Practicing Dharma in the AI Apocalypse Era
Guided meditation and Dharma talk for the East Bay Meditation Center BIPOC Sangha
Thursday, October 15, 2026 7 - 8:30 pm Pacific time
with Mushim Ikeda
Online and in person (hybrid) at EBMC on 17th Street in Oakland, CA
So-called Artificial Intelligence entities are lying, hacking the Internet without being programmed to do so, and covering the world with “AI hallucinations / AI slop.” As BIPOC Dharma practitioners, our histories already contain the oppression of colonizers trying to erase and then rewrite our cultures, and our spiritual DNA also contains creative resistance and spiritual persistence. We meet in liberative solidarity! Guided meditation, Dharma talk, and Q&A/community harvest. If you're a Black, Indigenous, and Peoples of Color Dharma practitioner, you can get more information and the Zoom link here: https://poc.eastbaymeditation.org/
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Registration now open for part 5 of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings with Mushim
Mushim will lead meditation on October 8, 2024 for the Buddhist Peace Fellowship's Refuge Circle online 20 minutes of practice and action. Refuge Circle is a multi-lineage, spiritual-political space for us to ground in contemplative practice, with community, especially in times of grief, loss, and rage at ongoing harm from systems of oppression. It’s a space to share resources to support the freedom of all beings, and deepen our commitment to practicing peace and interrupting harm. We invite all who would feel nourished by this space to join us Monday through Thursday at 9am PT/ 12pm ET. + 20 minute practice guided by politicized teachers and healers, Buddhist and dharmically aligned. + 10 minutes of collective action, calling or emailing our representatives We continue to center our practice in support of a liberated Palestine, and call on our US representatives to enact an arms embargo on the state of Israel. In addition, we extend our awareness and action in solidarity with the people of Haiti, Myanmar, Sudan, Tigray, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the US, and beyond, with the understanding that our struggles are inherently interconnected, and so is our freedom.
Register free of charge here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsfu-ppj0vH9VuMJltGwjaiJGHWfXoPXka#/registration
There’s a growing sense of anxiety and fear in our society, and in our hearts. But we’re not helpless. Mushim Patricia Ikeda gives instruction in metta meditation, which can help us foster feelings of loving-kindness, or good will.
