THE SYNTHESIS OF ENGAGEMENT IN
THE VITAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME
WITH DHARMA PRACTICE AS A GUIDE

WITH PAULA GREEN

TUESDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2021, 7:00PM US ET
VIA ZOOM. FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.

As both a lifelong activist and seeker, Engaged Buddhism drew Paula into its fold decades ago. Her Engaged Buddhist practice began in the early days of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship as well as the International Network of Engaged Buddhists initiated in Thailand by Sulak Sivaraksa.

Guided by such inspiration, she created the Karuna Center for Peacebuilding, where she learned, taught, and trained in war-torn and war-recovering countries in Asia, Africa, the Mid-East, and Eastern Europe for several decades. She also became a Professor at the School for International Training. There she began an intensive residential program called CONTACT, or Conflict Transformation Across Cultures, bringing together over 100 global activists annually for three weeks of collaborative exchange on causes, consequences, and paths to transformation of violent conflict within and between nations and identity groups.  See www.paulagreen.net

After the 2016 US election results emerged, Paula and her colleagues co-created Hands Across the Hills, a program of dialogue and cultural learning to bridge divides between residents of towns in MA and KY. The work continues now with a new in-person addition, a Dialogue Across Divides training of trainers. See www.handsacrossthehills.org

Our conversation with Paula will explore the synthesis of engagement in the vital issues of our time with Dharma practice as a guide.