Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Tradition in Northern California
Dear community -- please see below for details on a peace walk in Jerusalem, organized by Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition. All are encouraged to practice where they are, with awareness of this walk in Jerusalem...Blue Cliff, Deer Park, EIAB, and many sanghas are participating, for a world-wide silent peace walk on Saturday …
Our Wisdom Meditation School (Pho Tri) Days of Mindfulness continue exploration of the Dharma with our next event — the 50th in our series. Date: September 21, 2024 in person. Please see attached flyer and flow of the DOM for details. Title / Theme: Cultivate Habits for Joy and Compassion Please RSVP if you are coming, and if …
The short film Paramita has been selected to show at the Mill Valley Film Festival! Paramita is a short film by fellow practitioner Kirthi Nath about OI member Prajna Paramita Choudhury's coming out journey, intergenerational healing, and the transformational power of mindfulness practice. Practicing in the Plum Village tradition is a big part of this film, and it …
Please save the date for this Day of Mindfulness coming up on October 12, at a beautiful monastery in the Santa Cruz mountains. There will be an opportunity to receive, or renew, the Five Mindfulness Trainings in a special Transmission Ceremony. If you would like to participate in planning please contact Jim Scott-Behrends at jsbehrends@aol.com. More information will …
We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 16. (Note: usually the third Saturday of each month.) For October 19, we are adding an optional recitation of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings to our afternoon schedule, …
We are delighted to invite you to register for the Winter 2024 retreat held at the Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, California (80 miles from the Bay Area). The retreat will take place from Saturday, November 9 - Monday, November 11, with an option to arrive on Friday, November 8 for an additional cost. All …
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 …
We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the following dates: July 20, September 7, October 19, and November 30. (Note: we changed the November date to Nov. 30.) Our aspiration is that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse community …
We invite anyone in the community to join our practice from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on December 14. We aspire that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse Bay Area and Northern California community. Gathering at Shantideva is a chance for people from our many different sanghas to practice …
Ven. Thích Tu Luc invites the community to a bilingual ceremony to commemorate Thích Nhất Hạnh on the third anniversary of his continuation. Schedule: Monastics Present: Compassion Meditation Center: Thầy Từ Lực, Ni sư Ngộ Tánh, SC Tịnh Minh, SCPhổ Thanh (more to be added later).
Shantideva Monastery, Castro Valley Thich Nhat Hanh taught that “there is no way to peace; peace is the way.” You are invited to join us for a day of practice on the topic of “Being Peace” - grounding in Plum Village practices and cultivating our inner peace to offer ourselves and our communities. We will …
Morning Birds Sangha invites you to a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva — bringing the Plum Village community in Northern California together for a chance to go as a river and practice mindfulness as one sangha. WE ARE NOW FULL AND CANNOT ACCEPT ANY MORE ATTENDEES. Dharma teacher Jo-ann Rosen will be visiting from Ukiah …