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 ...
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...
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