A workshop exploring how Buddhist communities in Japan and the U.S. have skillfully adapted to the constraints, suffering, and challenges from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Presentations will include an overview of religious responses to COVID-19 in Japan by Levi MacLaughlin (North Carolina State University), adaptations at North American Buddhist temples by Jeff Wilson (University of Waterloo), and Buddhist practice at the San Quentin State Prison by Jun Hamamoto. The workshop will be moderated by Duncan Ryuken Williams (USC Ito Center).