Recently Added Events
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Recently Added Events- Living Beautifully, Living Solidly: A Day of Mindfulness Retreat for People of Color, in the Tradition of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
- Dying with Confidence Level I Training, with Anyen Rinpoche
- Tibet House US presents Mystic Nostalgia
- Buddhist Studies: Open to Desire, with Ethan Nichtern and Robert Chender
- Summer Retreats at Nyingma Institute
Buddhist Studies: Open to Desire, with Ethan Nichtern and Robert Chender
| May 21, 2012 | to | June 11, 2012 |
The Interdependence Project
4 Monday Nights, 7 – 9pm
This class will explore the mind-states of desire from various angles and perspectives. Often misunderstood and mistranslated as the cause of suffering, creating a healthy and sane relationship with desire, and creating emotional skills to navigate it well, are key to our human development.
Lovingkindness: Metta Retreat
| May 25, 2012 | to | June 1, 2012 |
Insight Meditation Society — Barre, MA
Taught by Michele McDonald, Rebecca Bradshaw, Greg Scharf & Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
This is a silent week-long metta, or lovingkindness, retreat, which will provide the support needed to touch into Read More
Gelek Rimpoche at the Garrison Institute
| May 25, 2012 | to | May 28, 2012 |
Heart Sutra – The Freedom of Understanding Reality as It Is
Open to the public
The Heart Sutra, a succinct and profound scripture revealing reality’s deepest truths for all to see, is one of Buddha’s greatest gifts to humanity. By understanding Buddha’s message of interdependence and inseparability, Read More
Vajra Yoga + Meditation 200-Hour “Make A Difference” Teacher Training NYC
| May 25, 2012 | to | July 29, 2012 |
Join Jill Satterfield, renowned Mind-Body Counselor, Yoga and Meditation Teacher, for a unique 200-hour certified teacher training course cosponsored by the Tibet House in New York City. Read More
Jizo Ceremony for Loved Ones
| May 28, 2012 | ||
| 3:00 pm | to | 5:30 pm |
At Great Vow Zen Monastery
Led by Jan Chozen Bays, Roshi
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
Liberation of Mind and Heart: Insight Meditation Retreat
| June 1, 2012 | to | June 10, 2012 |
Insight Meditation Society — Barre, MA
Taught by Michele McDonald, Rebecca Bradshaw, Greg Scharf & Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
This nine-day insight meditation retreat, held in an environment of silence, will explore the Buddha’s teachings Read More
Ajahn Jamnian Retreat
| June 3, 2012 | to | June 10, 2012 |
Join us for this rare opportunity to spend a week with Ajahn Jamnian (also known as Ajahn Jumnien), a living Buddhist meditation master in the Thai Forest Tradition, in Millersylvania State Park, near Olympia Washington. Ajahn Jamnian teaches in a unique style filled with joy, humor, and lightness of heart. Come and learn how to apply mindfulness for happiness Read More
Resounding Compassion: A Concert for Peace, an SFZC benefit
| June 4, 2012 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
As part of a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Zen Center, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music will offer Resounding Compassion: a Concert for Peace on Monday, June 4, at 8 PM Pacific Time. This benefit concert will feature original music by composer Shinji Eshima, performed during a dance performance by Pascal Molat Read More
Gate of Ease and Joy: Yoga Asana & Zazen, with Barbara Boris
| June 7, 2012 | to | June 10, 2012 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
“Asana” is a Sanskrit word meaning “seat.” It is defined as a steady posture done with ease, joy and completion. In zazen, creating the ease and stability of the body is often as difficult Read More
The Limit of No Limit: Finding Freedom in Creative Expression, with Pat Steir
| June 7, 2012 | to | June 10, 2012 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
Most of us have some idea about what freedom is. From being able to do what one wants, to a general absence of hindrance or restriction, the state of “being free” is something that we long for. We don’t have to look too deeply, however, to see how our lives Read More
Living Beautifully, Living Solidly: A Day of Mindfulness Retreat for People of Color, in the Tradition of Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh
| June 9, 2012 |
Offered by the Monastics of Blue Cliff Monastery
Through the practices of mindful living offered during the retreat, we will have the opportunity to reconnect with the beautiful sources of joy and peace within ourselves. Practicing to stop, rest, and listen deeply to our body and mind, we can rediscover and nurture the deepest roots of solid living. Read More
