.

Get all of the Virtual Summit details and register for free here! http://bit.ly/37D710v

03/09/2020

You've got until this Sunday at noon PST to enter to win a FREE TRIP TO LOS ANGELES, plus a 3-Day Ticket to the Mindfulness & Compassion Global Summit in LA.

The prize includes round trip travel to LA, 3 nights hotel, and a 3-Day Summit Ticket.

You can enter the contest here. http://bit.ly/3cv8pGn

Join Tara Brach, Sharon Salzberg and 50 more speakers, including leaders from Google, Disney, Nike, UK Parliament, Harvard University, Stanford University, Ford Foundation and many more companies and organizations.

Explore the powerful roles mindfulness and compassion can play in developing exceptional leaders, creating happier, healthier and more productive workplaces, and transforming society.

Enter here: http://bit.ly/3cv8pGn

You've got until this Sunday at noon PST to enter to win a FREE TRIP TO LOS ANGELES, plus a 3-Day Ticket to the Mindfulness & Compassion Global Summit in LA.

The prize includes round trip travel to LA, 3 nights hotel, and a 3-Day Summit Ticket.

You can enter the contest here. http://bit.ly/3cv8pGn

Join Tara Brach, Sharon Salzberg and 50 more speakers, including leaders from Google, Disney, Nike, UK Parliament, Harvard University, Stanford University, Ford Foundation and many more companies and organizations.

Explore the powerful roles mindfulness and compassion can play in developing exceptional leaders, creating happier, healthier and more productive workplaces, and transforming society.

Enter here: http://bit.ly/3cv8pGn

03/04/2020

JOIN TARA BRACH & 50 More Speakers: Click to Enter...

Join us in Los Angeles June 4!! Click the link and follow the instructions to enter. We hope to see you soon.

07/14/2019

IFC Center - The Sweet Requiem

Don't miss The Sweet Requiem New York Release! Last screenings happening through Thursday!

At age 8, Dolkar and her father fled their home in Tibet, escaping Chinese armed forces in an arduous journey across the Himalayas. Now 26, she lives in a Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi, India, where an unexpected encounter with a man from her past reveals long-suppressed memories, propelling Dolka...

07/13/2019

‎All Beings Considered on Apple Podcasts

All Beings Considered with Kathy Stevens & Catskill Animal Sanctuary

‎Government & Organizations · 2019

07/07/2019

Tibet's exile gov't praises Dalai Lama on his 84th birthday

"We Tibetans are eternally grateful to the lineage of the Dalai Lamas and ever more so to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for being our ray of hope and our source of strength in our times of darkness."

The advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile released a statement celebrating the 84th birthday of the Dalai Lama on July 6.

06/23/2019

Robert Thurman: “Buddhism Is What Science Should Be Doing”

Read about this year's online Buddhafest in this interview with Robert Thurman via Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Robert Thurman discuss the Buddha’s scientific worldview and argues that it is less dogmatic than modern science.

06/15/2019

Tricycle: The Buddhist Review

Follow Tricycle: The Buddhist Review on Facebook to get updates about this year's online Buddhafest starting June 17th!

Tricycle is the independent voice of Buddhism in the West.

Sign up for Daily Dharma: tricy.cl/newsletter

06/13/2019

BuddhaFest's cover photo

06/11/2019

BuddhaFest Online

Miss this year's Buddhafest LA? Join the Tricycle Magazine Online Festival June 17th to August 11th!

Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen CenterRoshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Abbot of Zen Center of Los AngelesRoshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo of New York CityRoshi Fleet Maull, Founder of Prison Mindfulness InstitutePeter Cunningham, Photographer and Zen PeacemakerMoshe Cohen, Founder of C...

06/07/2019

Free Trip to Egypt Premieres Tomorrow. . .

Free Trip To Egypt - Film Opening

Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, a Canadian-Egyptian entrepreneur living in Switzerland decides to reach out to the very people who fear him. He travels across the United States to find Americans concerned about an Islamic threat and makes them an intriguing offer: a Free Trip to Egypt.

