Gratitude for All the Things – Joys and Sorrows on the Path of Awakening

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

with Melvin Escboar Buddhist practice teaches us to cultivate gratitude for the 10,000 joys and sorrows of our lives. As we deepen our practice we begin to appreciate both the bountiful blessings in life and the improbable gifts that arise from suffering. Is it possible to transform the resentments we carry as a result of […]

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Five Realms Meditative Movement

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

Master Ellis will teach Five Realms Meditative Movement to explore the connections and flow between your body, mind and spirit on each Friday November 22 through December 20 during the Friday Dharma in Motion classes. Balance your Yin and Yang energies by harnessing the innate and universal, physical and metaphysical, power of Air, Fire, Earth, Water, and Space. Relieve […]

Beyond the Binary: Mindfulness of Gender

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

with Bri Barnett, Louije Kim, JD Doyle and René Rivera Open to All *and* we extend a special invitation to those who identity as non-binary, gender nonconforming and their allies.   Gender identities and presentations profoundly impact all areas of our lives providing us both joy and difficulties.  How do we create communities that are […]

Family Practice Class: Opening the Heart through the Buddha’s Teachings

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

Led by Eve Decker, Keisha Turner, Vickie Chang, Julie Goshe and Michele Ku For Children Ages 0-13 and Family / Caregivers We invite you to come and be a part of the diverse family sangha at EBMC. We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 12. Children under 5 will need to […]

Path of the Bodhisattva Precepts Ceremony

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

with Mushim Ikeda I, myself, took the Bodhisattva Vows and made the vow, “Life after life, after life, after life, I will continue my practice and continue my work.” – Bhante Suhita Dharma, Buddhist monk and social worker, 1941-2013 In Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisattva is an archetypal great being who tirelessly and joyfully works to […]

Honoring the Six Directions: Buddhist Teachings on Relationship and Community

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

Dr. Sean Feit Oakes In a beautiful and famous discourse, the Sigālaka Sutta, the Buddha taught a framework for building and sustaining healthy communities. He used the model of the Six Directions, where the practitioner thinks of themself in a web of relationships: with their parents (east), teachers (south), partner and family (west), friends and […]

Mapping the Heart of Metta: A Journey Towards Tenderness and Love

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

with Amana Brembry Johnson The heart is a lantern that illuminates the path of our lives.  It is also the lens through which we view the world. That lens, when rubbed against the abrasions of experience, begins to glow dim with distortion.  The practice of Lovingkindness clears our vision to see the heart in its […]

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A Lineage of Liberation: Intro to the history of Buddhism

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

with Sean Feit Oakes, PhD The moment the Buddha’s first student heard his teaching and was liberated, it’s said that the “Wheel of Dharma” began to turn. Since that moment, generations of devoted practitioners have spread the Dharma of liberation around the world. In this series, we’ll explore a range of Buddhist cultures, and trace […]

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Beginning a Meditation Practice

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

A four-class series led by Mushim Ikeda Wednesday evenings January 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2020   Part of EBMC’s Core Buddhist Teachings – 6-month Curriculum Are you looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of stationary and walking/gentle movement meditation […]

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Teen Circle

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

with Raul Betancourt, Sarwang Parikh, Sara Oakes, Louije Kim and Anthony “T” Maes EBMC Teen Circle is a weekly meditation group for teens, ages 14-19 Our focus is on creating deeper relationships with ourselves and each other, having fun, getting real and supporting each other. Learn mindfulness meditation and explore the dharma (Buddhist teachings) in […]