Rev.
Kushiki
Alan
Senauke The
abbot
of
Berkeley
Zen
Center

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Bay Area Buddhist Association presents
SDGs
&
Buddhism
What
can
we
do
now
for
our
future?
-From
Buddhist
Perspectives-





SDGs
(sustainable
development
goals)
aim
both
in
the
present
day
as
well
as
in
the future
at
a
society
in
which
no
one
is
left
behind.
This
is
a
comprehensive
and
inclusive way
that
looks
to
resolving
the
seventeen
related
topics
that
193
countries
of
the
United Nations
have
identified
including
poverty
and
hunger,
correcting
inequality, environmental
conservation,
and
the
realization
of
a
peaceful
society.
At
a
UN summit
held
in
September
2015,
the
member
countries
unanimously
decided
to
adopt
as international
objectives
that
by
the
year
2030
they
should
aim
to
fulfill
these
seventeen goals
mentioned
above
as
well
as
169
specific
targets.
Government
agencies
of
each country,
industry,
and
non-governmental
organizations
are
united
in
moving
forward
to bringing
about
happiness
for
all
people
and
working
towards
the
protection
of
the environment.

We,
the
Soto
Zen,
Shinshu
Ohtani-ha,
Nichiren
Shu
and
Jodo
Shinshu
Hongwanji-ha International
Centers
in
the
Bay
Area
have
created
a
group
called
the
Bay
Area
Buddhist Association
(BBA).
We
are
planning
to
hold
a
Buddhist
interdenominational
event
to
learn about
how
Buddhism
relates
to
the
United
Nations
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs).
We
hope
that
through
this
project
ministers
and
assistants
from
each
sect
will learn
about
Buddhism
and
the
SDGs
from
each
other
in
lectures
and
roundtable discussions
so
they
can
share
it
with
students
and
members.
We
would
like
everyone
to
be able
to
use
what
they
learn
about
both
Buddhism
and
the
SDGs
in
their
everyday
lives.






Now,
lets
call
for
conscious
action
in
accordance
with
the
basic
philosophy
of
SDGs most
important
goal
of
Leaving
no
one
behind,
and
the
Buddhas
teaching
of
the
Four Major
Principles
found
in
The
Meaning
of
Practice
and
Verification:
giving,
kind speech,
beneficial
deeds,
and
cooperation,
which
are
based
on
the
practice
of
the Bodhisattvas
Four
Embracing
Actions,
and
the
everyday
way
of
life
based
on
belief
in Buddhism
which
is
to
carefully
use
the
limited
natural
resources
and
food
we
receive without
wasting
anything.

Speaker: Rev.
Kushiki
Alan
Senauke

Hozan
Alan
Senauke
is
a
Zen
priest
and
the
abbot
of
Berkeley
Zen
Center.
He
received Dharma
Transmission
from
Sojun
Mel
Weitsman
in
1998.
As
an
engaged
Buddhist
activist, Hozan
founded
Clear
View
Project
in
2007,
developing
Buddhist-based
resources
for
social change
in
Asia
and
the
US.
He
works
closely
with
the
International
Network
of
Engaged Buddhists,
is
past
president
of
the
Soto
Zen
Buddhist
Association,
and
serves
on
the faculty
of
Upaya
Zen
Centers
chaplaincy
program.
Alan
has
been
a
student
and
performer of
American
traditional
music
for
more
than
50
years. Hozan
is
author
of
The
Bodhisattvas
Embrace:
Dispatches
From
Engaged
Buddhisms
Front Lines.
For
information
about
his
engaged
Buddhist
work,
as
well
as
other
books
and
music CDs.