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The Eight Principles of the BCMC
1. Grounded by Thich Nhat Hanh’s Teachings and Mindfulness Trainings,
while also drawing from other Worthy Teachings across
Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Traditions.
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2. Boldly bringing together what is Beneficial in
Buddhism, Christianity, and Mother Earth Spirituality.
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3. Offering a Deep Melding of
our Congregants’ Blood, Spirit, and Land Ancestors
so that “Your Blood, Spirit, & Land Ancestors
may become Our Teachers & Spiritual Ancestors.”
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4. Building an Open and Inclusive Sangha/Church/Spiritual Community;
Celebrating our Diversity and our Inter-being Natures;
Creating a Safe Space where All Are Welcome
– regardless of race, class, age, gender, sexual preference, or political party –
a place where “No part of your True Self needs to be left behind.”
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5. Committed to “Unrelenting Care for the Commons”
– Addressing Global Climate Change & Caring for our Mother Earth –
as a Primary Spiritual and Ethical Imperative;
Engaging EcoSpiritualiy, EcoTheology, and the
Wisdoms of Listening & Hearing, Contemplation & Reflection,
and Meditation & Application as we
ReAwaken to our Identities in the Life Circle
as Earth Stewards, Earth’s Children, & the Earth Itself.
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6. Based in Mindfulness and the Five Mindfulness Trainings;
Aspiring toward “the Pure Awareness of Nowness”
and a Deep, Ongoing Sense of “Enough-ness”;
Recognizing that a “Thorough Grounded Contentment” in the Present Moment
is both the Path Towards and the Ground Of
Personal Well-Being and Positive Social Transformation.
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7. Dedicated to Nurturing a Wholesome Environment
of Peace, Joy, Lightness,
Compassion, Integrity, and Wholeness
for Children, Teens, Young Adults, Elders,
Individuals, Couples, Families, and Community;
“Watering Beneficial Seeds” and refraining from watering harmful seeds
in Ourselves, Each Other, & the World.
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8. RE-SACRALIZING
our Lives, our Relationships, and our Earth
through the Vastness of the GREAT SACREDNESS
— called by many names & limited to no name;
Related to All and Inherent in All —
for the Benefit of All Beings.
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Along with these Eight Principles, every Action of the BCMC is
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