Mirabai bush bio

Mirabai Bushhas focused her life on the interdependence of social change and individual consciousness, and the potential for reforming secular institutions through practices that once existed only behind monastery walls.

She responds to the speed and fear that drives much of American life and thought with programs for developing a culture of reflection, insight, compassion and wisdom. She has developed methods to help people grow in awareness and insight in order to be more effective instruments for change, and to take responsibility for the world we live in.

Mirabai Bush’s life tells a fascinating narrative of our time: the rediscovery of contemplative practices, in many forms and from many traditions, in the secular thick of modern culture.

"Livelihood can be a path of inquiry and awakening, of coming closer to truth," Mirabai says.

"All work that we do–from shipping Buddhas from a monastery store to guarding inmates in prison–has embedde