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SUMMARY:14 Mindfulness Trainings Transmission
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nIf 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. \n\n\n\nMore information is at this link.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/14-mindfulness-trainings-transmission/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241108T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241111T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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SUMMARY:Veteran's Day Weekend Retreat
DESCRIPTION: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 retreat meals will be provided by the wonderful chef Tod Nysether. \n\n\n\nThe theme is “Creativity as Refuge.” \n\n\n\nWe are excited to share that Maxine Hong Kingston has agreed to lead the writing workshop on Friday\, together with Earll Kingston and Wendy Johnson. \n\n\n\nNOTE: This retreat is now full. You can still register to be added to the waitlist. We will invite registrants from the waitlist if others are unable to attend. \n\n\n\nRegistration link: https://forms.gle/agLxDbgBTMajWefu8 \n\n\n\nPlease fill out the information requested in this Google Form. The retreat organizers\, Dylan and Melanie\, will review all completed registration forms and confirm your waitlist/registration status. When we do\, we will send details on payment and lodging.  \n\n\n\nWe currently estimate costs of $150 per night for dorm room beds and $100 per night for camping/futons. (Camping in your own tent\, or sleeping on floor pads\, will only be available if we have a sufficient number of people registered — we need to fill the beds first.) \n\n\n\nWe aspire to create a retreat body that represents the diversity of the many people and communities practicing in the Plum Village lineage\, including race/ethnicity\, age\, and gender. Please be patient with us as we do our best to accommodate your needs and to create the conditions for a supportive and inclusive space. \n\n\n\nOur draft health plan is outlined in the registration form\, but here it is for ready reference:  \n\n\n\n1. We will request everyone to rapid test negative on their day of arrival. 2. We will leave windows open and run HEPA air filters wherever possible.3. We will structure activities to make it comfortable to mask at any time and to eat outdoors.4. We will ask anyone with symptoms to (K)N95 mask\, even if rapid testing negative.5. We will provide a supply of high-quality (K)N95 masks and extra rapid tests.6. If you test positive at the retreat\, we will ask you to leave early or self-isolate\, depending on conditions.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/veterans-day-weekend-retreat/
LOCATION:Quaker Center\, Ben Lomond\, California\, 95005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings,Retreats
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241019T150000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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SUMMARY:Shantideva Sangha Gathering
DESCRIPTION: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.) \n\n\n\nFor October 19\, we are adding an optional recitation of the 14 Mindfulness Trainings to our afternoon schedule\, at 1:30pm. All are welcome to stay for this\, or do other activities\, as conditions permit. \n\n\n\nWe aspire that Shantideva will become a resource and anchor for our broad and diverse Bay Area and Northern California communities. 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. \n\n\n\nPlease email Dylan if you’re planning to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are free to join for part or all of the day. Please bring your own lunch if you plan to be here during lunch. \n\n\n\nApproximate schedule: \n\n\n\n\n9:30am gathering\n\n\n\n10am sitting meditation\n\n\n\n10:30am chanting in Vietnamese and English\n\n\n\n11am Dharma sharing\n\n\n\n11:45am break\n\n\n\n12 noon walking meditation\n\n\n\n12:30pm mindful lunch (bring your own vegetarian food)\n\n\n\n1:30 pm 14 Mindfulness Trainings recitation (optional\, for those who want to participate)
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/shantideva-sangha-gathering-2/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241012T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241012T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240801T205809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240826T223556Z
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Mountains Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nIf you would like to participate in planning please contact Jim Scott-Behrends at jsbehrends@aol.com. \n\n\n\nMore information will follow. \n\n\n\nDOM 10_12_24 SAVE THE DATEDownload
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/santa-cruz-mountains-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen\, 21055 Summit Road\, Los Gatos\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Days of Mindfulness
ORGANIZER;CN="Logan Payne":MAILTO:loganpayne@earthlink.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241005T153000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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SUMMARY:Paramita movie screening
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nPracticing in the Plum Village tradition is a big part of this film\, and it would be wonderful if folks from our practice community could make it out for the Bay Area premiere.  \n\n\n\nIt will be part of the Freedom Shorts program on Saturday\, October 5 at 3:00 pm and Wednesday\, October 9 at 3:30 pm in San Rafael.  \n\n\n\nTickets go on sale to the general public on September 18 @ 4 pm\, and they may sell out.  \n\n\n\nIf you can’t make it to the Bay Area premiere*\, we hope there will be other opportunities in the future\, but likely not until next year. If you know about a film festival\, event\, conference\, school or community organization that may want to screen Paramita\, please contact paramitafilmdirector@gmail.com. Screening updates will be posted on the film website\, https://www.paramitafilm.com. You can sign up to receive updates and can also support the film – it takes a lot to make a film\, and then to get it out into the world!  Thanks in advance. \n\n\n\nHope to see you there\,  \n\n\n\nPrajna \n\n\n\n*There will be a New York City premiere in September!
