Start Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011 End Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011 Register for this Event Join Barbara Steiner for a one-day workshop designed to help you explore and nurture your writer’s voice. In a spirit of support and cooperation, we will write in short, 5-20 minute sessions, inspired by a range of prompts that [...]

Start Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011 End Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011 Register for this Event On this women’s day we will open ourselves up to the effects of devotional practice. When we feel attracted to the figure of a Buddha, it is often the wisdom or wise action the figure represents that we are [...]

Date: January 22, 2012 Times: 4-6 p.m. Come join others in the sangha for an ongoing monthly poetry group at Aryaloka. Read what you’ve written, what you’ve been struck by that someone else has written, or just listen.  These evenings are free – donations toward the maintenance of Aryaloka are appreciated. “I’m not writing just [...]

Start Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011 End Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011 Register for this Event Aryaloka Men’s Practice Days are an opportunity for men in the sangha to spend time together in meditation and discussion around aspects of the Dharma. One of the day’s primary purposes is to support spiritual friendship within the men’s [...]

Date: January 1, 2012 Times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Please join us once again for the 2012 Meditate for Peace Day.  This will be our eighth annual meditation day at the dawn of the New Year. Join us in the spirit of peace and loving-kindness for the benefit of all beings. Beginning at 6 [...]

Start Date: Friday, January 13, 2012 End Date: Monday, January 16, 2012 Register for this Event This January, 2012 meditation retreat is scheduled over a holiday weekend at Aryaloka. During our time together, we will be studying the Brahma Viharas, or The Four Immeasurables: Metta (lovingkindness), Karuna (compassion), Mudita (sympathetic joy), and Upeksha (equanimity). This [...]

Start Date: Thursday, January 19, 2012 End Date: Sunday, January 22, 2012 Register for this Event Embrace your authentic self in a supportive and transformational environment through the practice of Kripalu yoga, the Metta Bhavana (development of loving-kindness) meditation and periods of social silence. Join us to deeply connect with your body, mind, and spirit [...]

Start Date: Friday, January 27, 2012 End Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012 Register for this Event CANCELED – CANCELED – The traditional form of a stupa has many layers of meaning and purpose in the Buddhist tradition, all pointing us to transformation and enlightenment. Comprised of shapes and colors representing the six elements – Earth, [...]

Start Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012 End Date: Saturday, February 11, 2012 Register for this Event Once again, we welcome Seacoast writer Lin Illingworth, as well as our own Dh. Viriyagita and Joan Rochette, who will share seated and written meditations. Explore your love of nature and of the Dharma on this pristine winter day [...]

Start Date: Friday, February 24, 2012 End Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Register for this Event What does it means to live mindfully? How do we bring more calm and inner clarity into our daily lives? How can we stay confident and purposeful when times get rough? This gentle introductory retreat is open to all, [...]

Start Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 End Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Register for this Event Learn to change your mind! There’s a lot more to meditation than just the bare techniques of the mindfulness of breathing and loving-kindness practices. On this eight-week course, Bodhipaksa will introduce specific ways of dealing with negative emotions such [...]