Call to Meditation Practitioners and Teachers Inspired by Buddhism

- 22 October 2024 -

We, meditation practitioners and teachers who feel deeply connected and inspired by Buddhism, can no longer remain silent about the unprecedented destruction and immense human suffering being inflicted upon the Palestinian population by the Israeli government, with the deliberate or tacit support of the West.The lack of explicit attention and response within the Buddhist community to this humanitarian crisis is alarming and stands in stark contrast to the fundamental Buddhist values we uphold. Our tradition teaches us to walk the path of compassion (karuna), actively striving to alleviate the suffering of all beings. Non-violence (ahimsa) is a core principle that calls upon us to reject and prevent all forms of violence and oppression.Moreover, the Noble Eightfold Path emphasizes the importance of right speech (samma vaca) and right action (samma kammanta). This means we must have the courage to name injustice and act against oppression without shrinking back out of fear or complacency, but with a strong back and a soft heart. By remaining silent in the face of such large-scale violence, we betray these principles and undermine our own integrity as practitioners.In the current troubling dynamics, it seems that some consciously choose neutrality. However, from a Buddhist perspective, true equanimity (upekkha) does not mean ignoring injustice or remaining passive toward the suffering of others. Embracing neutrality in times of injustice can, in fact, contribute to maintaining the status quo and be seen as tacit approval of the aggressor’s actions.It is sometimes of crucial importance to explicitly name the perpetrator of the suffering—in this case, the Israeli government—to effectively stand up against injustice. This does not mean we ignore the suffering caused by other parties. However, given the disproportionate nature of the current situation, it is necessary, from compassion (karuna) and wisdom (panna), to call upon Israel to end the serious human rights violations and the decades-long oppression of the Palestinians.It is our ethical duty to stand up against injustice and make our voices heard. By doing so, we not only become visible but also honor the Buddhist values that guide us, helping to shape a world rooted in compassion, justice, and peace.We call upon everyone to sign this declaration and actively speak out against injustice and violence.

Signatories

  • Dirk Wolbers - Founder online meditation platform 30NOW.nl and initiator of this declaration.

  • Dorine Esser - Meditation, mindfulness and compassion trainer and initiator of this declaration.

  • Joyce Cordus - Meditation practitioner, meditation guide, mindfulness- and compassion trainer.

  • Eric Manigian - 34 year Zen student. Lay-ordained in the Maezumi lineage.

  • Anja Kat - meditation practitioner. Peace for all living beings.

  • Gerolf T'Hooft - Buddhist Publisher and Practitionar.

  • Erna van Lingen - Certified mindfulness trainer & senior coach.

  • Myoshin Tom Jones - Soto Zen Priest in the Suzuki Roshi Lineage.

  • Laura Hassler - Assistant to Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation (Thich Nhat Hanh) during war in Vietnam, director of Musicians Without Borders.

  • Heidi Rommens - Buddhist practitioner. In Metta.

  • Erik van den Brink - Secular mindfulness and compassion teacher, inspired by Buddhism as one of many wisdom traditions.

  • Elizabeth Sawyer - Lay Entrusted, Dharma teacher, Founder of Back Porch Zendo, Suzuki-roshi lineage

  • Ereeni Roulakis - Practioner, lay ordained.

  • Manigarbha - Ordemember Triratna buddhist order.

  • Zohair Elabd - Mindfulness practitioner and teacher.

  • Joost van den Heuvel Rijnders - Vipassana (insight meditation) Retreat Teacher & co-founder 30NOW

  • Frits Koster - Mindfulness, compassion and retreat teacher.

  • Lisa Tafolla - Dharma, mindfulness and compassion practitioner and teacher. Founder of WomanInformed.com

  • Chris Fortin - Soto Zen lay priest.

  • Stephen Karakashian - Zen Buddhist practitioner for 40+ years.

  • Lester Lagda - Mindfulness and Peace Practitioner in the Plum Village Tradition.

  • Freda Tepfer - Theravada Buddhist Practitioner, Native plant gardener, Accessibility advocate.

  • Robert meador - 40 year meditation practitioner.

  • Mary Stancavage - Lay Dharma teacher, Guiding Teacher at Undefended Dharma, Meditation Coalition co-founder.

  • Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi - Buddhist scholar, translator, chair of Buddhist Global Relief.

  • Mary Thanissara weinberg - Dharma teacher & co-founder, Sacred Mountain Retreat, KZN, South Africa, Sacred Mountain Sangha, California, Chattanooga Insight, TN.

  • Terrie Martinez - Buddhist in the Philippines.

  • Linda Hess - Buddhist practitioner, lay ordained.

  • Neske Beks - Meditation practitioner, holistic healer.

  • Mariëtte Verhoef - Buddhist Vipassana meditation, Meditation teacher and mindfulness trainer.

  • Riët Aarsse - Dharma and vipassana teacher, co-founder of Amsterdam Insight Meditation.

  • Greetje Kuiken - Meditation practitioner and mindfulness trainer.

  • Doju Dinajara Freire - Buddhist Zen female monastic, meditation practioner.

  • Irène Kaigetsu Bakker - Zen master & zen priest.

  • Lidia Schinkel - Yoga and Meditation practitioner.

