Saturday, March 13th, 2021 at 1-2:30pm ET (12pm CT) : Guest Speaker Tilde Carbia will speak about The Death Penalty and Zen”
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One of the core precepts in Buddhism is to not kill or to refrain from taking a life. The death penalty in America is government-sanctioned killing under the guise of justice and is one of the starkest violations of this precept. It tarnishes our government and our justice system, and everyone touched by it is harmed. Beyond the obvious harm of the taking of a life, the death penalty exposes overlapping systemic failures to provide for the basic needs of all people. Join us for a talk on capital punishment and Zen for a personal look at the death penalty and its intersection with our Soto Zen practice.
Tilde Carbia is a capital defense attorney in Louisiana. She has been representing people on Louisiana’s death row since 2009 and has been part of legal teams for two clients whose cases were reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States and a third client whose death sentence was reversed by the Louisiana Supreme Court. Tilde is also a Zen practitioner and member of Mid City Zen in New Orleans.
