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Compassion in Action

Name: Compassion in Action
Start: 2025-08-02T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-02T15:00:00-05:00
Location: Liven room

August 2, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT

Vegan Meetup event - co-sponsored by CBMG

You’re invited to join Dharma Voices for Animals, the only International Buddhist Animal Rights organization in the world, for a special meetup in Chicago on Saturday, August 2nd, 2025.

Join us for a delicious meal provided by a local vegan restaurant as we explore a Buddhist Approach to Ethical Eating.

Join fellow Buddhists in conversation, contemplation, and meditation at the Liven Room: 7013 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles, IL 60714.

There will be group conversations, breakout sessions, a Buddhist debate, and free brochures from Dharma Voices for Animals.

ALL ARE WELCOME!
This event is for vegans, vegetarians, animal lovers, and everyone in between.

We are thrilled to share space with you all.

Details

Date: August 2, 2025
Time:
11:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT
Event Categories: Special Event, sponsored event
Website: https://www.dharmavoicesforanimals.org/events/event-two-3afek

Organizer

Dharma Voice for Animals
Email friends@dharmavoicesforanimals.org
View Organizer Website

Venue

Liven room
7013 N Milwaukee Ave
Niles, IL 60714 United States + Google Map
Phone 773-758-6300
View Venue Website

“Bodhicitta: Jewel of the Mind” by Guest Teacher Ven. Thubten Lamsel

On March 30, 2025, Ven. Thubten Lamsel joined us via Zoom to lead meditation and offer a Dharma talk on the topic of bodhicitta—the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. She spoke on how this motivation, without the attachment to “self,” lies at the heart of the Buddhist path, and how it can guide our actions, speech, and thoughts throughout daily life. Drawing on examples from monastic training and simple practices like mindful eating, she shared how even ordinary activities become powerful causes for awakening when rooted in compassion. The talk emphasized bodhicitta as both the source and expression of our deepest wisdom and connection to others.

“A Cross-Zen Dialogue” in Chicago Brings Diverse Buddhist Practitioners Together

On June 28, 2019 evening, about 80 participants from many different sanghas and lineages in Chicago and beyond attended the “A Cross-Zen Dialogue” event. This event brought the three teachers Rev. Taigen Dan Leighton (Japanese Soto Zen), Meido Moore Roshi (Japanese Rinzai Zen) and Guo Gu (Chinese Chan) together to discuss the similarities and differences between the approaches that each of their traditions takes to Dharma and practice. The overall theme for the evening was that all the practices and lineages represented by the three teachers have much more in common than they differ, and that no single approach is better for everyone.