Vesak at Hayward Temple
Celebrate Vesak (the Buddha's birthday) at Chua Pho Tu! There will be events on April 18 and 19. Details TBA.
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Chua Pho Tu / Compassion Meditation Center 17327 Meekland Avenue, Hayward, California, United States
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A Day of Mindfulness in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen 21055 Summit Road, Los Gatos, CA, United StatesTake 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 …
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Bay Area Fire-Building Session in San Francisco for Order of Interbeing (OI) Members and Aspirants
Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026 Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Location: Presidio Tunnel Tops, 210 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94129 Dear Bay Area OI Siblings and Aspirants, you are invited to our second Fire-Building Session. The Presidio Tunnel Tops is a stunning open-air park at the gateway of the Presidio, offering sweeping views …
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Rhythm of the Earth Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park
Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, United StatesYou 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, …
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BIPOC Weekend at Deer Park
Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, United StatesA 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).
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May Day of Mindfulness with Victoria Mausisa: Fierce Love — Resistance and Rest
EBMC 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA, United StatesA 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 …
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Geography of Change: A Forest Retreat for Navigating Life Transitions, with Valerie Brown
Quaker Center Ben Lomond, California, United StatesDharma 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, …
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Mindfulness Trainings Recitation
San Francisco Dharma Collective 2929 24th St, San Francisco, California, United StatesSpiritual 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 …
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CANCELLED: June Day of Mindfulness
Shantideva Monastery 30345 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, California, United StatesMany members of our community will be in France for the Order of Interbeing retreat during much of June, so we are cancelling our plans to hold a local Day of Mindfulness this month. Please join us the following months at Shantideva and elsewhere around the Bay Area!
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Deer Park Family Retreat
Deer Park Monastery 2499 Melru Lane, Escondido, CA, United StatesDeer Park's very popular annual retreat for families to join monastics and other practitioners in the Plum Village tradition. For more information, see the link to the Deer Park website below.
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July Day of Mindfulness: Great Love and Letting Go
Rossmoor Gateway Clubhouse 1001 Golden Rain Rd, Walnut Creek, California, United StatesYou are invited to a Day of Mindfulness Hosted by Potluck Sangha Join us for a nourishing day of mindfulness dedicated to exploring the depth and freedom of Great Love—a love that is spacious, wise, and liberating. Rooted in the teachings of the Buddha and inspired by the insights of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, this …
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August Day of Mindfulness
Shantideva Monastery 30345 Palomares Road, Castro Valley, California, United StatesPlease save the date for a Day of Mindfulness at Shantideva Monastery.