The initial reactions range from disbelief to hostility, but eventually a diverse group from various backgrounds is selected, including: a teacher, a police officer, a Marine veteran, a single mom, a preacher and a beauty pageant queen. All have their preconceptions but are receptive and courageous enough to embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

Soon enough, the band of travelers arrives in Egypt where the Americans are paired with local Egyptians just as diverse as they are. What happens when a retired school teacher and her husband are united with a young Egyptian revolutionary? Two photo journalists from different countries and experiences are placed together? A Christian missionary and a former Miss Kentucky from his congregation are joined with an orthodox Muslim family where the mother covers her face?

The answers are provocative, surprising, funny, magical, emotional, revealing, enlightening and ultimately life-changing — in other words, all things human — in this profoundly original and inspirational feature-length documentary.

Hello Friends, What would you say if someone asked you, "Would you like to go on an all-expenses paid trip to Egypt?" Seeking to build a bridge of mutual understanding and friendship, Muslim entrepreneur Tarek Mounib asked a lot of Americans just that question.Then he brought six of them of diff...

06/04/2019

BuddhaFest Online Festival

Tickets are now on sale for the online Buddhafest Tricycle Festival!

Pick up a pass to our biggest online festival yet to access wisdom talks, music, films, and guided meditations. The festival starts on June 17 and runs through August 11.

06/04/2019

BuddhaFest Online

Register now and save 54% on your all-access pass to the online Buddhafest 2019!

Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen CenterRoshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Abbot of Zen Center of Los AngelesRoshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo of New York CityRoshi Fleet Maull, Founder of Prison Mindfulness InstitutePeter Cunningham, Photographer and Zen PeacemakerMoshe Cohen, Founder of C...

06/03/2019

BuddhaFest Online

Miss this year's Buddhafest LA? Join us online June 17th to August 11th for the Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Buddhafest Online Festival!

Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen CenterRoshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Abbot of Zen Center of Los AngelesRoshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo of New York CityRoshi Fleet Maull, Founder of Prison Mindfulness InstitutePeter Cunningham, Photographer and Zen PeacemakerMoshe Cohen, Founder of C...

06/02/2019

Hope to see you today as Sylvia Boorstein, Robert Thurman & Dr. Nida lead Day-Long workshops with the Buddhafest Community in Los Angeles!

Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Professor Robert Thurman, and Drukmo Gyal at today’s Buddhafest LA #purelandfarms #soriginstitute #nidachenagstang @bob__thurman @drukmogyal @buddhafestla @ Writer's Guild Theater

06/02/2019

Sunday Intensives Details — BuddhaFest LA

Hope to see you this Sunday for Buddhafest LA's Day Long Intensives with Dr Nida Chenagtsang, Sylvia Boorstein & Robert A.F. Thurman!

06/01/2019

Saturday Daytime Talks — BuddhaFest LA

Don't miss today's Wisdom Talks, Meditation & Music happening at The Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles from 10 AM - 5 PM!

Today's Line up of Talks:

10:00 AM - The Power of Integrity in our Burning World with Roshi Joan Halifax

10:45 AM - The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path with Norman Fischer

1:00 PM - Buddha: Great Physician & Mind Scientist for Trying Times with Robert A.F. Thurman

1:45 PM - Inner Wealth: How to Cultivate Your Mind To Overcome Spiritual Poverty with Dawa Tarchin Phillips

2:45 PM - Tibetan Healing Mantras: A Musical Performance with Drukmo Gyal Dakini

3:30 PM - Meditation as Medicine: How Tibetan Doctors Use Holistic Practices to Heal with Dr. Nida Chenagtsang

4:15 PM - Everything Hangs on Intention: How to Align Your Intentions with Your Real Values with Sylvia Boorstein

Purchase your day pass online or in person!

05/31/2019

Tickets for tonight's opening evening & Festival Passes will be available at the door tonight!

If you can't make this evening's celebration, Day Passes for Saturday and Sunday Day Long Intensives are also available online or in person!