  • Paolo Coluzzi - I'm an Italian Buddhist close to the Theravada tradition and meditate every day. I'm the author of 'Buddhism and Pilgrimage' published by Mud Pie.

  • Giuliano Giustarini - Theravāda practitioner and Buddhist Studies scholar.

  • Bridgeen Rea-Kaya - Mindfulness Teacher and ordained member of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing.

  • Marije van Yperen - Mindfulness and compassion teacher.

  • Erica Balfour - Mindfulness facilitator and practitioner.

  • Janice L Clark - Buddhist for 35 years.

  • Barry Costello - Meditation practioner Mindfulness Facilitator.

  • Karin Kroontje - Meditation guide and practitioner.

  • Eline van de Kam - Practicing Buddhism.

  • Niamh Barrett - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness teacher.

  • Mechteld Kando Noij - Zen Monk, Buddhist Chaplain in training, Meditation Teacher.

  • Séamus McMahon - Meditation teacher and practitioner.

  • Leni Cellini - Mindfulness trainer and facilitator.

  • Susan Barrett - Dharma practitioner and Mindfulness teacher.

  • Kate Livingstone - I have taken refuge/vows with Thich Nhat Hanh the Vietnamese Buddhist teacher.

  • Labaoise Gray - Buddhist in Northern Ireland.

  • Catriona Nally - Mindfulness teacher

  • Meditation practitioner.

  • Lesley Neill - Meditation practitioner and Buddhist student in Northern Ireland.

  • Alexandra Branderhorst - Zen practioner, secular chaplain inspired by buddhism.

  • Anya Wiersma - Buddhist Chaplain in prison, Zen-meditation teacher.

  • Harini Kirinde - Theravada Buddhist and meditation practitioner.

  • Rachel Ardagh - Mindfulness practitioner and teacher.

  • Monika Winkelmann - Zen-practitioner, love-enhancer, zen peacemaker.

  • Wietske Buruma - Buddhist Meditation practisioner.

  • Ellen Eggerdink - Meditation Pactitionar, zen peacemaker lage landen.

  • Karen Virapen - Meditation practitioner and student of Buddhism in Northern Ireland.

  • Elma Murray - Mindfulness practitioner and facilitator.

  • Elise Brand - Energy worker - spiritual guidance - meditation practitioner.

  • Emily Tomalin - Meditator and Tutor.

  • Martina Finn - Order of Interbeing member, Plum Village Tradition.

  • Áine Daly - Sangha member of P Ireland.

  • Sarah Dawson - Mindfulness practitioner and facilitator, artist and Somatics teacher.

  • Jeanine Braat - Zen meditation teacher.

  • Paddy Anderson - Practitioner (Plum Village Tradition)

  • Mangalo Upāsaka - Lay Meditation and Dhamma teacher. Thai Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah and Ajahn Sumedho.

  • Barbara Fuller - Mindfulness & Buddhist practitioner.

  • Maighread Kennedy - Sangha member. Treetops in Belfast. NI

  • Niamh McGrady - Actor. Activist. Healer. Sound Therapist.

  • Trish MCGhee - Zen Buddhist, mindfulness practitioner. Signed in Metta.

  • Peter Terpstra - Meditation practitioner, Dharma practitioner, Zen practitioner with some years of experience in Tibetan Buddhism (Kagyu and Gelugpa). More than 18 years Zen student in the Maezumi lineage.

  • Jetty Heynekamp - Meditation practitioner, retreat facilitator, mindful movement teacher.

  • Marja Schokker - Dharmma and meditation praticioner, mindfulness and compasion trainer.

  • Catrina adams - Energy healer, meditation class practitioner, Belfast.

  • Veronica Ellis - Order of Interbeing Member Plum Village, Thich Nhat Hanh Tradition.

  • Janemarie Duh - Theravada Lay Buddhist; Founding Board Member, Buddhist Global Relief.

  • Andrew Seddon - Meditation practioner in the Thai Forest and Soto Zen Traditions UK.

  • Patricia Diaz - Ordained member of the Community of Interbeing Thich Nhah Hanh.

  • Miriam Majoor - Order of Interbeing Plum Village and Buddhist Chaplain- in training.

  • Dojo Zen Sanrin - Dharma zen center (Soto Zen).

  • Lucien Nenren Staarink - Assistent Teacher, White Plum Asanga, Nederland.

  • Joke Potjewijd - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner.

  • Gisela Barche - Meditation practitioner Tibetan Buddhism.

  • Kees -Sōshin - Hagenaar - Meditation practicer, Mindfulness teacher, teacher and practicer of Sociocratic Circle Method principles.

  • Dairíne Bennett - Meditation practitioner in Plum Village tradition.

  • Maria Laura De TANTI - Neo Praticante Buddismo Dzogchen.

  • JD Doyle - Buddhist Teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, East Bay Meditation Center in the Therevadan Lineage.

  • Michael Madormo - Brooklyn Zen Center practitioner.

  • Maṅgala Bhikkhu - Buddhist Monastic of the Theravāda school.

  • Deliaan Vollgraff - Meditation praktiser and member of 30NOW.

  • Dan Jones (Anigho) - Meditator and human being.

