BPF of Tampa Bay Florida is a chapter of the national Buddhist Peace Fellowship.
Our practice of contemplation and social action is guided by our intentions to:
- Recognize the interdependence of all beings,
- Meet suffering directly and with compassion,
- Appreciate the importance of not clinging to views and outcomes,
- Work with Buddhists from all traditions,
- Connect individual and social transformation,
- Practice nonviolence,
- Use participatory decision-making techniques,
- Protect and extend human rights,
- Support gender and racial equality, and challenge all forms of unjust discrimination,
- Work for economic justice and the end of poverty,
- Work for a sustainable environment,
and work for peace