REPLACING GREED WITH CONNECTION AND COMMUNITY

Capitalism is fueled by greed.  The heart practices taught by the Buddha which include loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity, offer a path to building resources and resilient alternatives to capitalism.  Host Marlena Willis talks with East Bay Meditation Center teachers JD Doyle and Rene Rivera who have been exploring and teaching about how Buddhist practice can support us in our movement to replace capitalism with a system that values and respects all.

JD Doyle serves as a Core Teacher at the East Bay

Meditation Center (EBMC)and has served as  a Board member and was the co-founder of the LGBTQI meditation group.

 

 

 

René Rivera has been a student of the Dharma since 2004 and has practiced at East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC) since 2008.  He also serves as board member and diversity chair at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

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