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February 2020
Gate of Sweet Nectar
On each New Moon of the month we chant the Gate of Sweet Nectar liturgy, calling out to all those who are feeling lost and left behind. We commit to bring our whole selves to all who are suffering in our world, including to…
Find out more »Meals at Charter House
Please join us in providing our tri-weekly free meal at Charter House. You can participate through preparing a dish to serve beforehand, or come the day of to help serve, clean, and spend time with those who attend. Please use our community site on…
Find out more »Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Saturday February 29, 1:00pm - 5:00pm Meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness with Kyodo Sinclair For this afternoon, we will explore one of the core texts of Buddhist meditation practice: The Satipatthana Sutta. We will dive into this sutra with teaching, discussion and some themed meditation sessions.…
Find out more »March 2020
Dharma talk: Joshin Byrnes
Wednesday March 4, Joshin will give a dharma talk at Bread Loaf Mountain Zen Center. The dharma talk starts at 5:30pm. Sensei Joshin is a Zen priest and teacher in the White Plum lineage of Maezumi Roshi and Bernie Glassman Roshi and is a…
Find out more »Recommitment to the Peacemaker Precepts
Every month on the full moon we recommit ourselves to the peacemaker precepts in a beautiful ceremony of chanting and bows (fusatsu) held during evening meditation. Join us on Monday March 9, 5:30pm Eastern Time Other dates for recommitment to the Precepts: April 7
Find out more »Dharma Reflection with Kyodo Sinclair
On March 18, 5:30 - 6:30pm Andi Kyodo Sinclair will facilitate the dharma reflection. Kyodo is a senior practitioner.
Find out more »April 2020
Holy Week Street Retreat New York City, April 2020
April 8-12, 2020 New York City 2,500 years ago Shakyamuni Buddha led his monks each day in the practice of begging for food, receiving whatever was offered with gratitude. In 1996 Bernie Glassman started with the Holy Week Street Retreats. In this 2020 Holy Week…
Find out more »May 2020
Online program: Introduction to the Brahma Vihara’s (2 sessions)
Introduction to The Brahma Viharas or How to Befriend Everything (2 sessions) Online program by zoom: Sunday May 3, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 1) AND Sunday May 24, 11:00 am Eastern time (session 2) There are four virtues mentioned in Buddhist teachings that are said to epitomize…
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Street Retreat Seattle, June 2020
June 27 - July 1, 2020 Seattle 2,500 years ago Shakyamuni Buddha led his monks each day in the practice of begging for food, receiving whatever was offered with gratitude. In this retreat led by Joshin, we will plunge into a modern day variation…
Find out more »July 2020
Summer Sesshin, July 13-18
Sesshin, meaning to gather the heart/mind, is a meditation retreat, done with others that deepens our relationship to our mind and to the world. In sesshin, the mind/body calms and settles, and the mind becomes clear and open. We experience the deep stillness that…
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