Welcome to our UUBF Website, where we provide spiritual and practical resources to all who are interested in Unitarian Universalist Buddhism.
You might be a Buddhist exploring Unitarian Universalism or a UU interested in learning more about Buddhist practice within our faith tradition. For those who have a clear commitment to Buddhist practice within Unitarian Universalism, you can find connections to practice groups in UU congregations, to the biennial Convocation sponsored by UUBF, sermons about UU Buddhism, and links to our newsletter, Facebook group, and other resources. Explore, Enjoy, and Contact us if we can help with you with questions about UUBF or UU Buddhist practice.
A panel will share various ways that sanghas, practice and study groups can be created and sustained in Unitarian Universalist congregations. Presenters come from a diversity of Buddhist paths.
Wayne Arnason, Clear Spring Sangha, UU Congregation of Charlottesville, VA
Terry Kinsey, Mindful Reflection Community at UU Congregation at Unity Temple, Oak Park, IL
Erich Moraine, Kintsugi Sangha at Lake Country UU in Hartland, WI
Wiley Saichek, Buddhism & Mindfulness at All Souls UU in New York City
There will be breakout discussion groups and sharing of UU Buddhist Fellowship news. Meet other UUBF folks and the UUBF Board. There is no charge to participate. Registration is required. All who register will receive a Zoom link to participate via email. There will be an opportunity to make a dana offering to support the work of the UUBF.
Previous UUBF Virtual Gathering speakers are as follows:
Rev. Sam Trumbore Jan 14 2024
Rev. Florence Caplow Nov 12,2023
Read some good news for a change. The latest edition of our newsletter UUSangha is now available for download as well as viewing online below. For previous editions please see the UUSangha archive page.
Since the introduction of the first Buddhist texts to America in the mid-nineteenth century, Buddhism has been an extremely influential force among Unitarians and, over the last thirty years, Unitarian Universalists. Early Unitarians, such as Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and Ralph Waldo Emerson responded with great enthusiasm to Buddhism’s emphasis on individual experience, rather than appeal to scriptures or belief in miraculous events, as the basis for authority in spiritual matters.In recent years, Unitarian Universalists have increasingly been drawn to explore Buddhist religious practices, especially seated meditation, in order to ground the “free and responsible search for truth and meaning” that is one of the guiding principles of the UU tradition. Meditation invites a direct and immediate experience of reality and provides a balance to purely intellectual inquiry.
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