Start Date: Friday, September 7, 2012 End Date: Saturday, September 8, 2012 Register for this Event Join Amala and Viriyalila for this overnight retreat. We will take our inspiration from verses by Shantideva on the theme of inner solitude and outer benefit. The continuum of our practice reaches deep inside us in solitude, in meditation [...]

Date: September 9, 2012 Times: 3 p.m. on! Come join us for an afternoon in the sun. This year’s summer picnic will be a POTLUCK at Great Island Commons in Newcastle and we’ll be joined by sangha members from Portsmouth, Portland, Boston, and New York. Great Island Commons has several picnic areas, a large field [...]

Start Date: October 5, 2012 End Date: November 14, 2012 Rebekah Younger, an interdisciplinary artist from Bath Maine, will exhibit thirteen of her contemplative photographs in a solo exhibition titled “Earth, Water, Fire” from October 5 to November 14 at the Aryaloka Buddhist Center. As a Buddhist practitioner, Rebekah’s work is grounded in her studies [...]

Date: November 30, 2012 Times: 7 p.m. SANGHA DAY CELEBRATION – The Triratna Buddhist Community at Aryaloka will gather on Friday, November 30th at 7 pm for our annual  celebration of the Sangha Jewel.  Please join us as we express appreciation for our community and gratitude for the Arya Sangha, the Enlightened teachers from the [...]

Start Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 End Date: Saturday, December 1, 2012 Register for this Event This day will be a brief introduction to The Gentle Art of Tai Chi – a series of slow, connected movements that improve balance, strength, flexibility, digestion, concentration, and more.  Suitable for all ages and types whether athletic, sedentary, or in [...]

Start Date: Friday, December 21, 2012 End Date: Sunday, December 30, 2012 Register for this Event The focus of this year-end retreat will be “Taming the  Mind, Opening the Heart.” When, through meditation, we are able to open our hearts to warmth and sympathy for ourselves and others as well as realize some degree of [...]