On October 29, 2022, BGR hosted a beautiful online Dharma gathering, “Creating a More Compassionate World.” The gathering featured talks by prominent Buddhist teachers and presentations on BGR’s global projects that relieve the suffering of chronic hunger and malnutrition for people around the world.
Speakers included Joseph Goldstein, co-founder and guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society; Konjun Gaelyn Godwin, abbot of the Houston Zen Center; Bhante Buddharakkhita, founder and abbot of the Uganda Buddhist Center; Ven. Lekshe Tsomo, founder of the Jamyang Foundation; Rev. Kiyonobu Kuwahara, of Berkeley Buddhist Temple; Raimund Hopf, founder of Mitgefühl in Aktion; Bhante Saranapala, founder of Canada: A Mindful and Kind Nation; and BGR founder Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi. The emcee was Ayyā Dhammadīpā, founder of the Dassanāya Buddhist Community.
BGR partners Amrita Basu of Building Bridges India, Genevieve Waltcher of Lotus Outreach International, and David Palmer of the Joan Rose Foundation each spoke about the work your donations have supported around the globe.
The event also featured the premiere of a musical composition by composer Daniel Blake on the Nirvana of Mahapajapati Gotami, the first Buddhist nun.
