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Dec 4, 2025. Threading the Invisible Flower Garland: Stories of Asian (North) American Buddhist Women: Meditation & Dharma Talk with Mushim Patricia Ikeda, hybrid, EBMC's BIPOC (Black, Indigenous & Peoples of Color) online practice group. poc.eastbaymeditation.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
From me: an environmental, "embodied" take on the basic Buddhist act of going for refuge. My understanding of “refuge” is not a bombproof bunker with climate control. Instead, it’s refuge in the sense of “nature refuge," or undisturbed ecosystem. www.lionsroar.com/taking-refug...
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Here's the audio recording of my recent Dharma talk, for Spirit Rock Meditation Center BIPOC Voices online Sunday morning classes, "Revolutionary Practice in 2026 - Curiosity, Playfulness & BIPOC Joy!" 11/9/2025
sr.dharmaseed.org/talks/93633/
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November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Join us on Nov 15, 2025! More info if you scroll down the homepage at www.stickyriceclub.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Pre-order now for 12/9/2025 release! Emergent Dharma: Asian American Feminist Buddhists on Practice, Identity, and Resistance edited by Sharon A. Suh PhD. Read about my failure to become Mushim! :-) www.amazon.com/Emergent-Dha...
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Join me for Class series 2, Path of the Modern Bodhisattva, on Zoom and in the room at East Bay Meditation Center. Give a friend a lift today, save a spider, help a child with their homework! It's all possible. More happiness, here we come! eastbaymeditation.org/curriculum/#...
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you're in the East Bay, don't miss an evening of... Buddha Bingo! Where EVERYONE wins! A fundraiser for East Bay Meditation Center. Kochina Rude is our not-to-be-missed bingo caller! 2406 Webster St in Oakland.
October 30, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Online tomorrow, 10/23/2025, 7 pm Pacific time,
@ebmc.bsky.social
EBMC's BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Peoples of Color) meditation practice group. Mushim Ikeda, Dharma talk: "May I Too Be the Source of Life”: A BIPOC Buddhist Manifesto. poc.eastbaymeditation.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Please join us for Buddha Bingo, East Bay Meditation Center’s joyful year-end FUNdraiser! An evening of food, fun, fabulous prizes and community connection.
Saturday, Nov 8, 2025| 5:00 PM | 2406 Webster St, Oakland
The link to register is bit.ly/4q6rBQx
October 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Starts tomorrow. Hybrid class series. All are welcome! eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/hyb...
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
WHAT’S ZEN GOT TO DO WITH IT? Fascism, grieving, and keeping our eyes on the prize -- Mushim Patricia Ikeda 's 9/13/2025 Dharma talk at Berkeley Zen Center -- audio recording now available at bit.ly/48MbaCs
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Got bodhicitta?! Please join us, hybrid classes starting Oct. 8, 2025. "Path of the Modern Bodhisattva" is a fun & interactive Buddhist practice-based approach to showing up in the immense suffering and chaos of these times and asking, "How can I help? eastbaymeditation.org/curriculum/#...
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"My Actions Are the Ground on which I Stand: The 5th Remembrance" -- Audio recording, Sacramento Buddhist Dharma talk by Mushim Patricia Ikeda. What do we take with us when we die? The Buddhists say: "My actions are the ground upon which I stand." Go to sbmg.org/audio/ 9/7/2025 Mushim.
September 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We are so excited to offer 2 introductory half-day workshops on Mindful Movement, Mindful Meditation, and Mindful Cooking – to practice and share how folks can integrate mindfulness into their daily life. More info & reg links stickyriceclub.org or use the QR codes here!
September 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Barley tea & treats at 3 pm at my home in Oakland : L to R, wonderful writer and Zen practitioner and botanist Marco Seiryū Wilkinson; me; and genius writer - artist - yoga teacher - activist Kazim Ali. HAPPINESS IS FRIENDSHIP, COMMUNITY, SOLIDARITY.
September 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
What's Emergent Dharma? Available Dec. 9, 2025 -- preorder now! Emergent Dharma! An essential critique of American Buddhism—11 Asian American women reclaim a vibrant feminist Dharma against whitewashing, patriarchy, and model-minority stereotypes. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790227...
August 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Over 7,800 signatures already -- please sign & share!!!: WE CAN DO THIS. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's petition, President Trump, Gaza Is Starving. Please Stop This! Our goal is 10K signatures by Aug. 14.
bit.ly/3Jtkkck
August 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
My best spiritual friend, the late Bhante Suhita Dharma, once said to me: "I can't stand to see anyone go hungry." I know he'd want to support his old friend, the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi's petition to end starvation in Gaza. Please join us in signing www.change.org/p/president-...
August 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ready for a deeper dive into mindfulness? VERY SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY to learn mindfulness for daily life, for communities of color in the East Bay Area, California! More info and app: use QR Code or bit.ly/40VcgHv Classes are held at the beautiful Gyuto Foundation Buddhist monastery.
August 6, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Big salade nicoisey thing for dinner, with romaine lettuce, red onions, steamed new potatoes with herb garlic salt, green olives, green beans, celery, cucumbers, carrots, boiled green beans and mini heirloom tomatoes, in a lemony vinaigrette. Let's eat! We are deeply deeply grateful.
August 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In a few hours! HYBRID: Better Together: How Can Health Equity Partnerships Improve Communities? 6- 7:30 pm Pacific time @ebmc.bsky.social eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/bet...
July 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
For BIPOC and multi-heritage people: meditation & fun writing HYBRID daylong with East Bay Meditation Center teachers Mushim & Melvin Escobar. Info & registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-day...?
July 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
dharmaseed.org/talks/86685/ Dharma talk by Mushim, "Three Messages for Thriving: Cultivating a Durable Spiritual Practice for Black, Indigenous & Peoples of Color," 6/29/2025
June 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Tonight, June 24, at the Berkeley Alembic. Join us! www.berkeleyalembic.org
June 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM