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ONLINE SERIES: A Year to Live

February 27 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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ONLINE SERIES: A Year to Live

with Tania Triana and Ream

6 Thursdays

Feb 27th, April 24th, June 26th, August 28th, October 23rd, December 11th

Time: 5-7 PM PT (Time Zone Converter)

OPEN TO ALL
Closed Captioning Provided on Zoom

 

What if 2025 was the last year of your life? In Buddhism, we practice to meet conditions as they arise and to bring our practice to each moment, without preference for the outcome and with the maximum compassion. This yearlong course will build your capacity to live each day of your life with intention, supported by practice, even as the conditions around us intensify, such as climate crisis, political repression and war.

 

We will come together to meet the world as it unfolds, moment to moment, and to strengthen our practice of mindfulness, wise understanding, wise action, equanimity, and joy. In community, we will prepare for a good death, which is inevitable– one that is supported by heart practices, such as forgiveness and loving kindness, and the Buddha’s ethical teachings on life and loss. With one another, we can face what comes.

 

This course features six months of live group work with the teachers, and six months of small group peer work over the course of the year. Your registration covers ALL SIX live meetings.

 

The five remembrances of the Buddha, first found in the Upajjhatthana Sutta (“Subjects for Contemplation”), are intended to be recited every day:

  1. I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old.
  2. I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape having ill health.
  3. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death.
  4. All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them.
  5. My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand.

 

Cost

The teachings are regarded as priceless. So they are offered without a fee. You are invited to support the teachings and our efforts by contributing voluntary donations (the practice of “Dana”) for the expenses of the meditation center and the support of the teachers.

The ticket prices are listed as different tiers with suggested donations based on income ranges. Please scroll through the entire menu to see all the options. For those who wish to give more, you may choose an “add-on” to your ticket. For those unable to give, there is an option for that.

Other ways to give:

To make a gift to sustain the work of East Bay Meditation Center, you may do so via Paypal: paypal.me/eastbaymeditation or our website: eastbaymeditation.org/dana 100% of our programming is sliding scale and no one will ever be turned away for lack of funds.

 

Giving to our teachers:

Please also consider giving a financial gift to our teachers as well, who do not receive a salary for their work, and give their teachings freely to all. In this way, we practice sacred reciprocity between teachers and students.

VENMO: @ranger18ream

PAYPAL: Adelante@riseup.net

(Please reference “Year to Live” and the teachers will share the gifts with each other)

Thank you for the gifts of your generosity and for supporting the work of East Bay Meditation Center and our beloved teachers who have volunteered their time.

 

For Zoom participation, these are our Universal Access Guidelines:

– Please do not use virtual or blurred backgrounds

– Please keep your camera still when it’s turned on

– Please say your name when you speak

– Facilitators will attempt to read any comments in the chat out loud

– Please mute when you’re not speaking.

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Teaching Team

Tania Triana (they / she / elle / ella) is a queer Black Latina spiritual warrior and proud bilingual daughter of Latin American immigrants. Tania is grateful to have found a spiritual home and social justice community at EBMC and in the virtual sangha of Buddhists for Justice in Palestine. They served on EBMC’s Leadership Sangha (board of directors) from 2019 to 2024, and graduated from the EBMC’s inaugural Spiritual Teacher and Leadership Program in 2023. When she’s not teaching her brilliant high school students or leading meditations at EBMC or BJ Pal, Tania can typically be found with her head buried deep in a book, or out and about enjoying walks in nature, hamming it up at karaoke, or plotting our collective liberation.

Ream (they/them) is a queer organizer of European ancestry on unceded Ohlone Land, working for over 25 years in the labor movement, currently as the Strategic Campaigns Director for the United Domestic Workers’ Union. Ream is a Community Teacher at the EBMC and is a co-founder of EBMC’s Social Justice Sangha, and Racial Justice Skills for White Practitioners Deep Refuge Group.  Ream is a teacher and practitioner with Generative Somatics.

Details

Date:
February 27
Time:
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
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Phone:
510-268-0696

Details

Date:
February 27
Time:
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

East Bay Meditation Center
285 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612 United States
+ Google Map
Phone:
510-268-0696