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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 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
Grounded by
the Five Mindfulness Trainings.

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Click Here to Read of the Five Mindfulness Trainings that Ground the BCMC.

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