  • Tim Hagyard - Meditation practitioner for 40 years. Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Cha. Walker. Author 'Mindful Steps For Palestine'.

  • Nuala Donaghy - Mindfulness and Meditation Practitioner.

  • Regan Roberts - Theravadin lay Buddhist.

  • Yasmin Ellis - Buddhist Meditation practitioner.

  • Agnes So - Dharma and Meditation practitioner, Reiki Master, Graphic Designer for the vulnerable.

  • Karen Hall - Dzogchen Buddhist, mindfulness teacher.

  • Michèle Biese - Zen meditation practitioner.

  • Anila Losang Palmo - Ordained nun, practicing Nyüng Nä.

  • Sergio Genini - Praticante Mahayana, studente, del buddhismo tibetano. Italiano.

  • Angela Hughes - Buddhist practitioner and advocate for peace.

  • Rehena Harilall - Ordained order Member in the Plum Village tradition and founder of Buddhists Across Traditions.

  • Fabrizia Baldissera - Fabrizia Baldissera.

  • Mahin kaveh - Former Getsulma Tibetan Buddhist Tradition.

  • Jahque Price-Rees - Ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village

  • Elina Pen - Plum Village practitioner.

  • Jasmine Ghandour - Order of Interbeing ordained member- Plum Village Tradition, Insight practitioner.

  • Charlie Shuttler - Practitioner and Sangha leader in Plum Village tradition 10+ years.

  • Joe Holtaway - Member of Plum Village Tradition/ Faith in Action Coordinator at Quakers in Britain, artist- singer/songwriter.

  • Kareem ghandour - Teacher and member of sacred justice coalition.

  • Monica Max West - Plum Village practitioner for 13 years, True Aspiration of the Heart, currently on the Aspirant Path.

  • Gabriella Siccardi - Praticante da 14 anni meditazione Zen presso il Dojo Sanrin di Fossano Cuneo Piemonte Italia.

  • Vivien Eliades - Lay member of the Order of Interbeing.

  • Jerien Koopman - Eigenaar retraite centrum, meditatie beoefenaar, bewustzijn.

  • Tamsin Hong - Meditation practitioner and facilitator.

  • Mick McEvoy - Practioner in the Plum Village tradition.

  • Kay Fricke - Practitioner and Peace Warrior.

  • Nancy Meesters - Meditation practitioner & teacher and Compassion Focused Therapist.

  • Bongioanni Carmela - Praticante nella tradizione di Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Jenny West - Mindfulness practitioner and facilitator.

  • Anna Sardar - Brooklyn Zen Center member and practitioner.

  • Hester Noort - Mindfulness/ACT/Compassie/Relatie/(Y)MHFA/Stress-Burnout.

  • Zhengren Shi - Buddhist monastic, Pureland school practitioner and teacher.

  • Sanal Goryaev - Meditation practitioner and human being.

  • Manaslu Gurung - Meditation Practitioner and Teacher @ Mindful Astoria.

  • Alfie Golden - Mindfulness meditation teacher.

  • Natalie Snooke - Meditation practitioner and teacher, Theravadan and Yogic tradition.

  • Enrica Cellipraticante - Praticante nello studio e nella pratica.

  • Tom Pughe - Meditation practitioner, Plum Village Tradition.

  • Franziska Oertle - Member of the Order of Interbeing in the Plum Village tradition of Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Jason Melia-O'Brien - Plum Village Practitioner and Post Grad Student of Contextual Theologies and Interfaith Relations.

  • Peter Kuhn - Order of Interbeing, Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism.

  • Jos de Vries-Spaans - Zen practisioner, Mindfulness MBSR & MBCT trainer.

  • Carmen Comandatore - Practitioner tibetan buddhist tradition.

  • Deirdre Kay - Meditation practitioner and teacher.

  • Simonetta Fracchia - Tibetan Buddhism practitioner.

  • Sister upekkha - Ajahn Chach, Ajahn Sumedho lineage

  • Björn Gieseke - Mindfulness, compassion and yoga teacher.

  • Pavlos Leventis - Meditation practitioner and yoga practitioner.

  • Herlinde Vandenberghe - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness and compassion trainer.

  • Gilla Quinn - Gilla Quinn- Practitioner in the Theravada tradition.

  • Fatima Garland - Practitioner of the Plum Village tradition.

  • Ken and Visakha Kawasaki - Directors of Buddhist Relief Mission, lay practicioners of International Buddhism.

  • Gerjan Schoemaker - Meditatie beoefenaar en meditatieleraar bij Meditatie Instituut Nederland.

  • Lathika Neeshal Langham - Buddhist meditation practitioner.

  • Nellie Tankink - Meditation practitioner The way of Vipassana & Metta.

  • Louis van Bebber - Meditation practitioner and mindfulness trainer.

  • Amma Thanasanti - Director of Awakening Truth , teacher and practitioner of trauma informed meditation.

  • Sietske de Haan - Meditation practitioner & teacher and Somatic Experience Practitioner.

  • Susan Keane - Meditation practitioner, MB SR facilitator and Workplace Mindfulness Advocate.

  • Michael Verlouw - Dhamma & Meditation Teacher, Founder of Dailydhamma.