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/paramita-movie-screening/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T160000
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CREATED:20240209T161358Z
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SUMMARY:Pho Tri (Wisdom Meditation School) Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Our Wisdom Meditation School (Pho Tri) Days of Mindfulness continue exploration of the Dharma with our next event — the 50th in our series.  \n\n\n\nDate: September 21\, 2024 in person. Please see attached flyer and flow of the DOM for details.  \n\n\n\nTitle / Theme: Cultivate Habits for Joy and Compassion \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease RSVP if you are coming\, and if you have any questions about this DOM\, please contact Châu Yoder: \n\n\n\nPhotriDOM@gmail.com \n\n\n\n925-708-8662 (call or text) \n\n\n\nFLYER 9-21-2024Download\n\n\n\nFLOW 09-21-2024Download
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/pho-tri-wisdom-meditation-school-day-of-mindfulness-2/
LOCATION:Pho Tri Wisdom Meditation School\, 7233 Pleasants Valley Road\, Vacaville\, California\, United States
CATEGORIES:Days of Mindfulness
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ORGANIZER;CN="Chau Yoder":MAILTO:PhotriDOM@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240921T083000
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SUMMARY:Silent Peace Walk
DESCRIPTION:Dear community — please see below for details on a peace walk in Jerusalem\, organized by Dharma teachers in the Plum Village tradition. \n\n\n\nAll 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 Sept 21– International Day of Peace–the walking meditation can occur any time… individually and with others… \n\n\n\nResources: \n\n\n\nThay’s poem: Walking Meditation \n\n\n\nSong: The Mind Can Go In A Thousand Directions \n\n\n\nBook: Thich Nhat Hanh\, The Long Road Leads to Joy: A Guide To Walking Meditation \n\n\n\nInvitation from Shelagh and Baruch\, Dharma Teachers in Jerusalem– \n\n\n\n“We are walking without slogans or banners from and back to the YMCA in Jerusalem\, through parks and King David Street. From 5pm to about 6:30pm\, Jerusalem time.  (7am-8:30am PT)
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/silent-peace-walk/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Beyond the Bay Area
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240913T153000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240807T172136Z
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SUMMARY:EMBRACE Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Dear Plum Village Community\, \n\n\n\nEMBRACE 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 that they can derive the maximum benefit from the practice\, and address certain challenges that may arise due to a lack of understanding of the practice. \n\n\n\nWe will be hosting ONE EMBRACE Intro Workshop on:Friday\, September 13th\, 2024 from 2:00pm-3:30pm Pacific Time \n\n\n\n(that’s 5:00-6:30pm Eastern Time\, and 9:00am – 10:30am on Saturday\, September 14th New Zealand Time) \n\n\n\nThe Intro Workshop is an introduction to neuroscience and trauma informed mindfulness practice. Those who wish to participate in an EMBRACE Study Group are asked to attend this workshop or watch a recording\, which can be found on our youtube. \n\n\n\nYou can register for the Intro Workshop here. Afterwards\, we’ll send you the link and a google calendar invite. \n\n\n\nRemember\, either attending the Intro Workshop on zoom in real time or watching a recording is a prereq for the EMBRACE Study Groups happening later this fall. \n\n\n\nPlease let us know if you have any questions. \n\n\n\nEMBRACE CTC
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/embrace-workshop/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="EMBRACE Sangha":MAILTO:embracectc@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240907T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240705T163412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240718T212304Z
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SUMMARY:Shantideva Sangha Gathering
DESCRIPTION: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.) \n\n\n\nOur 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. \n\n\n\nPlease email Dylan if you’re planning to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are free to join for part or all of the day. Please bring your own lunch if you plan to be here during lunch. \n\n\n\nApproximate schedule: \n\n\n\n\n9:30am gathering\n\n\n\n10am sitting meditation\n\n\n\n10:30am chanting in Vietnamese and English\n\n\n\n11am Dharma sharing\n\n\n\n11:45am break\n\n\n\n12 noon walking meditation\n\n\n\n12:30pm mindful lunch (bring your own vegetarian food)\n\n\n\n1:30 pm group discussion / activity TBA
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/shantideva-sangha-gathering/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240720T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240705T163227Z
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SUMMARY:Shantideva Sangha Gathering
DESCRIPTION: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.) \n\n\n\nOur 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. \n\n\n\nPlease email Dylan if you’re planning to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are free to join for part or all of the day. Please bring your own lunch if you plan to be here during lunch. \n\n\n\nApproximate schedule: \n\n\n\n\n9:30am gathering\n\n\n\n10am sitting meditation\n\n\n\n10:30am chanting in Vietnamese and English\n\n\n\n11am Dharma sharing\n\n\n\n11:45am break\n\n\n\n12 noon walking meditation\n\n\n\n12:30pm mindful lunch (bring your own vegetarian food)\n\n\n\n1:30 pm group discussion / activity TBA
