Norcal Community of Mindful Living
Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Community in Northern California
Deer Park has announced that there will be a Fourteen Mindfulness Training Transmission Ceremony in English with Vietnamese and Spanish translations at Deer Park Monastery on Sunday, November 17, 2024.
If you have been an Order of Interbeing aspirant for a few years and your mentors determine you are ripe and solid enough, you may consider receiving the Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings this fall.
More information is at this link.
NorCal Dharma Teacher Jo-ann Rosen will be offering a free online workshop, “Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening,” on Friday July 19, online.
For more details and to register, please see the Deer Park website:
Dear community,
We are happy to share that a new practice center in the Plum Village tradition is available for Plum Village sanghas to organize days of mindfulness and similar activities.
Shantideva Monastery is located on a few beautiful, hilly acres in Castro Valley, just east of Hayward, and about a 1-hour drive from San Francisco, Berkeley, or San Jose. The address is 30345 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, CA 94552.
If you want to arrange a practice day for your sangha at Shantideva, please email Ven. Thich Tu Luc (thichtuluc@yahoo.com) and cc Dylan Tweney (dylan@tweney.com).
There is also a monthly meeting of Shantideva Sangha at this location. We are a group of lay mindfulness practitioners who enjoy practicing in the Plum Village tradition, with chanting in both Vietnamese and English. We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates (generally the 3rd Saturday of each month):
These dates are all listed on the NorCal Sanghas event calendar.
We extend a special invitation to OI members, OI aspirants, OI-curious people, sangha facilitators, and anyone interested in helping build the NorCal sangha community.
We aspire that Shantideva (the sangha and the monastery) will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse Bay Area and Northern California community.
May you be happy,
Thich Tu Luc, Dylan Tweney and Isabelle YenChi Chappuis
We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.)
Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community in the Bay Area and Northern California. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for people from our many different sanghas to practice together in friendship, and to create opportunities for honest and vulnerable discussion.
Please email Dylan if you’re planning to attend.
Continue reading “Shantideva Sangha Gathering”We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.)
Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community in the Bay Area and Northern California. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for people from our many different sanghas to practice together in friendship, and to create opportunities for honest and vulnerable discussion.
Please email Dylan if you’re planning to attend.
Continue reading “Shantideva Sangha Gathering”We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.)
Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community in the Bay Area and Northern California. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for people from our many different sanghas to practice together in friendship, and to create opportunities for honest and vulnerable discussion.
Please email Dylan if you’re planning to attend.
Continue reading “Shantideva Sangha Gathering”We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.)
Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community in the Bay Area and Northern California. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for people from our many different sanghas to practice together in friendship, and to create opportunities for honest and vulnerable discussion.
Please email Dylan if you’re planning to attend.
Continue reading “Shantideva Sangha Gathering”Dear Friends,
We hope this finds you well in body and spirit.
We are writing to invite you to a Plum Village-rooted training on Healthy Boundaries in Sanghas, offered via Zoom on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Eastern [7:00 a.m. to 1:45p p.m. Pacific], with a lunch break from 1:00 to 1:45 Eastern [10:00 to 10:45 Pacific]. Please forward to your sanghas. (Scroll down for registration and background info)
Continue reading “Healthy Boundaries Training”
We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the following dates: June 29, July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.)
We extend a special invitation to OI members, OI aspirants, OI-curious people, sangha facilitators, and anyone interested in helping build the NorCal sangha community. Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community in the Bay Area and Northern California. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for us to gather in friendship for honest and vulnerable discussion together.
Please email Dylan if you’re planning to attend.
Continue reading “Shantideva Sangha Practice / Sangha Building”Please join us for the latest in our series of virtual tea-time gatherings on Saturday, July 13, from 3:30-5pm Pacific time. Bring something to drink, and bring your questions, concerns, and aspirations.
This is a chance for sangha members, sangha organizers, facilitators, caretaking council members, ordained Order of Interbeing members, OI aspirants, OI-curious folks, and sangha folks of all types to gather in friendship for honest and vulnerable discussion.
Confirmed for Saturday, July 13 at 3:30pm
What’s really going on in the Northern California PV community? Are we on the right path? What do we need as a community to continue beautifully into the future?
Continue reading “Sangha connections tea on Zoom”