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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.

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UUBF Convocation 2025
April 11-13 2025
Lama Rod Owens
Healing, Resiliency, and Liberation
<<Concluded>>

Thank you to everyone who attended virtually and in person.
Thank you also to everyone who helped make this event happen.
Below are some photo highlights of our brief time together.


Our Retreat hosts, a peaceful and visually stunning location.


Our Keynote Speaker Lama Rod Owens


Some of the faces at the retreat

Judy Zimmerman Board President talks with board member Sam Trumbore Video, Audio, and Zoom Guru.
Wayne Arnason board member and convocation registrar presenting the Sunday morning sermon.
Mikal Work listening intently

UUBF Virtual Gatherings for 2025

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.
UUSangha Winter 2023Download

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How do UU Sanghas Gather?

byWayne ArnasonNovember 13, 2022
(Click on title to read full article) The last of the Three Refuges chanted by Buddhists of various lineages says: “I Take Refuge in the Sangha” which is the community of fellow practitioners in both your present life and throughout space and time.  It can be harder to “take refuge” if you would prefer to find a sangha with Unitarian Universalist connections with whom to…

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