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ONLINE: Beginning Again: Introduction to Meditation

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Saturday, January 30th 9:30AM - 12:30PM PST & Sunday, January 31st 9:30AM - 12:30PM PST Time Zone Converter with René Rivera Can meditation help us navigate these challenging times? The Buddha’s teachings and instructions for mindfulness meditation point the way toward a freedom and peace that is unassailable, beyond external conditions. This weekend of practice […]

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ONLINE: Buddha’s 4 Big Truths: Liberation from Suffering

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Class Series with Mushim Ikeda Wednesdays February 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th 2021 6:30 - 8:30PM PST (Time Zone Converter) Closed Captioning Provided Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings – 6-month Curriculum Why do we suffer? How can we be released from suffering? The Buddha’s first teaching after his Enlightenment is called the Four […]

ONLINE: Living My Practice Wholeheartedly: Whiteness, Race and the Bodhisattva Vow

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Presented by Everyday Zen and the East Bay Meditation Center, co-sponsored by Branching Streams, Dharma Heart Zen, San Francisco Zen Center and Stone Creek Zen. An Online Class for White Practitioners with Crystal Johnson, Sarah Emerson, Chris Fortin & Tova Green While this year of pandemic has been disruptive and challenging in many ways, it […]

ONLINE: Opening the Heart Through The Buddha’s Teachings: Parents Meditation Group

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Meditation Group for Parents Closed captioning provided. An online meditation group for parents and caregivers with Lev White, Ramona Lisa Ortiz Smith, Michele Ku and Lisa Fujie Parks EBMC's Family Practice Class teaching team will be offering a monthly parents' meditation group for restoration, support and connection during these challenging times. We offer […]

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ONLINE: The Buddha’s “How to” Guide to a Life of Happiness and Well-being

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Class Series with Mushim Ikeda Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings – 6-month Curriculum Everyone wants to live and be happy, yet human life is marked by suffering. Many are intimately and historically affected by social injustice, and we all experience loss of what is dear to us, sickness, aging, and death. How […]

ONLINE: Embodied Buddhist Practices: Cultivating Healing and Resilience

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

with Jenn Biehn and Arisika Razak  Closed Captioning Provided.  Be like hollow bone….allowing and transforming .. all that passes through While the Buddha acknowledged the aging and impermanent nature of the body, he also affirmed the body as a gateway for awakening. In our gathering, we will offer moving and stationary meditation, small group sharing, […]

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ONLINE: Living My Practice Wholeheartedly: Whiteness, Race and the Bodhisattva Vow

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Class Series for White Practitioners with Crystal Johnson and Chris Fortin Closed Captioning Provided.  Chris Fortin and Crystal Johnson are offering 3 follow up discussions related to the "Living My Practice Wholeheartedly" daylong, held on February 8th 2021.  These conversations will be a chance to ask questions, share what actions you’re taking, hear […]

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ONLINE: White Privilege Conditioning: Meditation Tips for Loosening It

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Class Series for White Practitioners with David Foecke  Closed captioning provided.  "I am racist." You recognize that statement, as a White person in this culture, as dharma practice -- speaking truth. You've read White Fragility, and My Grandmother's Hands, or related books/trainings, and understand that you are conditioned by, and benefit from, White […]

ONLINE: Opening the Heart Through the Buddha’s Teachings Parents Meditation Group

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

An Online Meditation Group for Parents and Care Givers with Ramona Lisa Ortiz Smith and Lisa Fujie Parks Closed captioning provided. EBMC's Family Practice Class teaching team will be offering a monthly parents' meditation group for restoration, support and connection during these challenging times. We offer a short talk, guided meditation and sharing. We gather […]

ONLINE: Lovingkindness in the time of COVID: Learning From the Collective Wisdom of EBMC in the KIND Study

East Bay Meditation Center 285 17th Street, Oakland, CA

Lovingkindness in the time of COVID: Learning From the Collective Wisdom of EBMC  In 2020, many members of the EBMC community participated in focus group discussions of how they practice and teach metta/lovingkindness. Join the UCSF team who led these focus groups to hear what we learned and give feedback on our ongoing research. Closed […]