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/shantideva-sangha-sangha-tea/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240719T173000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240715T145544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240715T145547Z
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SUMMARY:Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening (online)
DESCRIPTION:NorCal Dharma Teacher Jo-ann Rosen will be offering a free online workshop\, “Activism as a Vehicle for Awakening\,” on Friday July 19\, online.  \n\n\n\nFor more details and to register\, please see the Deer Park website:  \n\n\n\n\nActivism as a Vehicle for Awakening
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/activism-as-a-vehicle-for-awakening-online/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240713T170000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240506T205129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240710T213604Z
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SUMMARY:Sangha connections tea on Zoom
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nConfirmed for Saturday\, July 13 at 3:30pm \n\n\n\nWhat’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? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBring your whole selves to this meeting\, and we will hold our aspirations and our concerns together. \n\n\n\nOn Zoom: RSVP to Dylan for details.
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/sangha-builders-tea-on-zoom/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240629T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240629T140000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240506T221435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240705T162950Z
UID:775-1719653400-1719669600@norcalsangha.org
SUMMARY:Shantideva Sangha Practice / Sangha Building
DESCRIPTION: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.) \n\n\n\nWe 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. \n\n\n\nPlease email Dylan if you’re planning to attend. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou are free to join for part or all of the day. Please bring your own lunch if you plan to be here during lunch. \n\n\n\nApproximate schedule: \n\n\n\n\n9:30am gathering\n\n\n\n10am sitting meditation\n\n\n\n10:30am chanting in Vietnamese and English\n\n\n\n11am Dharma sharing\n\n\n\n11:45am break\n\n\n\n12 noon walking meditation\n\n\n\n12:30pm mindful lunch (bring your own vegetarian food)\n\n\n\n1:30 pm group discussion / activity TBA
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/shantideva-sangha-practice-sangha-building/
LOCATION:California
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240701
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SUMMARY:Deer Park Family Retreat
DESCRIPTION: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. \nParents and adults are given the opportunity to explore the practice through activities such as Dharma Sharing\, Total Relaxation\, and Dharma Talks while the younger ones will get to experience age-appropriate mindfulness activities and sharings of their own. \nRegistration opens in the Spring. \nFor more info: \nFamily Retreat 2024 \n \n 
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/deer-park-family-retreat/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240608T134500
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240526T165233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240527T213039Z
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SUMMARY:Healthy Boundaries Training
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \n\n\n\nWe hope this finds you well in body and spirit.  \n\n\n\nWe 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) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDharma Teachers Leslie Rawls and Dennis Bohn will offer the training\, which covers Boundaries\, Sangha Relationships\, Power and Vulnerability\, Creating Healthy Boundaries Policies\, and Self-Care.  The training is offered to increase awareness of the benefits of wholesome boundaries within Sanghas as a means of creating and nurturing a safe place for all Sangha participants. It includes presentations\, group participation\, and small group discussions. \n\n\n\nWHO CAN ATTEND? \n\n\n\nAll Sangha members may benefit from and are encouraged to attend the training\, particularly those who facilitate or hold leadership roles.  Any member of your sangha is welcome to attend. Each attendee should register (scroll down) unless multiple people will be attending as a group using a single device. In that case\, please let us know of that intention.  