Special Events

Monastic Evenings with Saranaloka Nuns

Monastic Evenings with Saranaloka Nuns

- Special Events

Third Friday of the Month Evenings, 7pm to 9pm On the Monastic Evenings one or more Theravadan nuns will be offering traditional Buddhist chanting, silent or guided meditation, and sharing the Dhamma from the heart. This may take the form of a Dhamma reflection, Dhamma dialogue, taking refuge, or questions and answers. The Saranaloka Foundation was established in 2004 to support nuns from Chithurst and Amaravati monasteries in England to come to the United States to teach. With the blessing…

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Facing the Shadow: A Daylong Exploration of How We Relate to Practice with the Shadow – For Young Adults – with Donald Rothberg and Kate Janke

Facing the Shadow: A Daylong Exploration of How We Relate to Practice with the Shadow – For Young Adults – with Donald Rothberg and Kate Janke

- Daylong Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, December 5, 9am to 4:30pm For Young Adults, Ages 20-35 Come join us for a day of practice and experiential investigation into our shadows—dark and light, individual and collective—and how “shadow work” can be a major part of our spiritual practice! Carl Jung spoke of the shadow of the individual as “the ‘negative’ side of the personality, the sum of all those unpleasant qualities we like to hide.” Yet, he thought, the shadow also carries energies and insights necessary…

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Working With Pain In Meditation and in Daily Life wih Ines Freedman

Working With Pain In Meditation and in Daily Life wih Ines Freedman

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Tuesdays, January 12, 19 and 26, 2010, 7:30 to 9pm A 3-week series Pain can color every aspect of our lives, but our relationship with pain can be retrained.  We will explore different methods of working with the physical, emotional, and cognitive aspects of physical pain both in meditation practice and in daily life.  The core principles of mindfulness training can be adapted to a practical process that can be effectively used for both intense and chronic pain. Contact Ines…

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Mindfulness Meditation Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

Mindfulness Meditation Retreat with Andrea Fella and Pamela Weiss

- Events, Residential Retreats, Special Events

Wednesday, August 4 to Sunday, August 8, 2010 Jikoji Retreat Center, 12100 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos CA 95033 Application Information Flier 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 U.S. and Burma. During one long practice period in Burma, she ordained as a nun with Sayadaw U Janaka. Andrea…

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Beginners’ Practice Group with Susan Ezequelle & Jim Bronson

Beginners’ Practice Group with Susan Ezequelle & Jim Bronson

- For Beginners, Special Events

Wednesdays, November 17 to December 15, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm No class on 11/24/10 This series is for those beginners who have taken a basic mindfulness meditation instruction class and would like to take the next step in building and supporting their practice.  Come to this five-week discussion group on developing mindfulness practice.  There will be a 20 minute sitting, a review of the basic teachings, and lots of discussion.  The class will review the basic instructions in mindfulness meditation,…

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Keeping Cool in the Fire: Becoming More Skillful with Inner or Outer Conflict – A Two-Day Training with Donald Rothberg and Lawrence Ellis

Keeping Cool in the Fire: Becoming More Skillful with Inner or Outer Conflict – A Two-Day Training with Donald Rothberg and Lawrence Ellis

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Saturday, January 23, 2010, 9am to 5pm and Sunday, January 24,  1 to 5pm How do we bring our spiritual practice into situations of conflict, whether inner conflict (“Should I stay in this job or relationship?”), interpersonal conflict, or conflict within an organization or community or society? By conflict, we mean a tension or contradiction between goals, intentions, or styles, which may or may not be connected with hostility. For most of us, conflicts are difficult and we often tend…

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Half-Day Retreat: Meditation and Yoga with Terry Lesser

Half-Day Retreat: Meditation and Yoga with Terry Lesser

- Half-Day Retreats, Special Events, Yoga

Saturday, May 1, 2010, 9am to 12:30pm In this mini-retreat, we will awaken our bodies, minds and hearts to the present moment. We will integrate yoga, breathwork, meditation, metta (loving kindness), and relaxation and let these practices inform and deepen one another. The morning is appropriate for beginners and those with more experience. Our aim is not perfect poses or perfect meditation, but to connect deeply with ourselves and allow the emergence of our innate wisdom, capabilities, joy, tranquility and…

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An Evening with Stephen Batchelor

An Evening with Stephen Batchelor

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Monday Evening Sitting,  November 9, 7:30 to 9pm Stephen Batchelor is a contemporary Buddhist teacher and writer, best known for his secular or agnostic approach to Buddhism.  Stephen considers Buddhism to be a constantly evolving culture of awakening rather than a religious system based on immutable dogmas and beliefs.  IMC is fortunate to have Stephen spend an evening with us. Stephen Batchelor, a former Buddhist monk, studied under the guidance of Tibetan lamas and completed a three-year Zen training in…

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Awakening to Joy: Workshop and Book Reading with James Baraz

Awakening to Joy: Workshop and Book Reading with James Baraz

- Half-Day Retreats, Special Events

Saturday, January 9, 2010, 9:30am to 12:30pm In Buddhism, Joy is both a Factor of Enlightenment and one of the four Divine Abodes.  Today, as we are bombarded with messages that heighten our fear and sadness about the world, more than ever it is vital to understand the importance of joy as a central aspect of spiritual practice. True happiness is not about acquiring anything but rather opening to the natural joy and aliveness right inside you.  This workshop is…

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Saranaloka Foundation Benefit

Saranaloka Foundation Benefit

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Sunday, November 15, 9:25am to 2:30pm IMC is hosting a benefit for the Saranaloka Foundation.  All dana for this Sunday will be donated to the Foundation. Regular sitting: Ajahn Anandabodhi and Ajahn Metta will be guest speakers 11 am: Meal offering to the monastics 12:30-2:30 pm: Saranaloka supporters’ meeting Saranaloka Foundation was established in 2004 to support nuns from Chithurst and Amaravati monasteries in England to come to the United States to teach. Since that time, and numerous visits later,…

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Sati Center: The Safety of the Island, Exploring the Nature of Nibbana with Ajahn Amaro

Sati Center: The Safety of the Island, Exploring the Nature of Nibbana with Ajahn Amaro

- Special Events

Sat, Oct 31: 9:30am – 5pm Beginning with an overview of the teachings on nibbana, Ajahn will elaborate on definitions the teachings of “non-self”. The afternoon will address the essential themes of attending to the deathless, unsupported consciousness and the unconditioned and non-locality. He will then discuss applications of the teachings to the Gradual Path, stream entry and the blessings of nibbana, followed by discussion.

Exploring Samadhi with Richard Shankman

Exploring Samadhi with Richard Shankman

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Thursdays October 29 – November 19, 7:30 to 9pm Exploring Samadhi: Right Effort, Right Mindfullness, and Right Concentration of the Eight Fold Path with Richard Shankman In this 4-week series we will explore the understanding of these final three elements of the Eightfold Path, how they work together and how they apply in our meditation practice. Richard Shankman has been a meditator since 1970 and teaches at dharma centers and groups throughout the Bay Area. He is a co-founder of…

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