  • Elly Madden - Mindfulness and compassion practitioner in Luxembourg.

  • Gijs 'Jazz' Van den Broeck - Practitioner in Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Wouter ter Braake - Meditatie. Gebedsmeditatie.

  • Alexandra Cain - Lay ordained in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

  • Susan Boss - Meditation, yoga & Breath practitioner and facilitator.

  • Frank van Velthoven - Tibetan Budddhist practice.

  • Peter Leslie - Practioner in the Plum Village tradition.

  • Jana Verboom - Meditation practicioner, Thich Nhat Hanh tradition. Sangha builder. Aspirant member Order of Interbeing.

  • Babeth VanLoo - Director Buddhist Film Festival; Dzogchen Community practitioner.

  • Eva Van Tulden - Meditation practitioner in the Theravada tradition and campaigner for human rights in Tibet.

  • Sofia Sanina - Meditation Practitioner. May peace be restored and prevail.

  • Nirmala K. Werner - Teacher of Dharma and Embodiment.

  • Hans Hilbers - Meditation practitioner in tradition of Thich Nhat Hahn and yoga practitioner.

  • Philip Murphy - Yogi, UCLA-certified mindfulness facilitator, former director at Insight Meditation centers, and founder of Ahimsa Dharma Anti-Speciesist Action (ADASA).

  • Lesley Smith - I am part of a Chan Buddhist Meditation Group.

  • Teresa Whitney - Order of Interbeing, plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism.

  • Mieke Tiebos - Meditation practitioner and Dharma student.

  • Annie Schalkwijk - Zen Peacemakers Lage Landen, Elder en beoefenaar.

  • Bo Filipski - Meditation practitioner in the Plum Village tradition.

  • Nicholas Pagan - Mindfulness and Qigong practitioner.

  • Ageeth Fransen - Tibetan Buddhist practitioner.

  • Peter C. Hendriks - Lives as much as possible as an Theravada Boeddhist.

  • Steven O' Riordan - Ordained member of the Order of Interbeing, Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village.

  • Martha Allen - Vegan inspired by Buddhism.

  • Loretta Rowe - Member of Sangha.

  • Stephanie Swann - Guiding Teacher, Atlanta Insight Meditation Community.

  • Kritee Kanko - Zen meditation and grief-rage ceremony teacher, Buddhist Priest and Climate Scientist from Boundless in Motion.

  • Kankan Kurt Spellmeyer - Roshi, Cold Mountain Sangha, Rinzai/Obaku lineage.

  • Charmi Neely - Meditation teacher and practitioner.

  • David Loy - Zen and ecodharma teacher.

  • Stephanie Moles - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner.

  • Ian McLeod - Mindfulness meditation practitioner.

  • Amitaśūrī Yule - Ordained 17 yrs in Triratna Buddhist Order, Healthcare Chaplain (NHS), practice/support others’ practice everyday.

  • Helen Silverwood - Follower of the Dhamma.

  • David Savage - Zen student and practitioner since 1967.

  • Noor van Overbeek - Meditation (mbsr and mbcl) teacher.

  • Femke Ponsioen - Connected and inspired by buddhism meditation practitioner.

  • Hanneke Braam - Vipassana meditation practisioner.

  • Marry Venema - Vipassana meditatie beoefenaar.

  • Marie Vanek - Student of the teachings.

  • Gerrie Kuipers - Meditation practitioner in tradition of Maja Karune.

  • Valerie Elliott - Meditation practitioner of TM and Iyengar yoga training.

  • Ruud Kenbeek - Meditation practitioner and student.

  • Sayalay Virañani - Nun in the Burmese Mahasi tradition.

  • Michèl Laagewaard - Meditation practitioner, holistic zen facilitator and mentor.

  • Alessandra Filannino Indelicato - Practitioner in the Theravada tradition.

  • Teska Seligmann - Walking the path.

  • Bridgit Agsar - Insight Meditation Practitioner. Student of the Buddha's Teachings.

  • Roshi Joan Halifax - Abbot, Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, NM.

  • Nicoline Graaff - Boeddhist meditation praktioner.

  • Don Boivin - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner and writer.

  • Maia Duerr - Soto Zen practitioner in the lineages of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and Maezumi Roshi.

  • Jay Caldwell - Mindfulness teacher and practitioner.

  • Martin o faoilan - Meditation teacher, qigong teacher and embodiment coach.

  • Thera de Jonge - Wandering along the universal waters.

  • Marc Michiels - Buddhist meditation practitioner and teacher, founder of Mediteren Aan Zee (Plum Village tradition).

  • Soshin Karen Goble - Chaplain, Upaya Zen Center.

  • Myozan Ian Kilroy - Abbot of Dublin Zen Centre; founding teacher of Zen Buddhism Ireland; Buddhist author; represents Buddhism on Dublin City Interfaith Forum.

  • Min Wang - Venerable Bhikku Bodhi’s student.

  • Wendy Dainin Lau - Zen priest and chaplain, Upaya Zen Center.

  • Dr. Ann Gleig - Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida.

  • Alec Baker - Mahayana and Plum Village practitioner.

  • Henry Barry - Buddha Dhamma practitioner.