There is no charge to attend. If you wish to offer dana to express gratitude\, we ask that you send donations to the Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation. www.tnhf.org \n\n\n\nAdvance registration is required. If possible\, please plan to attend the entire session. Please use the link below to register and share it with interested Sangha members. You will receive login information after you register. \n\n\n\nTraining Date: Saturday\, June 8\, 2024\, 10:00 AM-4:45 PM\, Eastern Time (US and Canada) \n\n\n\nZoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcof-uvqTwsGNbMz46gKglBKB7Ugpfs0HbG \n\n\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\n\n\nBACKGROUNDAt the request of the Dharma Teachers’ Care-Taking Council\, this program was developed by Dharma Teachers Dennis Bohn\, Fern Dorresteyn\, and Leslie Rawls after they participated in a three-day Faith Trust Institute training\, as well as an online training based in non-Plum Village Buddhist Healthy Boundaries training. Their initial  program was created with input from Plum Village monastics and lay Dharma Teachers. It has been offered over the past several years to local Sanghas\, Dharma Teachers\, Order members\, and Sangha groups\, and refined each time with input from participants.  \n\n\n\nPlease send any questions to us directly. Dennis’s email is dbohn@pipeline.com. Leslie’s email is leslierawlsdt@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nIn Gratitude\,Leslie Rawls and Dennis Bohn
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/healthy-boundaries-training/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Classes,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Dennis Bohn":MAILTO:dbohn@pipeline.com
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SUMMARY:Deer Park Music Festival
DESCRIPTION:Rhythm of the Earth is a Mindful Music Festival at Deer Park Monastery and fundraiser for producing a documentary honoring Sister Chan Khong\, the first fully-ordained monastic disciple of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. \nFor more information\, see the Deer Park website: \nRhythm of the Earth Mindful Music Festival 2024 \n \n 
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/deer-park-music-festival/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T150000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240506T192011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240506T204457Z
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SUMMARY:Vesak Celebration at Shantideva
DESCRIPTION:View of Shantideva Monastery in Castro Valley\n\n\n\nThis coming Sunday\, May 11\, Shantideva Monastery welcomes the community to a Vesak celebration. Vesak is the annual observance of the Buddha’s birthday and/or enlightenment day.  \n\n\n\nYou are welcome to join us for a half-day of meditation from 10 a.m. until 2 or 2:30 p.m. (you can arrive as early as 9:30).  Please bring your own lunch! \n\n\n\nAfter lunch we will have a ceremony involving bathing baby Buddha.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApproximate schedule: \n\n\n\n9:30am gathering10am sitting meditation10:30am chanting in Vietnamese and English11am Dharma sharing11:45am break12 noon walking meditation12:30pm mindful lunch (bring your own vegetarian food)1:30pm Vesak celebration
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/vesak-celebration-at-shantideva/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Days of Mindfulness,Local Gatherings
ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240513
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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SUMMARY:Deer Park BIPOC Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Deer Park Monastery is hosting a BIPOC Mindfulness Retreat as an expression of our continuing commitment to creating a nourishing\, healing\, and empowering space for members of our spiritual family who self-identify as BIPOC. \nFor more information\, see the Deer Park website: \nBIPOC Retreat – Nourishing Our Roots \n \n 
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/deer-park-bipoc-retreat/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T143000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240315T190531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240611T014721Z
UID:738-1714212000-1714228200@norcalsangha.org
SUMMARY:Sangha Builders Tea
DESCRIPTION:If you are a sangha organizer\, facilitator\, or someone on the OI path\, you are warmly invited to an in-person tea time. \n\n\n\nAnyone who is a sangha organizer/facilitator in the Plum Village tradition is welcome. Please RSVP to dylan@tweney.com if you’re planning on coming. \n\n\n\nThis is a chance for organizers\, facilitators\, caretaking council members\, ordained Order of Interbeing members\, OI aspirants\, OI-curious folks\, and sangha builders of all types to gather in friendship for honest and vulnerable discussion together. \n\n\n\nWhat’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? \n\n\n\nBring your whole selves to this meeting\, and we will hold our aspirations and our concerns together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSchedule: \n\n\n\n\n10-1 Sangha practice\n\n\n\n1-2:30 Sangha tea\n\n\n\n\nYou are free to join for part or all of the day. \n\n\n\n\nIf you are joining us from 10-1\, please bring your own vegetarian lunch.\n\n\n\nIf you are joining us from 1 to 2:30\, please bring some tea or another drink you can enjoy and something to share.\n\n\n\n\nSuggestions for what you might want to share: \n\n\n\n\nIdeas\n\n\n\nPractices\n\n\n\nQuestions\n\n\n\nSuffering \n\n\n\nDreams\n\n\n\nAspirations\n\n\n\nEnergy\n\n\n\nYour beautiful smile\n\n\n\n\nOur intention is to offer these meetings roughly monthly\, alternating on Zoom and in person\, usually on the 2nd Saturday of the month. \n\n\n\nUpcoming meetings after April: \n\n\n\n\nMay 11\, 1pm-2:30pm on Zoom\n\n\n\nJune — TBD\n\n\n\nJuly 13\, 1pm-2:30pm on Zoom\n\n\n\n\nCo-organizers: Isabelle YenChi Chappuis and Dylan Tweney
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/sangha-builders-tea/
