Buddhist Way to Sustainable Development: Exploring SDGS 8 & 9

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BAY AREA BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION PRESENTS

SDGs & Buddhism What can we do now for our future?
-From Buddhist Perspectives-
Join us for the next event in our ongoing series exploring the deep connection between Buddhist principles and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). SDGs are 17 global goals adopted by 193 countries of the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. They call for inclusive, sustainable action that leaves no one behind.
We, the Soto Zen, Higashi Honganji, Nichiren Shu, and Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha International Centers in the Bay Area, have come together to form the Bay Area Buddhist Association (BBA).
Together, we are organizing an interdenominational Buddhist event to explore how Buddhism relates to the United Nations SDGs.
This session focuses on Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth , and Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure —
and how these global goals resonate with the Buddha’s teachings as taught in the Meaning of Practice and Verification: kind speech, beneficial deeds, giving and cooperation, which are based on the practice of the Bodhisattva’s Four Embracing Actions.
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Rev. Rinso Ed Sattizahn After meeting Suzuki Shunryu Roshi in San Francisco in 1970, Rinso Ed Sattizahn lived at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center from 1973 to 1977. He then served for five years at San Francisco Zen Center (SFZC) / City Center as Zen Center's Vice President and President. He served as Shuso at Green Gulch Farm, and in the same year (2003) co-founded Vimala Sangha in Mill Valley, California with Lew Richmond. Ed received Lay Entrustment in 2005, and Dharma Transmission in 2012, from Lew Richmond. Ed served as Abiding Abbot at SFZC 2014-2019, and as Central Abbot from 2019-2023. From 1983 to 2000 Ed held various executive positions in the microcomputer software industry. Seven of those years he was Executive Vice President of The learning Company, a leading consumer software companies specializing in educational software for children. He remains a Senior Dharma Teacher at the San Francisco Zen Center and the guiding teacher at Vimala Sangha which is dedicated to the practice of householder Zen in the tradition of Suzuki Shunryu Roshi.
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Rev.Gyokudo Giuseppe Prisco After encountering Keido Les Kaye Roshi in 2008 while working as a technology professional in Silicon Valley, Giuseppe began regular Zen practice at Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center, in Mountain View, California. He was ordained by Keido Les Kaye in 2011. In 2012, he returned to his native Tuscany. Since relocating to Europe, Giuseppe has led a local practice group affiliated with Kannon Do in the village of Calci near Pisa, and regularly joins the Zen du Boulay Sangha in Charente-Maritime, France to practice under Seijo Jean-Yves Leclerc's guidance. He has contributed to the editorial project of his teacher Les's forthcoming book of Dharma talks, "I Had a Good Teacher – Practicing Suzuki Roshi's Way of Zen," scheduled for release in June 2025. Giuseppe lives with his wife Hannah and their two sons, ages 7 and 14. In 2015, the couple co-founded a startup that developed a new surgical robot for microsurgery, which was delivered to patients and surgeons in 2020, after which they transitioned from their operational roles. Currently, Giuseppe divides his time between his sitting group, family life, and volunteer work with Un Ponte Per, an NGO providing humanitarian aid and peace advocacy in war-affected regions across Europe and the Middle East