NEW! Bodhisattva Buddhist Curriculum offered at EBMC Oct 4 – Dec 3, 2017

For the first time in its ten years, East Bay Meditation Center is offering the Bodhisattva precepts and vows through two class series open to all, ending with a one-day […]

Here Are Ways You Can Help People During Hurricane Harvey

Here Are Ways You Can Help People During Hurricane Harvey As our hearts break for Houston, the Gulf Coast, and other affected areas, here are ways to contribute. by DAN SOLOMONAUGUST […]

Help shape EBMC’s future! Join our Community Meeting on September 23rd!

Community Meeting: Building our collective vision for the future of EBMC All EBMC Sangha members, past and present, are invited! We need your input to shape EBMC’s future! Saturday, September […]

Statement from East Bay Meditation Center regarding White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville and throughout the U.S.

Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hate alone does it end. This is an ancient truth. — from the teachings of the Buddha, The Dhammapada, trans. Gil Fronsdal August 20, […]

Want to increase diversity in the neuroscience of meditation?

Participate in the first community-based neuroscience study between EBMC and UCSF called the EMBODY study.  We are looking for diverse meditators who 1) are 25-65 years old, 2) have consistently […]

Mindfulness training for activists & change agents at EBMC: Aug 6 is deadline for PiTA5 yearlong program applications!

Now in its fifth year, this award-winning yearlong program of secular mindfulness training for social justice activists and agents of social transformation, is accepting applications. Deadline: Aug 6, 2017. For […]

“The Story of Us” — What EBMC’s Community Survey (Spring 2017) Tells Us

At East Bay Meditation Center we’ve been told that, for a relatively small meditation center, we have in the ten plus years since we opened our doors created a large […]

Awakening Together, a forthcoming book by Larry Yang

For every center, organization, or individual wishing to create a welcoming and inclusive spiritual community, this book is a must-read. “I don’t see how Awakening Together could be better. It […]

Application period now open for EBMC board of directors

The East Bay Meditation Center’s Leadership Sangha (LSangha), or board of directors, is now seeking new members. The application period is from June 1 to 5 pm on July 7, […]

What the Sangha Said: Community Meeting Report-Back

Community Meeting Report Back March 26, 2017   Sangha Input East Bay Meditation Center hosted an open Community Meeting on 4/26/17. Eleven Sangha members were in attendance, including Teachers, Practice […]