For many people the most obvious feature of the BMLS is that we are a unique and dynamic approach to an engaged contemporary Buddhist community. Those who know us can also see clearly our passionate desire to live the way of the Buddha and to practice the Dharma authentically and intensely. Our entire history has been characterized by our efforts to translate the essentials of tradition into ways of living that are enlightening liberating and transforming for us today. The question is how are we called to live here and now? We believe that we have embraced and harmonized with the dynamic insights and spiritual treasures of the classical Buddhist tradition all the more deeply by continuously distilling its wisdom in the light of knowledge and experience that is readily available to us.
