one in the hallway immediately adjacent to the Mayors Office or in the Tom Bradley Room of City Hall.

program director for the Jodo Shinshu International Office (JSIO) and supervising minister of Berkeley Buddhist Temple and Buddhist Temple of Marin.We are in great need of the teachings that urges us to listen to the Dharma to listen to others.

President Biden issued the following official statement from the White House:Jill and I extend our warmest wishes to Buddhists in the United States and around the world as they celebrate Vesak.there was a Buddhist peace march around the Washington Monument the evening of May 23 with leaders from various Buddhist traditions.Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions that trace back to the time of the Buddha.

Because we know in this room that theres so much more that unites us than divides us.Marvin Harada — who attended the first Vesak at the White House in 2021 — was among the participants at the May 23 celebration that attracted an estimated crowd of about 100 people.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff attends a Vesak celebration.

social status or sexual orientation.despite their claims to support womens health.

This hellish experimentation has resulted in devastating consequences for millions of women and families across the country.Theyre about the rights obsession with power and control.

and called on them to stand behind their rhetoric and vote for the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act.We often refer to the states as ‘laboratories of democracy.