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7th Annual Buddhist Community Gathering

A Path Through The Storm:
How Buddhism Guides Us Forward

Saturday, November 15, 2025 

1pm - 3pm PST

Click here to register for the gathering over Zoom!

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We are honored to introduce this year's dharma teachers below. To view past Buddhist Community Gatherings, click here.

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Chenxing Han

Chenxing Han is an author, speaker, and educator of Buddhism and Asian America. She is trained in Buddhist studies and chaplaincy, and is the author of Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists and one long listening: a memoir of grief, friendship, and spiritual care.   

 

Learn more about Chenxing from her website.

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Brother Phap Luu

Brother Phap Luu is a senior monastic dharma teacher and abbot of Deer Park Monastery. He is active in the Wake Up movement, which shares mindfulness with young adults and schools. 

View classes offered by Brother Phap Luu on the Plum Village website. 

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Reverend Patti Nakai

Reverend Patti is a Jodo Shinshu emerita minister in the Higashi Honganji tradition and practices at the Buddhist Temple of Chicago.She has been a pioneer woman in the North American Buddhist ministry and a social justice leader. 

More information about Reverend Patti can be found on the Buddhist Temple of Chicago site.   

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