  • Blossom Tobin - Mindfulness Practitioner and Facilitator in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Plum Village.

  • Fiona Dowling - Meditation practitioner, Ireland.

  • Maria Garvey - Meditation practitioner and facilitator.

  • Eileen Bainbridge - I am part of both the triratna and plym village traditions.

  • Mark Graham - Extinction Rebellion NYC Mindful Rebels, Meditation Practitioner and member of Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Kristin Barker - Co-founder and director of One Earth Sangha, teacher with Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC.

  • Rebecca Bouhuijs - Practitioner in the Gelug/Nalanda tradition and mindfulness teacher.

  • Marjan Hamberg - Inspired by Buddhism.

  • Brunhilde Denoodt - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness teacher.

  • Harriet Kuipers - Mindfulness teacher and practitioner.

  • Arjen Bos - Zen and Vipassana practitioner.

  • Gabrielle Bruhn - Vipassana Meditation teacher in the Netherlands. Buddhist for 30 years.

  • Iny Heesen - Mindfulness and compassion trainer.

  • Riff Tjon Eng Soe - Mindfulness teacher and practitioner.

  • Dick Koenis - Meditation practitioner and facilitator.

  • Hillie de Vries - Buddhist in everyday practice in the midst of society.

  • Karlien Robben - Meditation practitioner and mindfulness trainer.

  • Chap. Mikel Ryuho Monnett, RBC - Retired Board Certified Buddhist Chaplain, writer, lecturer, and US Army veteran.

  • Kersti Rose - Meditation practitioner for fifty years so far.

  • Amanda Gregory - Meditation practitioner. Earth lover.

  • Maurizio Sturlesi - Meditation practitioner, Ireland.

  • Dr. Jessica Zu - Meditator & Assistant Professor of Religion at USC Dornsife.

  • Jula Pethes - Plum Village practitioner.

  • Carla Ruts - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner.

  • Evert Jan van Hoek - Dhamma & meditation practitioner and facilitator.

  • Anneke de Boer - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness teacher.

  • Ted van der Meij - Buddhist and meditation practitioner.

  • Martha van Elst - Mindfulness practitioner and trainer.

  • Diana Vernooij - Meditation practitioner, Zen Peacemaker.

  • Rian Immel - Meditation practitioner, spiritual counselor.

  • Lian Beijers - Practitioner in Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Reinier De Nooij - Practitioner in Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Lizzie Turnbull - Insight Meditation teacher in Australia.

  • Mariët Cuperus - Meditation practitioner & guide.

  • Luc Rombaut - Meditation practitioner and trainer.

  • Eveline Brandt - Mindfulness trainer and practitioner.

  • Jan Kees Helms - Mindfulness trainer at deeez mindfulness.

  • Josta Marijn Kolkman - Practitioner, mindfulness & self-compassion trainer, inner peace catalyst desiring outer peace.

  • Betty de Boer - Vipassana meditation practitioner.

  • Anne Marie Preusting - Zen teacher, Mindfulness & MBCL teacher, Trauma Therapist.

  • Margot Hehenkamp - MBCP-Fear teacher, Trauma-sensitive mindfulness therapist.

  • Crina van Belzen - 26-year Buddhist practitioner, 19-year liberal Christian. Teacher of Vipassana practice.

  • Marijke de Koning - Meditation practitioner especially in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Anneloor van Heemstra - I am a practitioner.

  • Josefien Ensdorff - Zen Buddhist and meditation practitioner.

  • Erna Sparla - Mindfulness practitioner & member of the Humanistic Association.

  • Adriana DiFazio - MDiv, Shambhala Buddhist practitioner, Co-Founder of the Mixed Race Meditation Group.

  • Clare Maxwell - Sangha member, Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Charlie Schneider - Practitioner at Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Nick Morris - Lay ordained in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

  • Jacobine van der Meer - Desert dweller in California.

  • Margreet Heringa - Vipassana practitioner and facilitator.

  • Paul van Gogh - Buddhist chaplain.

  • Rineke Vonk - Meditation practitioner especially in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Pauline Frank - Meditation practitioner.

  • Frank Pothof - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner.

  • Wilma Fabels - Yoga and meditation practitioner.

  • Corine Claveaux - Meditation, yoga and mindfulness practitioner based in Amsterdam.

  • Kim Beckford - Insight practitioner, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

  • Mari Van Dijk - Meditation practitioner of mettasangha in Arnhem.

  • Tom de Koning - Practitioner in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Yoko Ohashi - Lay leader and member of Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Charlie Korin Pokorny - Dharma Teacher, Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Tonny van Deudekom - Mindfulness trainer and practitioner.

  • Peter van Lent - Sangha member of Tibetan Buddhism.

  • Paul Habers - The Buddha gives me an experience of peace, freedom, and no fear.

  • Mona Chopra - Instructor of Buddhist meditation and lifelong student. Founder, People Tree Wellness.

  • Arne van Huis - Meditation practitioner.

  • Gerjannie van de Weg - Yoga teacher.

  • Satprem Van Huyck - Meditation practitioner.

  • Maartje Markenstein - Mindfulness trainer.

  • Mary McLean - Insight Meditation facilitator and practitioner in Australia.

