Engaged Buddhist Practice

Engaged Buddhist Practice takes our meditation practice off the cushion into the world through social and ecological service and action. Mountain Rain sponsors periodic workshops, study groups and guest speakers in support of engaged Buddhist practice. The group puts out an occasional newsletter with information, links, initiatives, and messages from sangha members who wish to link-up to participate in specific Engaged Buddhist activities. 

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Our next meetings are 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

  • October TBD

  • November 10

  • December 8

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THE EBPG would like to highlight :

The climate crisis has caught up with us – but Canada’s largest pension fund still hasn’t caught up to the risk. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) quietly abandoned its net-zero target earlier this year – while nearly one-third of its board of directors held direct ties to fossil fuel companies.

This isn’t just bad optics. It’s a failure of governance that puts our retirement security and the planet at risk.

It’s time to demand a fossil-free board. More information HERE


War in Israel and Gaza

There are many petitions circulating for embargos and ending arms transfers to Israel and the country's current humanitarian law violations.

You can also support NDP MP Jenny Kwan’s Private Members Bill to Close the U.S. Loophole and fully adhere Canada to the Arms Trade Treaty by calling your local Member of Parliament. More information HERE


WESTCOAST CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK - Welcome to the BC Climate News Roundup  


We hope that the resources below will inspire you to write and send letters to your MLA.

Let’s support each other in practicing right speech, voicing our concerns regarding current social/environmental/climate issues. Let’s find ways to express wisdom and compassion in response to the issues that concern us most deeply.

Who to send your letters to - Find MLA by community -


BC SOCIETY FOR POLICY SOLUTIONS - a progressive public policy research institute that looks at issues facing British Columbia and proposes bold and achievable policy solutions that centre social, economic, racial and environmental justice in BC. We face an emerging global trifecta of authoritarianism, growing inequality and a capture of our public institutions by wealthy elites—pushing us towards a breaking point for democracy and erosion of human rights. This makes existing crises on the climate and economic insecurity fronts worse—insecurity is in the air, by design.

IDEAS TO MEET THE MOMENT offers an overview of bold and achievable ideas that are already here. Ideas that if acted upon could help our province take much better care of the people who live here, and the land that we live on.

LIQUIFIED CLIMATE DISASTER BROCHURE an initiative from West Coast Climate Action Network A 4-page colour brochure on LNG, which is being givin to every MLA in Victoria.

If you would like copies, you can either download it and print it locally, or send $$ and they’ll print it for you at $1 per copy + postage. Let them know how many you want – their Ladysmith printer has a 50% off sale during April. 

 “Peer-reviewed research shows that LNG’s climate pollution is as bad as or worse than coal. Natural gas is not a ‘transition fuel’. That is a wrong understanding. BC’s proposed projects will produce 380 MT of climate pollution a year, six times more than BC’s 62 MT. Our need is to reduce our climate pollution, not increase it.”