Cultivating Joy: Living from the Overflow

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

with Spring Washam This half day class will be followed by a “Until We Meet Again” Going Away Celebration & Potluck for Spring Washam from 1:00 - 4:00PM In the Buddhist tradition Joy is an essential ingredient on the spiritual path. It is one of the seven factors of enlightenment and one of the four […]

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

Love: Supported by the Four Divine States

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

Open to All expressions of love: friends, partners, siblings, parent/child, roommates, etc. with Rev. Liên Shutt 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 Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, […]

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

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

Join us for our first Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series!  For five Wednesdays this Summer, July 11 - August 8th, we will walk to Lake Merritt from EBMC and explore the beauty of mindfulness practice outdoors. For this series, we will be investigating the beauty and wonder of mindfulness practice while utilizing the naturally stimulating […]

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

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

Master Ellis will lead the Dharma in Motion class series on each Friday in August and will focus on Five Realms Meditative Movement. Five Realms will help us explore how to create and maintain greater mindfulness and spiritual balance throughout the day. Movements are taught standing, sitting, and reclining, and are appropriate for people of […]

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series

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

Join us for our first Teen Sangha Outdoor Summer Series!  For five Wednesdays this Summer, July 11 - August 8th, we will walk to Lake Merritt from EBMC and explore the beauty of mindfulness practice outdoors. For this series, we will be investigating the beauty and wonder of mindfulness practice while utilizing the naturally stimulating […]

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

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

Master Ellis will lead the Dharma in Motion class series on each Friday in August and will focus on Five Realms Meditative Movement. Five Realms will help us explore how to create and maintain greater mindfulness and spiritual balance throughout the day. Movements are taught standing, sitting, and reclining, and are appropriate for people of […]

Beginning Your Meditation Practice: Exploring Diverse Meditation Modalities

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

Beginning Your Meditation Practice: Exploring Diverse Meditation Modalities Open to All with Arisika Razak Today I wake up empty and frightened. Don’t go to the study and read a book. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the ground . . . a thousand ways to go home again. - Rumi The Buddha taught […]

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

Dharma In Motion with Master John Ellis

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

Master Ellis will lead the Dharma in Motion class series on each Friday in August and will focus on Five Realms Meditative Movement. Five Realms will help us explore how to create and maintain greater mindfulness and spiritual balance throughout the day. Movements are taught standing, sitting, and reclining, and are appropriate for people of […]

Ignite the Fire Within: For Self Identified People of Color

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

Led by Carol Cano “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent” - Eleanor Roosevelt The Shadow of your false self is purified through the practice of coming home to the truth of who you are and begin to develop and strengthen your authentic self. The teaching of the Buddha and indigenous wisdom builds a […]

“May I Be a Protector”: Path of the Bodhisattva Follow-up Daylong

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

Open to everyone who took an EBMC Path of the Bodhisattva class in fall 2017 with Mushim Ikeda   “May I be a protector to those without protection.” – Shantideva, in Guide to the Way of the Bodhisattva. Refresh your bodhichitta (Bodhisattva energy) and joyfully strengthen your Path. If you took any of the Path […]