Text on a white background with a Buddha image in the lower right, seated beside a lotus. Text reads: We will now be observing noble silence while we wait for the meeting to begin.
Text on a background of a body of water with sunset or dawn in the distance. Text reads: As a Buddhist community, we come with respect for the land that we are on today and for the people who have lived here in the past and for those who reside here now. From coast to coast to coast, we acknowledge the ancestral territory that was taken from the First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples. Let's join in a moment of reflection to acknowledge the injustices, harms and wrongdoings performed against the Indigenous communities in Canada and to commit ourselves to a peaceful path of reconciliation.