Dear Friends, I hope to see you tonight at the Monastery. It feels right to digest this week big event together in the context of dharma practice. Sad News I...
Dear Friends, I want to let you know that I'll be giving the talk tonight on "Letting in the Love". Hope to see you there. A Daylong Retreat for Young People...
1. Schedule of Thursday Teachers for February 2009 2. Nuns of the Thai Forest Tradition - Tues Feb 3, tea: 5-6pm, mediation/talk: 7:30-9:45pm - Berkeley...
BIKING AND BIRDING. Sat Feb 21. We'll visit Aquatic Park, the Emeryville shoreline and then take the Bay Trail to Richmond, time permitting, stopping to view...
2. BIKING AND BIRDING. Sat Feb 21. We'll visit Aquatic Park, the Emeryville shoreline and then take the Bay Trail to Richmond, time permitting, stopping to...
1. Thursday Schedule: Yvonne Rand on Feb 26th, James Baraz on March 5 2. Sangha trip to Oakland Museum - Sun March 1, 12:30 pm 3. Music That Woke The World: A...
The Power of Intention -a daylong meditation retreat with James Baraz Sunday March 8, 2009 9:30am-5:00pm Location: Berkeley Buddhist Monastery 2304 McKinley...
Dear Friends, I look forward to being back with you this Thursday at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 2304 McKinley (and Bancroft), 7:30-9:30pm after leading...
The IMCB (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) invites you to join us at Corte Madera marsh this Saturday. East Bay - meet at the entrance to the North...
Hi Friends, I wanted to let you know that I'll be at the Monastery this Thursday continuing on the topic we started last week on my basic attitude toward ...
Hello Dear Sangha Friends, Wanted to let you know I'll be at the Monastery tonight finishing up my series on the meditation instructions of bringing a relaxed,...
Young Adult Dharma Council: A Gathering of Bay Area Young Adults (Ages 20-35) Saturday April 4, 1:30 to 3:30 pm 1924 Cedar St. Berkeley, Ca 94709 No Cost -...
Dear Friends, I want to let you know that Yvonne Rand will be the guest speaker at the Monastery this Thursday www.insightberkeley.org/aboutus.html#weeklypgm. ...
WILDFLOWER HIKE, Sat, Apr 11. Spring has arrived on Mt. Diablo, and we shall complete an 8 mile loop hike, naming all the wildflowers that we see. This is a...
Hello Friends, I look forward to being with you at the Monastery this week. The talk will be "Am I Good Enough?" Addressing that voice inside the mind that has...
The IMCB Healing Racism group is meeting tomorrow night (Saturday 4/11) at Gay's house, 525 Woodmont Ave. in Berkeley (phone 510-526-1544). The actual meeting...
Be aware that Dharma Seed has standardized the names and locations of all the talks in their library, which caused almost all of the links to our talks on the...
Hello Friends, This week I'll be at the Monastery. I want to follow up on last week's topic "Am I Good Enough?" with a talk on "Confidence". What is the secret...
Dear Friends, I look forward to being with you at the Monastery this week. As tomorrow is Earth Day, I thought I'd give a talk on "The Benevolence of Life"....
Hello Friends, Just received this from Barbara Gates, editor of Inquiring Mind who is looking for volunteers for the Jon Kabat-Zinn events May 8th and May 9th....
Dear Friends, I thought I'd talk this week about one of my favorite hindrances: Sloth and Torpor, dullness, laziness and especially procrastination. I hope you...
Year to Live Workshop with Bonnie O'Brien Jonsson Sun May 3, 12:30-5:30pm The Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists 1606 Bonita Avenue (at Cedar) ...
The message below is from Oren Sofer, a member of IMCB. He is a young, energetic, dedicated presenter. Here is a bit of background on Oren so you can be...
Dear Friends, I'll be starting a series this Thursday on my favorite piece of dharma wisdom Verses on the Faith Mind by Sengstan. Otherwise known as the 3rd...
Hi Friends, This week we'll be continuing our discussion of Verses on the Faith Mind by Sengstan (3rd Zen Patriarch of China), my favorite piece of dharma...
Dear Friends, I'm happy to let you know that tonight at the monastery I will introduce Swami Sarveshwarananda Giri. I met Swami yesterday and he is a...
Hello Friends, Tonight I'll be finishing Verses on the Faith Mind by the 3rd Zen Patriarch of China. One of the most meaningful lines in the section we'll be...
Hello Dear Friends, I want to let you know that joining me tonight will be a very special guest: my friend and co-author, Shoshana Alexander who lives in...
Hello Dear Friends, I want to let you know that I'll be at the Monastery this week for the Thursday group. I'm not sure at this point what the topic for the...
Hello Friends, I look forward to being with you this week at the Thursday sitting. The title of the talk I plan to give is "Castles Made of Sand." This is the ...