  • Esther Ottens - Dhamma practitioner.

  • Wanda Sluyter - Zen teacher and monk.

  • Gisela van der Doelen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Marc Wilson - Lay ordained Soto Zen practitioner.

  • Jennifer Taylor - Buddhist meditation practitioner and teacher.

  • Louise Taylor - Insight meditation practitioner and teacher.

  • Victor von der Heyde - Australian Dharma / Insight Meditation teacher.

  • Sjoerd van der Linden - Insight Dialogue facilitator, mindfulness trainer.

  • Anna McKay - Meditation practitioner and psychologist.

  • Megan Wynne-Jones - Buddhist practitioner.

  • Winton Higgins - Senior insight meditation teacher, secular Buddhist tradition.

  • Anneke Savert - Meditation practitioner.

  • Jet Hoogenboom - Meditation practitioner.

  • Anca Ansink - Meditation practitioner.

  • Martin Süßbauer - Mindfulness practitioner.

  • Alie Rozendal - Buddhist chaplain.

  • Annie Dijkstra - Meditation practitioner in Buddhism.

  • Annet Koenders - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner and teacher.

  • Belinda James - Meditation practitioner.

  • Barbara de Bruin - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness trainer.

  • Bianca Vermeij - Insight meditation and Buddhist study practitioner and trainer.

  • Catherine Joos - Zen practitioner.

  • Chris Vanderhaeghen - Mindfulness trainer!

  • Daan Bekker - Meditation practitioner.

  • Aliesse van Keulen - Zen practitioner.

  • Ilse van Griensven - Meditation practitioner and pacifist.

  • Heike Rowold - Meditation teacher.

  • Helena de Jong - Yoga teacher with universal interest.

  • Hubert van Griensven - Non-duality.

  • Ineke Overeem - Zen student.

  • Neeltje Boomgaard - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ingrid Stroobach - Meditation and yoga practitioner, mindfulness trainer.

  • Kasper Dopma - Meditation practitioner.

  • Leo Wilkes - The ideas of Buddhism are very much in line with my own way of thinking.

  • Linda van de Watering - Meditation practitioner and yoga teacher.

  • Malcolm Huxter - Meditation teacher and clinical psychologist.

  • Marian Pruim - Student in the Mahayana Gelukpa tradition.

  • Marlijn Verplanken - Meditation practitioner and former mindfulness and compassion trainer.

  • Kasper Meulesteen - Buddhist meditation teacher & spiritual caregiver.

  • Patricia Holleboom - Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekkha.

  • Raine Sharpe - A love of the dharma.

  • Monica Kerskes - Meditation practitioner and teacher/coach.

  • Ruben Bach - Meditation teacher.

  • Maha Karuna Ch’an - Ch’an meditation.

  • Tina Gibson - Meditation teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, Reflective Meditation teacher.

  • Trees Wilkes - Meditation practitioner.

  • Elsbeth Wolf - Dharma successor of Ton Lathouwers, anthropological research in 1980 in the West Bank.

  • Yvonne Rietkerk - Meditation practitioner and student of life.

  • Linda Hendriks - Mindfulness & compassion practitioner & trainer.

  • Bavara van der Hoeven - Meditation practitioner.

  • Alan Bryan - Meditation practitioner.

  • Amanda Wright - Meditation & yoga guide.

  • Anna Reinders - Applied Buddhism practitioner.

  • Annemarie van den Hoff - Meditation practitioner in Zentrum Utrecht.

  • Shraddhabha - Order member of Triratna, meditation practitioner.

  • Arti Mehta - Community dharma teacher + practitioner.

  • Barb Kirke - Meditation practitioner.

  • Lou-anne Barker - Meditation practitioner.

  • Boogs Johansson - Meditation/Buddha Dharma practitioner in Upaya Zen, Insight Meditation & Plum Village traditions.

  • Carla Schoenmakers - Meditation practitioner Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Teena Wright - Meditation practitioner and student.

  • Christopher Ash - Buddhist teacher.

  • Carol Perry - Teacher of the Buddha dharma.

  • Dasa Schouten - Meditation practitioner.

  • Diana Devitt-Dawson - Ordinary Mind Zen School, Sydney, Australia.

  • Rohini Shah - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ewelina Jurkiewicz-Vesterskov - Meditation and mindfulness practitioner.

  • Geoff Dawson - Zen teacher.

  • Gerard Moerkerk - Guide of the sangha in Tilburg.

  • Helen L. - A human being on the path.

  • Maaike Droog - Meditation practitioner and mindfulness trainer (MBSR).

  • Isabelle Andre - Prairie Mountain Zen Center sangha member.

  • Jackie Constant - Meditator & concerned human being.

  • Jacqui Showell - Buddhadharma practitioner.

  • Joan Moonen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Jozien Lucas - Meditation practitioner.

  • Liz Hobbs - Secular Buddhist meditation practitioner.

  • Marita Kohl - Meditation practitioner.

  • Mark Sweitzer - Buddhadharma practitioner in Greenville, SC.

  • May van Waes - Meditation practitioner, connector with ourselves, each other, and nature.

  • Machteld Bredman - Member of the sangha in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition.