LOCATION:Shantideva Monastery\, 30345 Palomares Road\, Castro Valley\, California\, 94552\, United States
CATEGORIES:Local Gatherings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Dylan Tweney":MAILTO:dylan@tweney.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T183533Z
UID:711-1713002400-1713024000@norcalsangha.org
SUMMARY:Day of Mindfulness April 13
DESCRIPTION:Bay Area Sanghas are invited to a day of nourishing practices in the Plum Village Tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh at a beautiful monastery in the Santa Cruz mountains. \n\n\n\nPlease use this form to RSVP to help with planning and carpooling: https://forms.gle/5WeDakHxXdnikky78  \n\n\n\nSee further details in the flyer below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDOM-4_13_24-FLYER-1Download
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/day-of-mindfulness-april-13/
LOCATION:Udumbara Retreat Center / Duc Vien Tinh Uyen\, 21055 Summit Road\, Los Gatos\, CA\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Logan Payne":MAILTO:loganpayne@earthlink.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240209T050704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240315T190710Z
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SUMMARY:Deepening White Awareness & Engaged Practice
DESCRIPTION:How in these times can the Plum Village practice community contribute to transforming racial injustice and support wise\, skillful\, and compassionate action grounded in love—in short\, create beloved community? \nPlease join the Deepening White Awareness Sangha for three half-days of mindfulness\, offered to individuals who self-identify as white\, to mindfully explore our whiteness. We will follow the Plum Village teachings and practices throughout our time together\, which will include meditation\, sharing\, and grounding exercises. The series is open to people who are beginning this mindful exploration\, and to those who have experience. During the series\, we will: \n\nDeepen awareness of white privilege\, benefits and biases within ourselves\nCultivate capacity to take action for racial justice\nCreate community for ongoing support and action\n\n \nSession I: February 10\, 9 AM – 12 Noon (Pacific) \nMindfully Exploring Whiteness: Where are you in your white awareness journey? \nSession 2: March 9\, 9 AM – 12 Noon (Pacific) \nMindfully Exploring Whiteness:  What is your understanding of white privilege\, benefits\, and biases in yourself and society? \nSession 3: April 13\, 9 AM – 12 Noon (Pacific) \nMindfully Exploring Whiteness: How can you create community for ongoing support and action? \nPlease use this Registration Form. For questions\, email DeepeningWhiteAwareness@yahoo.com \n\nThe Deepening White Awareness Sangha was founded in 2016 in Oakland\, CA. We create a loving space where we reflect on encounters with racism in ourselves and in our world; a space where we can give voice to our heartbreak\, deepen our understanding of systemic racism\, and support each other in taking skillful action. Along with resources to help us recognize our implicit conditioning\, we use practices for transformation and healing inspired by Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. We gather and practice together as white people – not to exclude\, but rather to take responsibility for our work in dismantling racism. We’ve also been asked to create such spaces by People of Color in our communities (See The Path of Racial and Social Equity by Marisela B. Gomez and Valerie Brown.) For more information\, email DeepeningWhiteAwareness@yahoo.com
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/deepening-white-awareness-engaged-practice/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Days of Mindfulness
ORGANIZER;CN="Deepening White Awareness Sangha":MAILTO:DeepeningWhiteAwareness@yahoo.com
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240414
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SUMMARY:Deer Park Wake Up Retreat 2024
DESCRIPTION:An in-person 7-day retreat\, April 7-13\, for young adults between the ages of 18 and 35 years old\, hosted by Deer Park Monastery with the support of monastics and practitioners in the Plum Village Tradition. \nFor more information\, see the Deer Park website: \nWake Up Retreat 2024 “Opening the Joyful Path”
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/wake-up-retreat-2024/
LOCATION:Deer Park Monastery\, 2499 Melru Lane\, Escondido\, CA\, 92026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Retreats
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240323T160000
DTSTAMP:20260610T154713
CREATED:20240209T161109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T183658Z
UID:684-1711188000-1711209600@norcalsangha.org
SUMMARY:Pho Tri (Wisdom Meditation School) Day of Mindfulness
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for the latest in the Wisdom Meditation School’s ongoing series of days of mindfulness in Vacaville. \n\n\n\nDetails are in the PDFs linked below. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions about this DOM\, please contact Châu Yoder: PhotriDOM@gmail.com \n\n\n\nDoM flyer 03-23-2024Download\n\n\n\nFLOW 03-23-2024Download
URL:https://norcalsangha.org/event/pho-tri-wisdom-meditation-school-day-of-mindfulness/
LOCATION:Wisdom Meditation School\, 7233 Pleasant Valley Road\, Vacaville\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Days of Mindfulness
ORGANIZER;CN="Chau Yoder":MAILTO:PhotriDOM@gmail.com
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