| May 22, 2013 | to | May 25, 2013 |
Great Vow Zen Monastery
The Painting Experience is an unprecedented journey into the wild territory of painting directly from intuition. It’s a leap beyond the predicted and expected — a venture into color, form, and image, where no rules apply. Read More
| May 25, 2013 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
Great Vow Zen Monastery
The loss of a loved one often opens a well of profound grief. No matter how the loved one dies, suddenly or slowly, whether through illness, accident, miscarriage, abortion, or suicide, our sorrow is deep and may be long-lasting. Read More
| May 26, 2013 | to | January 26, 2014 |
Free Every Sunday Evening at the Nyingma Institute
Tibetan Chanting, 5-6 PM
The practice of mantra enables us to restore a natural balance and harmony in our lives. When we chant a mantra, we Read More
| May 29, 2013 | to | June 2, 2013 |
Great Vow Zen Monastery
This is a new sesshin created specifically for people age 60 and older.
As we age, our practice begins to differ in significant ways from the practice of younger people. The format of this sesshin will explore those Read More
| June 7, 2013 | to | June 9, 2013 |
Great Vow Zen Monastery
Mindfulness is the best seasoning for your food and for your life. — Dr. Jan Chozen Bays
[With mindfulness] you can see the whole world in one raisin, hold the universe and all life in the palm of your hand, and then, of course, in your mouth too, as it soon becomes a source of nurturance Read More
| June 10, 2013 | to | August 12, 2013 |
Summer 2013 Retreats
: Continuity and Transformation
For forty years, the Nyingma Institute has offered a gentle path of self-knowledge and altruistic service based on the Buddha’s teachings. This summer, we continue to deepen this tradition by offering summer retreats for a range of interests and ages. The summer begins with two weeks of Tibetan Yoga Read More
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| July 9, 2013 | to | July 15, 2013 |
Sravasti Abbey
Aryadeva, along with his spiritual master Nagarjuna, is credited with founding the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism, and his Four Hundred Stanzas on the Middle Way is a fundamental text of Mahayana philosophy.
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| July 31, 2013 | to | August 4, 2013 |
A collaboration between One House of Peace and Mindful Living Revolution
Caverly Morgan and Deborah Eden Tull will return to Land of Medicine Buddha to lead a five-day silent meditation retreat in the magical Santa Cruz Mountains. This beautiful collaboration between One House of Peace and Mindful Living Revolution Read More
