New Horizons in Engaged Buddhism Episode 7: Host Julia Sagebien interviews Mushim Ikeda April 2026 youtu.be/a6jHMPtkHYs?... via @YouTube

Back from vacation at the Pt. Reyes National Seashore! Mural: "May all waters run clean and clear. May all beings be safe and well." An expression of the Buddhist meditation on metta, LovingKindness. Join me online to learn this practice! Registration: bit.ly/4tooGmQ

Want more LovingKindness, Compassion, Empathetic Joy and Equanimity/Balance in your life? Please join me for this online 4-class series from East Bay Meditation Center, starting Wednesday April 1, 2026, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Pacific time. Info & reg: bit.ly/4c0CTjX

Large green lotus leaves with fuschia and white lotus blossoms, with mist rising in the background.

"Happiness is right there when you make the effort to achieve it. Remember your goal, & do not abandon your efforts until you become totally happy. Say to yourself: 'Happy, indeed, we live, friendly amidst the hateful. Amidst hostile men, we dwell free from hatred.'" -- Bhante H. Gunaratana

4 weeks. Four heart-opening practices. Join me! Many paths to find your center in the midst of global chaos.
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📷 Compassion (Karuna) ⁣
📷 Appreciative Joy (Mudita) ⁣
📷 Equanimity (Upekkha)⁣

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In Buddhist practice, compassion is wise, bold, and active. Please join me on March 14, 2026 for this special in person daylong retreat at Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group. sbmg.org/event/in-per...

Online classes open to all. Please join me! Info and registration at eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/onl...

A Story for Buddhists in the ICE-raid Era Mushim Patricia Ikeda shares a small piece of Buddhist history that she’s never forgotten, and that she hopes we'll always remember, too.

A Story for Buddhists in the ICE-raid. Era LOOK AT THE DATE! 11 September 2017
Mushim Patricia Ikeda shares a small piece of Buddhist history that she’s never forgotten, and that she hopes we’ll always remember, too. [Lion's Roar] www.lionsroar.com/a-story-for-...

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Sunday January 18, 2026: Meditation and Dharma talk, “Things That Matter": What Is the Most Important Thing? by Mushim Patricia Ikeda for the Sacramento Buddhist Meditation Group, in person and livestreamed. 10 am Pacific time. sbmg.org/event/in-per... [Image by John Hain from Pixabay]

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

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...

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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Join us on Nov 15, 2025! More info if you scroll down the homepage at www.stickyriceclub.org

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...

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/#...

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.

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

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

Starts tomorrow. Hybrid class series. All are welcome! eastbaymeditation.org/calendar/hyb...

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

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/#...

"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.

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!

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.

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...

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.
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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-...

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.

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.