Events

Four Night Jikoji Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

Four Night Jikoji Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

- Events, Residential Retreats

August 10 – 14, 2011 RETREAT FULL Flyer Information Application Andrea Fella has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1996, and, under Gil Fronsdal’s guidance, began teaching meditation classes in 2003.  She is particularly drawn to intensive retreat practice, and has done a number of long retreats, both in the United States and in Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea is especially drawn to the wisdom teachings of the…

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Creativity & Meditation with Carloyn Dille

Creativity & Meditation with Carloyn Dille

- Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 9:30am – 4:00pm In this day we’ll explore some of the practices that meditation and the creative arts share.  Through concentration, mindfulness, imagination, and energy we’ll deepen an open awareness of both meditation and creativity.  Bring materials for drawing and writing and a lunch. Carolyn is a poet and teacher, a Sati Center board member, and a Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leader.

Memorial Day Weekend Family Retreat: 3rd- 7th Graders and Parents with Gil Fronsdal, Rebekkah LaDyne, Liz Powell

Memorial Day Weekend Family Retreat: 3rd- 7th Graders and Parents with Gil Fronsdal, Rebekkah LaDyne, Liz Powell

- Residential Retreats

Saturday May 28- Monday May 30, 2011 This retreat is now full. If you wish to be put on a waiting list, contact Liz Powell on the Application link below. Jikoji Retreat Center, Los Gatos. Flyer Information Application Practice together as a family during a relaxed weekend that will alternate structured retreat practice with hiking and sharing circles.  We will help to create the retreat together, from cooking to simple work projects, camping or sharing dorm rooms.  Families will be invited to…

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Practicing Sila; The Precepts, Karma and Liberation with Tony Bernhard

Practicing Sila; The Precepts, Karma and Liberation with Tony Bernhard

- Special Events

Thursdays, January 13, to February 3, 2011, 7:30pm – 9:00pm A 4-week series on Sila (virtue, moral conduct), the cornerstone upon which the entire Noble Eightfold Path is built. Tony Bernhard is one of Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders. He sits on the board of the Sati Center, is a member of the Spirit Rock Planning Committee and hosts sitting groups and teaches dharma in Davis, CA.

Women’s Daylong with Andrea Fella

Women’s Daylong with Andrea Fella

- Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, March 5, 9am to 4:30pm Offers a space for women to gather in silence and community.  Alternate periods of sitting and walking meditation, with instruction, questions, and a Dharma Talk. At the end of the day, we will gather in community to share refreshment  and mindful speech. Bring your own lunch (in silence) and refreshment to share for the afternoon gathering, if you wish.

Mindfulness of Mind Daylong with Andrea Fella

Mindfulness of Mind Daylong with Andrea Fella

- Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, February 26, 9:30am to 4:30pm Taught in the style of U Tejaniya.  The simplicity, silence and support of retreats contribute to letting go of many distractions that get in the way of clear seeing and for developing a continuity of awareness.  We will explore relaxed open awareness with an emphasis on qualities of mind, and the attitude towards one’s experience.. The retreat will alternate periods of sitting & walking with instructions & discussion. The day will be primarily in…

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End-of-Life Training, A Two-Day Workshop

End-of-Life Training, A Two-Day Workshop

- Special Events

Saturdays, January 29 and February 5, 2011, 9am to 5pm Contemplating death and dying are important subjects that can deepen Buddhist practice.  What is really important in the face or our inevitable death? What can we do to prepare ourselves to face our death and to skillfully help others face theirs?  What can help us be mindful and peaceful when we are dying or when we are attending to others who are dying?   This two-day workshop will address these (paradoxically) life-enhancing questions. To participate, please…

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Sati Center: Sutta Study, The Discourse on the Buddha’s Last Days with Gil Fronsdal

Sati Center: Sutta Study, The Discourse on the Buddha’s Last Days with Gil Fronsdal

- Special Events

Friday, January 21, 2011, 9:30am – 3:30pm The Discourse on the Buddha’s Last Days: One of the most important of the early Buddhist discourses is the one that narrates the last days of the Buddha’s life. Knowing his death is approaching the Buddha gives some of his most significant and direct teachings.

Sati Center: Learning from the Ancient Buddhist Nuns – Buddhist Teachings in the Therigatha with Nona Olivia

Sati Center: Learning from the Ancient Buddhist Nuns – Buddhist Teachings in the Therigatha with Nona Olivia

- Special Events

Saturday, January 15, 2011, 9am to 4:30pm The Therigatha, or the Verses of the Nuns, is the oldest collection of teachings from Buddhist women teachers.  The verses give important insight into the lives of the nuns who lived at the time of the Buddha.  In this daylong class we will examine how the verses reveal the close relationships among these early nuns.  We will focus closely on the verses which reveal how the nuns taught the Buddha’s teachings to each…

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“A Monastery Within”: Celebration and Book Signing with Gil Fronsdal

“A Monastery Within”: Celebration and Book Signing with Gil Fronsdal

- Special Events

Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 7 to 8:30pm 7:00 pm  Reception 7:30 – 8:30 pm Talk and Reading Gil will give talk about the role of stories in teaching the Dharma and then read from his new book of Dharma tales, many of which he composed for use in his Dharma talks. Gil’s new book will be available for purchase and he will be happy to sign the book.

Thanksgiving Morning Yoga and Sitting Meditation with Terry Lesser

Thanksgiving Morning Yoga and Sitting Meditation with Terry Lesser

- Events, Special Events, Yoga

Thursday, November 25, 2010 8:30 – 10:15 am “Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy – because we will always want to have something else or something more.” -Brother David Steindl-Rast Certainly we can be thankful for the precious opportunity to practice together. In silent sitting and movement, this morning is appropriate for all, regardless…

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