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.
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.
Personal Retreat Day
7:15 In-gathering for retreatants
8:30 Closing Chanting for retreatants
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:15AM UUBF Board meeting & Personal Retreat time
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00 PM Personal Retreat time
3:00 PM Room Check in
5:00 PM Informal welcome and socializing
6:00 PM Dinner
7:15 PM Official Welcome and In-gathering
8:00 PM Lama Rod Owens Introduction and opening Dharma talk
9:00PM Closing Followed by yoga and late night individual sitting
7:00 AM Early Morning Sit
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Silent In-gathering to start program
9:15 AM Lama Rod Owens Dharma talk w/ Q&A
11:00 AM Small Group Discussion
12:00 noon Lunch
1:15 PM Workshops: (Pick One)
Starting a Practice group in a UU congregation (Terry Kinsey)
Zen Peace Makers: Being Present to Auschwitz (Sensei Robert Ertman)
Conversation and Reflections on Catholicism and Buddhism (Sister Bernadette Clapp from Bon Secour and Rev. Wayne Arnason)
2:45 Break
3:30 PM Workshops (Pick One)
Engaged Buddhism: a conversation on Buddhism and Social Justice (Roshi Erich Moraine)
Long Haul Sanghas: Leading Effective and Creative UUBF Sanghas in UU Congregations Long Term (Phyllis Culham)
How Compatible is UU and Buddhism? Rev.Sam Trumbore and Rev. Pamela Patton
5:00 PM Open time for meditation / walking / Tai Chi
5:45 PM Group Photo
6:00 PM Dinner
7:15 PM Lama Rod Owens Dharma Talk
8:45 PM Closing
9:00 PM Yoga and late night individual sitting
7:00 AM Early Morning sitting or Qi Gong
7:30 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Silent In-gathering for program
9:15 AM Lama Rod Owens Dharma talk w/ Q&A
10:30 AM Room clean-up
11:00 AM Out-Gathering
12:00 noon Lunch
1:15 PM Departure
UUBF has sponsored several gatherings on Zoom to hear speakers and panels representing the different traditions represented among us. Watch for announcements about future gatherings here.
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Past Zoom meeting recordings:
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.
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