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 ...
Dear Friends, I'm writing this from Spirit Rock where I'm leading the Metta Retreat. Tonight the guest speaker will be Catherine Ingram who has been with us ...
Dear Friends, I look forward to being with you this week at the Monastery. I want to share with you the story of "The Woman at the Well" who meets Ananda and...
Hello to all - The following sangha activity was inadvertently left out of the August Activity Newsletter: POETRY POTLUCK. Sat, Aug 15, Potluck at 6 pm, poetry...
ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTER Aug 2009 James Baraz, Teacher WEB SITE. Note that this information, James’ talks, and many other things are available on the IMCB...
Hello Friends, The tentative title for this week's talk is "Intersecting Realities." All the people in your life are the cast of characters in your own...
Hello Dear Friends, I'll be giving a talk this week on "The Buddha's Five Supports for Dharma Practice." In a discourse to a new practitioner named Meghiya the...
Hello Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to let you know that this Thursday while I'm away the guest speaker will be Ven. Phagyab Rinpoche and his...
Hello Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I'll be at the Monastery tonight. The title of the talk is "Being the Awareness". While the mind has many...
Saturday, Aug 29. Come for the potluck dinner at 7 pm, movie starts at 8. The movie this month is "Short Cut to Nirvana". This film treks to the heart of the...
Hello to all - Here's another sangha activity that didn't make it in time for the Activity Newsletter. MORNING BIRD WALK. Sat, Sep 26, 9am. The shorebirds are...
Hello Friends, I'll be at Spirit Rock for the next three Thursdays so here is the lineup for September at the Monastery: Sept. 3 - Catherine Ingram with Dharma...
Hello Friends, I'm at Spirit Rock where the teachers are all on retreat together this week. This Thursday at the Monastery the guest speaker will be Alexa...
Our musical evening, featuring Chinese food together at 6:15pm at Da Lian, 1674 Shattuck, and at 8pm "Evening of Original Song"--music by Betsy Rose, Eve...
Hello Friends, Sorry for the late notice. I'm at Spirit Rock again this week. As I mentioned in last week's announcement, tonight at the Monastery the guest ...
Hello Friends, I wanted to let you know that after being away for the last three weeks at Spirit Rock, I look forward to being with you at the Monastery this...
Hello to all - This came in too late to be included in the September Activities Newsletter. MORNING BIRD WALK. Sat, Sep 26, 9 am. The shorebirds are back (from...
Dear Friends, Sorry for the late notice. Wanted to let you know that I'll be at the Monastery tonight. The title of the talk will be "Cleaning Our Slate". ...
Dear Friends, Graunya the Events Coordinator at Spirit Rock is looking for a few more volunteers for the daylong tomorrow that Jane and I are leading on...
Hello Friends, I want to let you know that this Thursday Alan Senauke will be the guest speaker at the Monastery while I'm out of town. Alan, former Executive ...
Jack Kornfield will be speaking at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Berkeley (in Kensington) at 7:30 on Friday, November 6. This is a dana event. ...
IMCB sangha, Yvonne Rand will be substituting for James this Thursday at the monastery. Yvonne is a prominent teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She began...
ACTIVITIES NEWSLETTER Nov 2009 James Baraz, Teacher WEB SITE. Note that this information, James’ talks, and many other things are available on the IMCB...
The time was cleverly left off the movie night announcement in the Activities Newsletter. Come at 7:30. MOVIE NIGHT. Sat, Nov 14. The film is “In Search of...
1. Thursday Night Teacher Schedule for Nov 12-Dec 31 2. Dance Performance based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead - November 13-22 (Thu, Fri, Sat) - Oakland 3....