Date: Friday, June 11, 2021
Time: 7:00-8:00AM Pacific Time (convert timezone)
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Join us for an hour of bowing dedicated to India's devastating COVID crisis as well as its impact on the rest of the world.

Many millions of people are grieving loss of loved ones, illness, food insecurity and isolation. How do we hold our hearts amidst this unfolding painful experience? Can we come from a heart of compassion?

When we bow, our hearts align with our heads and hands. This allows our hearts to open, our heads to settle, and our hands to embrace humility. Our bodies soften while our spirit connects to our deepest aspirations.

Date: Last Sunday of Month (June 27)
Time: 6:30-7:30am 
​YouTube: Dharma Realm Live Channel
Zoom: BBM Online (register for link)

Please join us in dedicating the merit of our recitation of the Great Compassion Mantra to all living beings, especially those suffering due to the pandemic. This Dedication of Merit Ceremony is only once a month. Our regular daily practice consists of meditation and Three Steps, One Bow. See BBM Online schedule.

If you would like to sign up to recite the Great Compassion Mantra on your own throughout the month, please do so here:​​ Great Compassion Mantra Recitation Form (link)

​Vietnamese Translation Available
Zoom link: Join Here
Meeting ID: 879 7769 2844
Passcode: 922407

Service Space interviewed Rev. Heng Sure about the alchemy of bowing: Transformation Through Humility, Ethics, and Generosity. 

RECORDING HERE

“Bowing…can be considered a technology for changing one’s consciousness.  How will the world be better if I don’t change myself?” About a year after being ordained as a Buddhist monk at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Talmage, California in 1976, Reverend Heng Sure undertook a walking pilgrimage along virtually the entire length of California’s coast, together with then-fellow Buddhist monastic Dr. Martin Verhoeven (formerly Heng Ch’au). The walking pilgrimage the pair embarked on consisted of taking “Three Steps, One Bow” throughout the 800-mile coastal journey on California's Highway 1, progressing at the pace of one mile per day.

Berkeley Buddhist Monastery is offering daily ceremonies, meditation, and teachings online.
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Link to Entire BBM Online Schedule 

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Date/Time: Fri, 12:30-1:30pm (CA)
Speaker: Rev. Heng Sure

Rev. Heng Sure gives lectures on the Universal Door Chapter from the Lotus Sutra.
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​The lecture will be in English, with Chinese and Vietnamese translation.

Please Register Here

​The Six Perfections in Mahayana Buddhism

On Zoom Wednesday evenings
Jan 13 - May 12, 2021
07:30 - 09:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Please join via Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84677272147


Mahayana Buddhism is often introduced through the discussion and cultivation of six 'perfections': generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom. These practice themes can be readily applied to daily life, and summarize many important aspects of personal development and compassionate action. Emphasis will be placed on experiments in ordinary life. No background in Buddhism is required, but class discussions will cover various levels of understanding. Contemporary and traditional readings will be discussed in each meeting.

The "Dharma Radio Buddhist Literature Into Songs” album by Rev. Heng Sure and Friends has been released!

For details, please visit https://www.dharmaradio.org.

Also available via live streaming (webcast) from Berkeley Monastery
Lecturer: Rev. Heng Sure (or DRBA monks and nuns)

Every Saturday night, the Berkeley Monastery community gathers to listen to a lecture on the Flower Adornment Sutra.  We investigate the sutra text line by line and endeavor to bring its ancient wisdom up to date for our modern lives in the 21st century.

For more class info: 
Please Click Here.

POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19

Please join us for a Dhamma evening with the Monks from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

The program begins with Tea Time from 5-6pm followed by a Dhamma talk and chanting at 7:30pm. All are welcome.

Date: First Tuesday of every month
Times: 5pm (Tea Time)
            7:30pm - 9:45 (Dhamma Talk)
Lecturer: Monks from Abhayagiri Monastery

The Aloka Vihara Nuns are offering our 3rd Sunday teaching at Berkeley on Zoom during this time of ‘shelter in place.’

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The Aloka Vihara Nuns will be hosting an informal conversation with tea as well as a Dhamma Talk on meditation and precepts.

Dates
January 17 & February 21 & March 21: Ayya Santussika of KBV
April 18 (Ayya Anandabodhi) | May 16 (Ayya Santacitta) | June 20 (Ayya Dhammadipa) | July 18 | Aug 15 | Sept 19 | Oct 17 | Nov 21 |Dec 19

Evening Schedule
6:00 pm: Meet & greet ~ if you have issues with Zoom, please call Lynne at 510 478 0760 for support.
6:30 pm: Chanting and Refuges & Precepts (see below or via screen sharing)
6:45 pm: Meditation
7:30 pm: Dhamma talk & discussion (please turn off your video if you do not wish to be on the recording)
8:25 pm: Blessing chant
8:30 pm: Meeting ends

Join by computer:
https://zoom.us/j/250032735?pwd=UjZmbHFoT0MvYmRJY240ZXE2Rm5JUT09
Meeting ID: 250 032 735
Password: 16322409

Websites: 

• Aloka Vihara www.alokavihara.org
• Ayya Santussika www.karunabv.org

Please visit the Aloka Vihara website (link) for updates and details.