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The Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center

Socially Engaged Buddhism – Dharma Talk

April 5, 2009
9:45 am	to	10:45 am

On Sunday, April 5, Patrice Koelsch will give the monthly dharma talk on “The Evolution of Socially Engaged Buddhism: A Brief Overview from the Buddha to Contemporary Protests by Burmese Monks”

As human beings, we naturally are moved by suffering and injustice. What’s Buddhist about the way respond comes from our understanding of the causes of suffering and the skillful means to end suffering.

“Socially engaged Buddhism ought to aim for influencing the causes of suffering, both in the ego structures operating within individuals and in their parallel structures in society.” — Santikaro Bhikkhu in “Socially Engaged Buddhism and Modernity: What Sort of Animals Are They?”

Formally trained with a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Patrice Koelsch is a writer and educator who has been sitting at Common Ground Meditation Center since 1995. She has been facilitating meditation groups in correctional facilities since 1999. Patrice has also practiced meditation at monasteries in Thailand and Burma. In 2006 she completed a year-long Buddhist Chaplaincy Training Program at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and has been certified to teach through Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders Program.

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