  • Mirjam Landsman - Meditation practitioner.

  • Kay Smith - Meditation practitioner.

  • Norman Blair - Meditation practitioner and yoga teacher in London, UK.

  • Pauline Wetherell - Meditation practitioner and Alexander Technique teacher.

  • Richard Trett - Zen practitioner for 30 years.

  • Charlie Chadwick - Meditation practitioner and facilitator for 40 years.

  • Dharmacharini Saravantu - Member of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

  • Sue Fielding - Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for many years. More recently, Reflective Meditation practice. Climate activist.

  • Sukhamayā - Meditation practitioner.

  • Therese Westcot - Meditation practitioner.

  • Veronique Murch - Meditation practitioner.

  • Renuka Bhakta - Order of Interbeing. Plum Village Thich Nhat Hanh tradition, facilitator and practitioner.

  • Sigrid Nijstad - Yoga and meditation teacher and practitioner.

  • Joyce Kornblatt - Meditation teacher and practitioner.

  • Tessa Hockly - Zen practitioner.

  • Ian Bates - Buddhist sympathizer; non-dual student.

  • Dharmamodini - Buddhist practitioner and climate activist.

  • Guido Scholte - Meditation practitioner and mindfulness teacher.

  • Joanne Green - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ingeborg Hendriks - Meditation practitioner.

  • Menno Spijkers - Living in mindfulness with the sangha in Tilburg.

  • Hilary Blackman - Meditation practitioner and student of Buddhist principles for life.

  • Manfred Kohlenberg - Human being.

  • Anna Markey - Founder and teacher of Coast and City Sangha in South Australia.

  • Emma Swann - Meditation practitioner and sangha member of Melbourne Insight Meditation.

  • Emily Coleing - Practitioner of Buddha Dharma.

  • Monic Blaas - Meditation practitioner.

  • Carla Kerkhof - Hulshof - Meditation practitioner.

  • Bjorn Smeets - Dhamma practitioner.

  • Jassy Denison - Member of the Order of Interbeing - Plum Village/Thich Nhat Hanh tradition.

  • Willem de Haan - Practitioner.

  • Ingrid Huijsing - Meditation practitioner.

  • Deborah Vertessy - Insight Meditation practitioner and Dharma teacher trainee.

  • Peter Baert - Meditation teacher.

  • Debra Kelly - Meditation practitioner.

  • Stephanie Jackson - Buddhist and secular mindfulness practitioner and facilitator.

  • Kirsti Steur-Beunen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ben de Weijer - Meditation practitioner.

  • Anne Remijn - Meditation practitioner in the sangha in Leiden.

  • Kees van Spaendonck - Meditation practitioner.

  • Annie Ferguson - Meditation practitioner.

  • Sarah Emerson - Zen Buddhist priest, Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Wouter Bosker - Buddhist practitioner.

  • Moosje Moti Goosen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ben Rivers - Meditation practitioner.

  • Dorothee Williams - Mindfulness practitioner.

  • Willem de Haan - Insight meditation learner/practitioner.

  • Judith Oussoren - Mindfulness and compassion practitioner.

  • Marike Bruinsma - Meditation practitioner, mindfulness and yoga trainer, clinical psychologist, family therapist.

  • Cleis Pearce - Meditator inspired by the teachings of the Buddha.

  • Francien Post - Mindfulness and meditation teacher and practitioner.

  • Gerhard Weihermann - Light worker, tribal researcher, farmer, weaver.

  • I. Fossen - Holistic psychologist and meditation practitioner.

  • David Bennett - Meditation practitioner in Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

  • Martin Kane - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ratnadeva Sean Quigley - Member of the Triratna Buddhist Order.

  • Gerd Kuhlmann - Practicing meditation.

  • Sjan de Jong en Dick Verburg - Meditation practitioners.

  • Deanne King - Mindfulness and yoga practitioner.

  • Keelin Turner - Practitioner.

  • Sorrell Millis - Insight meditation practitioner.

  • Andrea Rankin - Buddhist practitioner - Plum Village tradition (Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh).

  • Marloes van den Heuvel - Meditation practitioner.

  • Simone Lips - Mindfulness trainer.

  • Derek Roguski - Buddhist spiritual advisor, Soto Zen & Soulmaking Dharma practitioner.

  • Eilee MacGradh - Light worker.

  • Angela Whyte - Meditation practitioner.

  • Zaida - Meditation practitioner.

  • Talitha Mitchell - Meditation practitioner.

  • Gregory Heffron - Buddhist teacher/mindful communication thought leader.

  • Guus Van Holland - Buddhist (Shambhala) and meditation practitioner.

  • Bronwyn Sach - Zen Buddhist.

  • Kidō Ian Case - Zen Buddhist priest, Brooklyn Zen Center.

  • Milla Gregor - Meditation practitioner and emerging Dharma teacher, UK.

  • Mirjam de Leuw - Practitioner.

  • Miriam Janssen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Guus Van Holland - Relationship to Buddhism (Shambhala) and meditation practitioner.

  • Alexander Roxborough - Zen practitioner.

  • Petra Brom - Buddhist meditation practitioner and mindfulness trainer.

  • Val Marsh - Meditation practitioner.

