Community, Practice, Ritual and Creativity

A close look at what’s happening at three US sanghas: Aryaloka, San Francisco and Rocky Mountain Buddhist centers

• ‘Cultivating the Riches of Less’ by Saddhavasini
• ‘Unearthing the Buddha’ at Aryaloka by Suddhayu
• 5 Buddha Mandala to Protect and Celebrate Dharmadhara by Danamaya
• Drop the Story: Turn attention away from resisting pain
• Acting as if: Training to be of benefit to others
• Sangha Connections in US and Canada
• In Love with the World: One Monk’s Jou... Read more

Event Date/Time: Nov 16, 10 – 5

Regional Sangha Day Celebration & Community Theater Storytelling

Sangha Day is an annual festival of Buddhist spiritual community, celebrated around the world.
Our morning will be dedicated to reflective meditation and a puja on the theme of friendship – from our present day connections back to the time of the Buddha. Friendship is a vital condition in the spiritual life, one might even say it is the whole of the sp... Read more

Event Date/Time: Dec 13, 7pm – Dec 15, 2pm

In yoga we seek to find suitable grounding and remain aware of the transitions we make through shifting poses, all the while keeping the breath alive and vital in our practice. So too in meditation we must stay grounded while being open to our changing experience, perhaps anchored by the sensations of the breath. For this weekend retreat we will blend the approaches of yoga and meditation to reach a deeper expression... Read more

Event Dates: Dec 26, 7pm to Dec 31, 2pm

Winter Stillness: The Diamond Sutra | a meditation retreat

“Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.”

The theme of this year’s Winter Stillness meditation retreat is the Read more