A day of Mindfulness and Inquiry for Adult Adoptees, Fostered and/or Child Welfare System Survivors Exclusively with Dr. Sean Feit Oakes and Fresh “Lev” White This class is for us who experienced separation from birth families at early ages to explore the heart of the Buddha’s teachings: that pain and loss are built into life […]
Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt Co-Sponsored by Access To Zen We all want love. And, having and holding love and loving feelings can be challenging. Join us in exploring how love can be when expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four […]
Led by Julie Goshe, Michele Ku, Vickie Chang and Lisa Fujie Parks 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 have […]
Let Your Heart Lead You: To Community, Healing, and Joy through Loving Kindness Meditation with Mushim Ikeda and Deb Kerr The practice of lovingkindness has the power to transform our lives. Taught by the Buddha as an antidote to fear and ill-will, lovingkindness meditation reconnects us to our heart’s natural ability to be open and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
