The Radical Compassion Challenge with Tara Brach
DVA Advisory Council Member and Internationally known Dharma teacher, Tara Brach, is hosting a free A 10-Day Journey to Awaken Our Hearts and Bring Healing to Our World. Please join us for the Radical Compassion Challenge. “The medicine our world needs is widening circles of compassion. We need to love ourselves—and each other—into healing.” ~ Tara Brach Continue reading The Radical Compassion Challenge with Tara Brach
Report: Honoring All Life: Exploring The First Precept Of Non-Harming
Update on our huge DVA event, last month’s day-long at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, called Honoring All Life: Exploring the Precept of Non-Harming. In the morning of our event, a group of well-respected Dharma teachers joined Bob Isaacson and another DVA cofounder, Patti Breitman, to lead the event. Joining Bob and Patti were Spirit Rock teachers Bob Stahl, Richard Shankman, and James Baraz, and Jain activist … Continue reading Report: Honoring All Life: Exploring The First Precept Of Non-Harming
Honoring All Life: Exploring The First Precept Of Non-Harming
“A huge event will happen on Saturday, December 7, 2019, which will bring attention to the heartbreaking suffering of animals on their way to the plates of Buddhists. Spirit Rock teachers, Bob Stahl and Richard Shankman, long time DVA members, will host a day-long retreat called “Honoring All Life” at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. Our deepest gratitude to Bob and Richard for … Continue reading Honoring All Life: Exploring The First Precept Of Non-Harming
“A Prayer for Compassion” Film
A Prayer for Compassion is a feature length documentary that strives to inspire and encourage those already on a religious or spiritual path, to expand their circle of compassion to embrace all life, regardless of species, and make choices in alignment with this value. The film follows Thomas Jackson on a quest across America, that ultimately takes him to Morocco for the UN Climate Conference … Continue reading “A Prayer for Compassion” Film
Update on DVA’s Vietnam Project & Film Release
DVA’s Vietnam Project, our second nationwide Project, was launched in September of 2018, bringing a Buddhist voice on behalf of animals to this country of “tens of millions” of Buddhists. Here’s an update on some recent activities. New Film on Compassionate Diet in Vietnam DVA’s Vietnam Project received a huge boost by the release of a documentary film about a compassionate diet in Vietnam. One … Continue reading Update on DVA’s Vietnam Project & Film Release