Sanghas + Events in the Plum Village Tradition in Northern California
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 , with a lunch break from 1:00 to 1:45 Eastern . Please forward to your …
Family Retreat is a retreat for families of all descriptions. In this retreat we will have programs for adults, children, tweens, and teens, ensuring that every member of your family will have an opportunity to deepen their experience of the practice. Parents and adults are given the opportunity to explore the practice through activities such …
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 …
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 …
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:
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 …
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 …
Dear Plum Village Community, EMBRACE brings a neuro-informed and trauma-sensitive lens to mindfulness as it is practiced in the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism in order to support a resilient and harmonious community. We do this by educating practitioners, individually and collectively, to gain deeper understanding of themselves and the practices through this lens, so …
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 …