Join Pure Land’s Nida Chenagtsang, Drukmo Gyal, and Professor Robert Thurman next weekend at Buddhafest LA! Tickets at www.buddhafest.org #buddhafestla #robertthurman #drukmogyal #buddhism #losangeles #dharma

05/31/2019

Join Roshi Joan Halifax this Saturday, June 1st at 10 AM for "The Power of Integrity in Our Burning World " at Buddhafest LA 2019!

Roshi Joan explores integrity, an essential theme of our time. She also talks in depth about what happens when integrity is compromised. She says this can cause us to experience various forms of moral suffering, including moral distress, moral injury, moral outrage and moral apathy. She shows us how we can transform that moral suffering into moral resilience.

To learn more visit our website and follow @joanhalifax!

#buddhafest #filmfestival #mindfulness #healthylifestyle #buddhism #joanhalifax #losangeles #healthyliving #meditation #tbt #inspirationalquotes

05/30/2019

Enlightenment Guaranteed : Screening this Saturday June 1st, 2019 at Buddhafest LA!

Brothers Uwe and Gustav are comfortable middle class family men in modern Munich. An unexpected divorce and a long planned retreat suddenly collide, and they’re on their own, lost in Tokyo. Finally arriving at a Zen monastery, can they find their way?

Filmed on location at Sojiji Monastery in Monzen, Japan

Join Roshi Joan Halifax & Roshi Pat O'Hara Saturday, June 1st for "What the Buddha Taught: Healing the Social and Political Suffering We're Experiencing Today" followed by a special screening!

#healthylifestyle #buddhism #sharonsalzberg #robertthurman #joanhalifax #losangeles #healthyliving #meditation #buddhafestla #buddhafest #filmfestival

05/29/2019

Join Robert A.F. Thurman for "Buddha: Great Physician & Mind Scientist for Trying Times" this Saturday, June 1st at Buddhafest 2019!

About this Saturday Afternoon Talk with Robert Thurman:

One of the Buddha’s insights into reality was its blissful, interconnected nature. Robert Thurman re-introduces the historical Buddha as the social revolutionary and founder of scientifically-based, world-transforming institutions that his contemporaries saw him as.

To learn more about this talk and to reserve your Buddhafest 2019 tickets, please visit our website!

#buddhafest #filmfestival #mindfulness #healthylifestyle #buddhism #sharonsalzberg #robertthurman #joanhalifax #losangeles #healthyliving #meditation #bobthurman #nidachenagtsang #sowarigpa #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhafest

05/28/2019

Buddhafest LA 2019 Opening Night Program: Bernie Glassman Tribute, Including talks, meditation, film, music & More this Friday, May 31st at 7:30 PM

This influential Buddhist teacher was a pioneer of Zen in the West, and he blended his spiritual practice with a passion for social activism.

Bernie was one of the most creative forces in Western Buddhism, creating new paths, practices, and organizations to serve the people who fall between the cracks of society. He was a leader in the Socially Engaged Buddhism movement, and founder of Zen Peacemakers International.

Learn and benefit from Bernie’s wisdom, compassion and tender humanity as we explore the incredible work of this revolutionary Buddhist teacher.

Opening Night Speakers:

Roshi Joan Halifax, Abbot of Upaya Zen Center of Santa Fe, NM
Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Abbot of Zen Center of Los Angeles
Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Abbot of Village Zendo of New York City
Roshi Fleet Maull, Founder of Prison Mindfulness Institute
Peter Cunningham, Photographer and Zen Peacemaker
Moshe Cohen, Founder of Clowns Without Borders - USA
Rami Efal, Executive Director of Zen Peacemakers International

Opening Night Highlights Include a personal video tribute from actor Jeff Bridges (who will not be present). We will also show film footage of Jeff and Bernie working together while writing their book, The Dude and The Zen Master.

To learn more and get your ticket to BuddhaFest L.A., please visit:

https://www.buddhafest.org

05/28/2019

"Everything Hangs on Intention: How to Align Your Intentions with Your Real Values" Talk with Sylvia Boorstein, Co-Founding Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Senior Teacher at Insight Meditation Society this Saturday, June 1st at Buddhafest LA!

