Transforming Problems into Happiness: Teachings with Venerable Amy Miller
| June 14, 2013 | to | June 15, 2013 |
Fundamentally, the driving force behind each of our lives is the desire for happiness. Yet most of us experience obstacles to our ambitions, challenging situations or people, or generally negative feelings, despite having material comforts or advantageous circumstances. According to the Buddhist view, through study and practice, we have the power to transform suffering Read More
Natural Bravery: Awakening from the Culture of Fear, with Acharya Gaylon Ferguson
| June 15, 2013 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
Zen Center of New York City
We live in a time of increasingly pervasive fear: fear of ourselves, fear of others, fear of fear itself. Since the devastating events of 9/11, our society has faced the ongoing threat of terrorism, the financial meltdown of 2008, natural disasters like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, and the public gun violence of 2012. Read More
One-month Vipassana retreat
| June 16, 2013 | to | July 14, 2013 |
Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
Teachers: Sayadaw Vivekananda and Marcia Rose
A unique opportunity for experienced Dhamma practitioners to enter a supportive space of solitude and silence for 28 days of intensive Read More
7 Day Dhamma Retreat with Ajahn Jamnian (Ajahn Jumnien) – Olympia WA
| June 17, 2013 | to | June 24, 2013 |
Join us for this rare opportunity to attend a Dhamma retreat with Ajahn Jamnian (also known as Ajahn Jumnien), a living Buddhist master in the Thai Forest Tradition.
Ajahn Jamnian is coming from Thailand, along with a small number of other monastics for this seven-day retreat in the Pacific Northwest. This retreat will take place in Millersylvania State Park near Olympia, Washington from June 17-24, 2013.
Ajahn Jamnian teaches in a unique style filled with joy, humor, and lightness of heart. Ajahn Jamnian encourages us to continuously explore the presence of desire and aversion in the mind. He tells us every situation is an opportunity to practice “steering ourselves back to the Middle Path.” Read More
Compassion as the Heart of Awakening: Yogi Lama Gursam at Wonderwell
| June 21, 2013 | to | June 23, 2013 |
Join Yogi Lama Gursam for a weekend of teaching and practice on the the heart of awakening, bodhicitta.
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10-Day Intensive Chan Retreat: Huatou and Silent Illumination
| June 21, 2013 | to | June 30, 2013 |
Dharma Drum Retreat Center, NY
The purpose of Chan practice is to clarify our mind and see into our self-nature. To do this, we must clean up the impurities that make our minds muddled, cloudy, and opaque. These impurities are the illusory thoughts, or wrong perceptions, that we attach to, causing ourselves suffering and distress. Read More
LuJong: Indo-Tibetan Yoga and Meditation, with Traleg Khandro
| June 21, 2013 7:00 pm | to | June 23, 2013 4:00 pm |
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At Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
LuJong (physical training) uses breathing and postures to stabilize the mind, deepen our meditation, and engender a sense of well-being. Learn pretantra exercises to help clear and sharpen the mind through the use of subtle energy. Read More
“Over the Rainbow”: A one-day seminar on the LGBT community and Shin Buddhism
| June 22, 2013 | ||
| 7:30 am | to | 9:00 pm |
Jodo Shinshu Center, Berkeley, California
Registration is now open for “Over the Rainbow,” a one-day seminar on the LGBT community and Shin Buddhism. The program “offers a community that values inclusiveness and acceptance in seeking enlightenment through Shin Buddhist teachings” and Read More
Teen Spirit Retreat
| June 22, 2013 | to | June 25, 2013 |
Wonderwell Mountain Refuge
SATs, college admissions, auditions and tryouts, academic pressure, peer pressure, physical changes, learning to drive, learning to write, love, crushes … Is this what a teenager’s life is all about? Read More
His Holiness Karmapa’s Birthday Celebration at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, His Seat
| June 23, 2013 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 2:00 pm |
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At Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
At 10 AM on Sunday, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche leads KTD’s traditional White Tara puja in celebration of H.H. the 17th Karmapa’s 28th birthday.
At noon we celebrate his birthday with a meal, cake, and Sangha offerings. Read More
Come and See! Young Adults Explore Buddhism (ages 18-29), with Ven. Thubten Chodron
| June 24, 2013 | to | July 1, 2013 |
Everyone around you seems to be in a hurry: trying to find the perfect job, the perfect partner, the perfect life. Is that what it means to lead a meaningful life? Instead of trying to get all your ducks lined up in a row, how about looking inside your heart? Sravasti Abbey invites young adults aged 18 to 29 to explore the Buddha’s teachings within our American culture. Read More
Come and See! Young Adults Explore Buddhism (ages 18-29), with Ven. Thubten Chodron
| June 24, 2013 | to | July 1, 2013 |
At the age of 29, a young man named Siddharta Gautama walked away from ruling a kingdom, a beautiful wife, and a young son to become a homeless ascetic in search of the truth: Why do I exist? Why do we all grow old, Read More
Memorial Day Weekend: How to See Yourself as You Really Are, with Ven. Thubten Chodron
| June 24, 2013 | to | July 1, 2013 |
Who do we think we are?
According to Buddha’s teachings, our misguided notions of self cause all of our problems. Ven. Thubten Chodron will teach from the book How to See Yourself as You Really Are by His Holiness the Dala Lama (translated by Jeffrey Hopkins) to explore how to recognize and dispel our mistaken views and Read More
