International Advisory Council

Autumn 2005

Background

For 15 years, BPF’s International Advisory Board has been in place. We bow to these elders and teachers: Robert Aitken Roshi, A. T. Ariyaratne, Pema Chödrön, Christina Feldman, Maha Ghosananda, Lodi Gyari, Mamoru Kato, Joanna Macy, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sulak Sivaraksa, Gary Snyder, and Christopher Titmuss. Some of them actively advise us; others represent our direct connection to teachers and cultures who have consistently called for an engaged Buddhist understanding of liberation.

BPF is maturing at a time when the U.S. and the world are in turmoil. In our peace work, in prison dharma, in BASE, in chapters, and among our many members, people are calling for responsiveness, leadership, and strategy. So, the BPF board, Executive Director Maia Duerr, and Alan Senauke have turned to an even wider circle of teachers, writers, and activists to help us in the work of engaged Buddhism. This new body, BPF’s International Advisory Council (IAC), grows out of our former Advisory Board and includes many more people, nationally and internationally, who have already been serving informally as our advisors for years. This long list of friends is a work in progress. There are many more who share our work and values, and have important understandings to teach us.

Members of the IAC will help to:

• provide spiritual direction for BPF and to hold our vision:

• respond to current events in words and action:

• teach in BPF programs, workshops, and events:

• advise us on issues, positions, and strategies:

• develop Buddhist social thought and theory:

• connect with people of other faiths and institutions:

• strengthen BPF’s international relationships:

• support BPF’s fundraising work.

In turn, BPF offers these friends our grateful recognition and support for the work of their own centers, projects, and organizations. In the coming year, Alan Senauke will coordinate the IAC. If you have concerns you would like to see the IAC take up, or would like to communicate with any of its members directly, please write to Alan at <alans@bpf.org>.

BPF International Advisory Council

Robert Aitken Roshi—Diamond Sangha

Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne—Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka

James Baraz—Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Michele Benzamin-Miki—Manzanita Village

Ven. Bimal Bhikkhu—Shishu Koruna Sangha, India/Bangladesh

Sylvia Boorstein—Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Melody Ermachild Chavis—Writer, activist

Pema Chödrön—Gampo Abbey, Canada

Christina Feldman—Gaia House, Great Britain

Zoketsu Norman Fischer Roshi—Everyday Zen Foundation

Rev. Noriaki Fujimori—Waimea Higashi Honganji

Samdech Prea Maha Ghosananda—The Dhammayietra Center for Peace & Nonviolence, Cambodia

Roshi Bernie Glassman—Peacemaker Circle International

Rev. Tova Green—Green Gulch Farm

Lodi Gyari—International Campaign for Tibet

Ruben Habito—Maria Kannon Zen Center

Roshi Joan Halifax—Upaya Zen Center

Rev. Paul Haller—San Francisco Zen Center

Ven. Heng Sure—Dharma Realm Buddhist Association

Mushim Ikeda-Nash—Writer, activist

Jill Jameson—Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Australia

Ken Jones—Network of Engaged Buddhists, Wales

Rev. Mamoru Kato Shonin—New England Peace Pagoda

Stephanie Kaza—University of Vermont

Ouyporn Khuankaew—The International Women’s Partnership, Siam

Jack Kornfield—Spirit Rock Meditation Center

Kenneth Kraft—Lehigh University

Santikaro Larson—Liberation Park

Rev. Taigen Leighton—Mountain Source Sangha

Roshi John Daido Loori—Zen Mountain Monastery

David Loy—Think Sangha, Japan

Rev. Francisco Genko Lugovina—Zen Peacemaker Family

Joanna Macy— Writer, teacher

Fleet Maull--Prison Dharma Network

Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh—Unified Buddhist Church: France, Vietnam, United States

Mayumi Oda—Plutonium Free Future

Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara—Village Zendo

Ven. Pomnyun Sunim—Jungto Society, Korea

Caitriona Reed—Manzanita Village

Donald Rothberg—Saybrook Institute

Rev. Hozan Alan Senauke—Berkeley Zen Center

Sulak Sivaraksa—International Network of Engaged Buddhists, Siam

Gary Snyder—Poet, Yuba Watershed

Ven. Mahathero Suhitananda Dharma—Desert Zen Center

Kaz Tanahashi—A World Without Armies

Tenzin Robert Thurman—Columbia University

Christopher Titmuss—Insight Meditation.Organization, Great Britain

Ven. Karma Lekshe Tsomo—Sakyadhita, and University of San Diego

Ven. Phra Paisal Visalo—Wat Pasukato, Siam

Diana Winston—Spirit Rock Meditation Center

  

 

 

 
 
 
 
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