Buddhist Military Sangha: Coming Home Project Retreat for Female Veterans

Mission Statement

Welcome to the Buddhist Military Sangha! This is a nonpolitical and nonsectarian forum for Buddhists serving in the US Armed Forces.

-Provide a welcoming and positive forum for Buddhists currently serving or who have served in the military to communicate with and support one another.
-Recognize and promote honorable military service as in accord with the Eightfold Path's Right Livelihood.
-Correct misconceptions about Buddhists serving in the military.
-Help Buddhists unfamiliar with the military understand the jobs of their relatives and friends who are serving or who have served, and who love and respect the military profession.
-Help Buddhist Sanghas learn how to support and understand Buddhist military members, veterans, and their families.
- Represent the importance of religious pluralism and diversity in today's military population, and by extension in American society.
-Provide information about Buddhist Military Chaplaincy in US Armed Forces.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Coming Home Project Retreat for Female Veterans

For those in the Southern Caifornia Area: The Coming Home Project has announced a retreat for female servicemembers who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. The retreat is free of charge and will be held February 10-13 in Oceanside, CA, near the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base. You can find more information and register here.