  • Astrid - Meditation practitioner.

  • Andrew Cameron - Meditation practitioner.

  • Matthew Power - Meditation practitioner in Tibetan tradition, psychotherapist.

  • Merran Morrison - Zen practitioner.

  • Ailien de Boer - Zen meditation practitioner.

  • Boudicca Cerese - Practitioner in the Plum Village tradition.

  • Christopher Biasi - Student at University of the West and lay humanistic Buddhist practitioner.

  • Angela McGee - Dharma teacher.

  • Carolien Gevers - Meditation practitioner/psychotherapist.

  • Corrie Vermeer - Naturopathic meditation guide.

  • H.J. Hoekstra-Groen - Practitioner.

  • Ineke van Heemstra - Mindfulness and compassion trainer.

  • Jac Garland - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ken Golding - Reflective meditation teacher.

  • Casey Karr - Practitioner.

  • Rosanne Kolvers - Meditation practitioner.

  • Lucille Bruyand - Mahayana Buddhist practitioner.

  • Margie Landrigan - Meditation practitioner.

  • Margreet van der Zee - Meditation guide in practical philosophy.

  • Sandi Middleton - Insight meditation teacher.

  • Monika Ueltschi - Meditation practitioner.

  • Nelleke de Haan - Meditation practitioner.

  • Natasia ten Kattelaar - Meditation practitioner.

  • Sjef Vermeer - Mindfulness trainer, practicing meditation, experiencing Buddhism.

  • G.A. Smidt - Meditation practitioner.

  • Subhana Barzaghi - Insight Buddhist teacher & Zen Roshi in the Diamond Sangha.

  • Suzie Brown - Insight Dharma teacher in Australia.

  • Katrina Roberg - Practitioner and facilitator, Insight tradition.

  • George Shaub - Buddhist practitioner.

  • Ans Oomen - Meditation practitioner.

  • Annie Schalkwijk - Zen peacemaker, boeddhistisch practioner.

  • Byul Yoon - Buddhist practitioner, in Plum Village tradition and Brooklyn Zen Center sangha.

  • Carolyn Shurey - Yoga and Meditation guide and practitioner.

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  • Buddhist Society of Western Australia."

  • Diana Kiesenberg - Zen meditation practitioner.

  • Erien Sevink - Meditation practicer.

  • Fernanda Trecenti - Meditation Practitioner.

  • Gregory Giannis - Aukido Practitioner.

  • Jan Machielsen - Boeddhist.

  • Katrina Shields - A secular buddhist on the path in Australia.

  • Krystian Gruft - Meditation practitioner in the Mahasi and Ajahn Chah tradition.

  • Lieve De Wulf - meditatiebeoefenaar.

  • Leonhard Schrofer - Rinzai-zen meditation practitioner.

  • Ommurti Tolsma - Spiritual being.

  • Mila de Koning - Mindfulness & compassion teacher.

  • Harriet van der Weele - Mindfulness teacher en founder Positive by Nature.

  • Oscar Phillip - Rigpa Vajrayana practitioner and Zenpeacemaker.

  • Rhoda Schuling - Mindfulness & Compassion Teacher.

  • Ton Brink - I practice Zen meditation.

  • Trijnie Donker - Practitioner of vipassana.

  • Ann De Somviele - Mindfulness trainer for children and member of Sangha Leuven.

  • Annemiek Roelofs - Meditation practitioner.

  • Ans Krietemeijer - Yogateacher and owner of Ananda Yoga Hilversum, the Netherlands.

  • Astrid Miller - Practitioner.

  • Bennie Schrijvers - Zenmeditator and Treenurse.

  • Deirdre - Participant of weekly insight meditation meetings, guided by Dick Koenis.

  • Glenda Rose - Meditation practitioner.

  • Hartmut Veit - Insight meditator and facilitator.

  • Roel fooij - Laic practitioner.

  • Astrid - Meditation practitioner.

  • Tilly Fergusson - Meditation practitioner.

  • Deirdre - Participant in weekly insight meditation meetings, guided by Dick Koenis.

  • Glenda Rose - Meditation practitioner.

  • roel fooij - Laic practitioner.

  • Jac Garland - Meditation practitioner.

  • Janke Krommendijk - Meditation practitioner.

  • Joost Kahmann - Meditation and yoga practitioner.

  • Jossy Res - Yoga & meditation lover, Tai Chi student of HME Lyon.

  • Joriek Rijsenbilt - Dharma teacher in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh.

  • Karen Ehrbecker - I practice Zen meditation.

  • Koen Krul - Middle-aged person.

  • Minnie Biggs - Facilitator of Recollective Awareness Meditation.

  • Nanda den Hoedt - Meditation practitioner.

  • Saskia Blom - Practitioner Zen Buddhism.

  • Soraiya Gilmour - Secular Buddhist practitioner, Australia.

  • Sukhamayā - Meditation practitioner.

  • Tamara Michalczyk - Meditation practitioner and humanist chaplain.

  • Tom Hannes - Practitioner, meditation teacher, researcher, and author on Buddhism.

  • Lama Rod - Buddhist Minister, Author, Activist, Yoga Instructor, Authorized Lama, Queen.

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