• Memorial for Thay Thích Nhất Hạnh

    Chua Pho Tu / Compassion Meditation Center 17327 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, California, United States

    All are welcome for a bilingual (English-Vietnamese) event commemorating Thích Nhất Hạnh at the Hayward Temple (Compassion Meditation Center/Chua Pho Tu). Details: Commemoration Ceremony for the Anniversary of the Passing of Master Thich Nhat Hanh (bilingual) 9:30 AM Buddhists and friends gather. 10:00 a.m. Venerable monks and nuns arrive at the main hall. Sitting meditation

    Free
  • February Day of Mindfulness – CANCELED

    Shantideva Monastery 30345 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, California, United States

    Unfortunately, we are not able to hold a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery. The monastery's septic system is undergoing repairs, and we cannot accommodate groups until that's completed.

  • March Day of Mindfulness in Vacaville (now on March 7)

    Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School 7233 Pleasants Valley Road, Vacaville, California, United States

    Please save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School in Vacaville.

  • Vesak at Hayward Temple

    Chua Pho Tu / Compassion Meditation Center 17327 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, California, United States

    Celebrate Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) at Chua Pho Tu! There will be events on April 18 and 19. Details TBA.

  • A Day of Mindfulness in the Santa Cruz Mountains

    Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen 21055 Summit Road, Los Gatos, CA, United States

    Take It Easy: Cultivating Ease with Our Practice You are invited to a Day of Mindfulness in the redwoods inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching on the importance of calm, ease, smiling and letting go when navigating difficult times. Members of a panel will share practices and tools they use from the Plum Village tradition

    Free
  • Rhythm of the Earth Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park

    Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, United States

    You are warmly invited to Rhythm of the Earth, the Third Annual Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park Monastery—a joyful day where music, mindfulness, and nature come together in harmony. Founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, Deer Park will host this special gathering on May 9 from 1:00–9:30 PM across its beautiful 400-acre landscape in Escondido. For more information,

  • BIPOC Weekend at Deer Park

    Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, United States

    A Mindfulness Weekend for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) at Deer Park Monastery, May 15-17. See the Deer Park website for more details (link below).

  • May Day of Mindfulness with Victoria Mausisa: Fierce Love — Resistance and Rest

    EBMC 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United States

    A day for reflection, recovery, and engagement NOTE: This Day of Mindfulness will be held at East Bay Meditation Center (EBMC). See details below. With cruelty and injustice in the world running rampant every day, it can seem difficult to know what to do. We invite you — activists, advocates, practitioners, and all who support

    By donation
  • Geography of Change: A Forest Retreat for Navigating Life Transitions, with Valerie Brown

    Quaker Center Ben Lomond, California, United States

    Dharma teacher Valerie Brown will be offering a retreat at Quaker Center this coming year. Please share this invitation with your sanghas! This is an in-person retreat, May 29-31, 2026. Immersed in the stunning beauty of the redwoods in spring, this retreat explores issues of life transition, vocation, passion, purpose, meaning, direction, and underlying patterns,

  • Mindfulness Trainings Recitation

    San Francisco Dharma Collective 2929 24th St, San Francisco, California, United States

    Spiritual Friends Sangha invites you to our monthly recitation of the Buddhist Precepts for Ethical Living, aka the Five Mindfulness Trainings. After a period of settling in, we will cultivate awareness together in silence for 20 to 30 minutes - sitting, walking, standing, reclining, rolling meditation all welcome. This will be followed by a communal

    Free