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8th Annual
Buddhist Community Gathering

This year we're excited to welcome three distinguished dharma teachers from across the country who will offer their dharma teachings and practices in response to today's most pressing topics.  Register for free by completing this Google form.

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Click here to watch a recording of last year's gathering 

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Carol Cano

Carol Cano is the founder of Braided Wisdom and co-founder of Philippine Insight Meditation Community. She is a teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center and a core teacher at East Bay Meditation Center.  She is a Certified Mindfulness Teacher of the International Mindfulness Teachers Association (IMTA). Carol grounds her teaching in Basque, Native American and Buddhist influences. https://www.carolcano.com/

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Reverend Bob Oshita

Reverend Bob Oshita was the resident minister and Rinban at the Buddhist Church of Sacramento Betsuin for 32 years. After retiring, Reverend Bob and his wife, Reverend Patti, have served as chaplains for the California State Assembly. They are the first Buddhists, and first husband and wife team, to serve the Assembly. A collection of their dharma messages given to the Assembly during their first two terms can be found here. 

November 14, 2026

1PM - 3PM PST

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Marisela Gomez

Marisela Gomez is a mindfulness practitioner (ordained in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing), public health scholar activist, and physician. Of Afro-Latina ancestry, she lives in Baltimore and is involved in social justice activism and community building. She is the author of Race, Class, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore. She blogs at Huff Post and mariselabgomez.com on the intersection of wisdom justice and mindfulness.

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