Rev. Danny Fisher

As our friend Rod Meade Sperry reminded us at Shambhala Sun Space the other day, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is currently taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Among many, many others, a delegation of religious leaders organized by the Global Peace Initiative of Women, is present.  I took a look at the names on the delegation, and here are those ostensibly representing Buddhists:

• Zarko Andricevic, Croatia
  Founder of the Buddhist Center in Zagreb, Croatia.
• Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi, USA
  Chairperson of Buddhist Global Relief, an inter-denominational organization of Buddhists dedicated to providing aid to those afflicted with poverty and hunger. Author of “The Time to Act is Now: A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change.”
• Venerable Bhikku Buddharakkhita, Uganda
  Founder of the Uganda Buddhist Centre in Kampala, the first Buddhist Center in Uganda.
• Venerable Guo Chan, USA
  Works the interfaith and NGO sector of DDMBA to continue the legacy of the late Venerable Master Sheng Yen of sharing the wisdom and compassion of Buddhism with people around the world.
• Phrakhrupalad Suvathanavachirakhun (Phramaha Sawai Chotiko), Thailand
  Director for the Buddhist Research Institute in Thailand, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Buddhist Studies, and Secretary of the Rector at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. He also serves as assistant Abbot at the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok.
• Ven. Prof. Dr. Phra Dharmakosajarn, Thailand
  Senior monk in Thai Sangha (monastic order) and Rector of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University (MCU), Chairman of the International Association of Buddhist University, the Ecclesiastical Governor of Region II, Chief Abbot of Wat Prayurawongsawat in Bangkok, and a member of the Secretariat to the Executive Committee for the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand.
• Bhikkhu Dharmeswar, Bangladesh
  Acting General Secretary to the Supreme Patriarch of Buddhists of Bangladesh, His Holiness Sangharaja Dharmasen Mahathero taking active involvement in civil advocacy to spread awareness about the critical impact of climate change on the environment in Bangladesh.
• Rev. Doju D. Freire, Italy
  Zen Buddhist Nun, Educator and Author
  Coordinator, GPIW Italia
• Venerable Chang Ji, USA
  International Affairs Representative for Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association. Served as Special Assistant to the late Master Sheng Yen.
• Acharya Judith Lief, USA
  Preeminent American teacher of Buddhist meditation and formerly the Dean of Naropa Institute.
• Hiroshi Matsumoto, Japan
  Mr. Hiroshi Matsumoto is the President of Inner Trip Reiyukai International (ITRI), the oldest lay Buddhist organization in Japan.
• Dr. Tho Ha Vinh, Switzerland/Vietnam
  Head of Global Training in the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. Meditation teacher in the lineage of the Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh leading annual meditation retreats in the Vietnamese Zen tradition.
• Bhikkhu Dharmeswar, Bangladesh
  Acting General Secretary to the Supreme Patriarch of Buddhists of Bangladesh
• Ven. Tona Barua, Bangladesh
  Student at the Mahamukut University in Thailand and member of The Supreme Sangha Council of Bangladesh as well as an executive member of Jaldhi Youth Association in Bangladesh.
• Ven. Ratana Sree Sraman, Bangladesh
  Student at the Mahachulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University in Thailand and member of the Supreme Sangha Council of Bangladesh, as well as Religious Secretary to Ariya Vangsha Bhikkhu Sangsad.
• Ven. Shipana Sree Bhikkhu, Bangladesh
  Student at the Mahachulalongkorn Rajavidyalaya University in Thailand and member of the Supreme Sangha Council of Bangladesh, and Co-Editor of Religion and Culture Magazine “SAMMYOK”.