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For People of Color: Beginning a Meditation Practice

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

Class Series led by Mushim Ikeda Are you a looking for a way to start a mindfulness meditation practice, but don’t quite know how? These classes will give you the basics of sitting and walking/movement meditation in the vipassana (insight) style, and metta (goodwill) meditation. Don’t worry about “getting it right” – if you can […]

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

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

Class Series led by Mushim Ikeda 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 do we develop wisdom (insight) and spiritual strength (a practice […]

Understanding Oppression Through the Great Perfection Teachings

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

with H. Margarita Loinaz At the very core of our being, there is a self recognizing non-conceptual awareness that is the source of liberating insight.  It has been called The Mother of All Buddhas because it is this very insight that leads to the depth of understanding that liberates us from all confusion.  Through meditations, […]

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

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

with Shahara Godfrey, Eve Decker, Michele Ku, Baruch Golden and Fresh! White We invite you to come and help create the diverse family sangha at EBMC.  We welcome families with babies, toddlers, and children up to age 13. Children under 5 will need to have a parent/caregiver stay with them.  This class features training on “Family […]

Midday Sangha

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

Midday Sangha at EBMC Wednesdays at Noon! Join our peer-led multicultural sangha for silent meditation practice and community building. Every Wednesday 12:00 – 12:45   Silent sitting, standing or lying down meditation with optional walking meditation. 12:45 – 1:35     Potluck lunch with facilitated conversation about our practice and being the dharma in the world Midday Sangha […]

Emptiness and Not-Self: An Introduction

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

Led by Deb Kerr The tools brought by meditation have one primary goal:  to see the truth of our lives and be liberated by it.  One central aspect of the truth is the Buddhist concept of not-self.  Put simply, this means that, as the Buddha said, “Nothing whatsoever is to be clung to as ‘I’ […]

Visibilizing Our Invisible Wounds

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

A Daylong for self-identified Men of Color Led by EBMC’s Men of Color Deep Refuge Group Kevin R. Martin, Raul Betancourt, Jonathan Relucio, Dennis Somera, Bong Lau and Sarwang Parikh In our annual daylong, we gather as self-identified men of color to explore our diverse experiences through the theme of Visibilizing Our Invisible Wounds. We […]

Awakening the Goddess: A Daylong for Self Identified Women

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

Led by Spring Washam  Feminine wisdom is on the rise and each of us has a part to play in the healing of our world. Within each woman there is a fountain of creative energy, power and innate wisdom. Whatever our age, ethnicity, body type, or sexual orientation, as women we share a common longing […]

Taming Anxiety

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

Led by Rev. Keiryu Liên Shutt Does your mind seem to “be all over the place”? Do you find yourself worrying a lot? Do you feel easily overwhelmed and filled with anxiety? Do you obsess about “shoulds’” and “coulds’” and, therefore, find it hard to focus? Buddhist teachings and meditation practices have long addressed ways to […]

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Calming the Heartmind: Practicing Love, Compassion, Joy & Equanimity

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

Part of EBMC's Core Buddhist Teachings: 5-Month Curriculum Open to all with Mushim Ikeda, Debra Kerr, JD Doyle Wednesdays, April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2018 Mushim April 4 and 25. Debra Kerr April 11. JD Doyle April 18. 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Brahmaviharas (Divine Abodes), also called the Four Immeasurables, are Buddhist […]