About this program:
The Buddha instructed his son, Rahula to''reflect before, during, and after every action on whether your motivation is the desire to end suffering for yourself and all beings.''

This implies that either your intention is so solidly grounded in your understanding of dukkha, inherent suffering in life, that you cannot misstep without your moral compass sounding an alarm or else you act very, very slowly.

To learn more about this talk and to reserve you spot, please visit our website!

#buddhafest #filmfestival #mindfulness #healthylifestyle #buddhism #sharonsalzberg #robertthurman #joanhalifax #losangeles #healthyliving #meditation #bobthurman #nidachenagtsang #sowarigpa #zen #zenbuddhism #buddhafest

05/27/2019

Mindfulness Meditation Is Rediscovered

Mindfulness Meditation Is Rediscovered via Newsweek

Mindfulness meditation is being rediscovered as a very modern—and medical—path to personal nirvana.

05/25/2019

7 Best Buddhist Books for Beginners (to read in 2019)

UpJourney's Best Buddhist Books for Beginners via Sharon Salzberg

In my experience, people who are interested in Buddhism are interested in learning more about consciousness and enlightenment.

05/25/2019

Join us for "How Radical Compassion Will Change Your Life" with Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman Saturday, June 1st!

This will be our 10th BuddhaFest, and Sharon has been with us for every single one. Unfortunately, a recent health issue has forced Sharon to cancel her public appearances for several months. Therefore, rather than appearing with us in person, Sharon will participate from New York via livestream. We are grateful for this, and we hope you understand.

Longtime friends and colleagues Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman for an evening exploring the path of compassionate action for difficult times. These longtime Buddhist teachers explore the empowerment and liberation that is possible through the cultivation of fierce compassion, particularly when we encounter fear, anger and helplessness.

Sharon and Bob explore radical compassion as a form of personal agency from which we can engage critical wisdom and mindfulness in the most of challenging times of our lives. Learn practical tools to shift out of the adversarial mentality of "us" and "them.” Expand your circle of connection to include those outside your comfort zone. Skillfully navigate the burnout of the smartphone era for greater balance and self-care.

Experience your innate capacity to embrace the whole world of experience, and the extraordinary freedom waiting to be found in the fiercely compassionate heart of the Buddha.

05/24/2019

Mindfulness And Meditation Will Now Be Part Of The Curriculum In 370 Schools In England

Mindfulness And Meditation Will Now Be Part Of The Curriculum In 370 Schools In England via Dawa Tarchin Phillips

Most of the time, when children act out by kicking and screaming expletives, it is because they do not understand what they are going through, and cannot find a better way to release their feelings.

05/24/2019

Hope to see you this May 31st for Buddhafest LA 2019!

This year's festival includes:

Friday, May 31, 7:30 pm: An Opening Night Tribute to Zen Master Bernie Glassman with Roshi Joan Halifax, Roshi Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Roshi Wendy Egyoku Nakao, Roshi Fleet Maull, Peter Cunningham, Moshe Cohen, and more!

Saturday, June 1, 10:00 am-5:00 pm: A day of talks and meditation with Robert A.F. Thurman, Roshi Joan Halifax, Sylvia Boorstein, Norman Fischer, Dawa Tarchin Phillips, and Tibetan Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

Plus a musical performance by Drukmo Gyal Dakini of Tibet.
Saturday, June 1, 6:30-8:00 pm: How Radical Compassion Will Change Your Life - A Conversation with Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman

Saturday, June 1, 8:30-10:45 pm: Roshi Joan Halifax and Roshi Pat O'Hara have a lively conversation about Buddhism.

Followed by a 20th Anniversary Screening of the classic Buddhist film, ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED.

Sunday, June 2, 10:00 am-4:00 pm: A day of workshops, one with Sylvia Boorstein, the other with Robert Thurman and Dr. Nida Chenagtsang.

All Tickets on sale now. For more Information + for tickets, please visit our website!

Image via Pure Land Farms