Daily Events

Open Meditation  
Thu and Fri, 6:15 - 7:15 AM
Everyday, 5:15-6:15 PM

Tai Ji Quan 
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Mornings, 7:15- 8:45 AM
Guang Ping Yang Style
Instructor: Futung Cheng

Weekly Events

Saturday Night Avatamsaka Sutra Lecture
Saturdays, 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Also available via live streaming (webcast) from Berkeley Monastery
Lecturer: Rev. Heng Sure

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.

Thursday Night Meditation Practice, Teachings, and Community
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month starting October 10, 2024
7:30 - 9 PM Pacific Time
Instructors: James Baraz and Eve Decker
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley

In-person gathering at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, 2304 McKinley Ave., Berkeley. Or, people can join us online using the usual Zoom link.

Right Livelihood in the 21st Century
A presentation of the traditional Buddhist topic of right livelihood, discussed as formulated in early Buddhist texts, but also reconsidered by course participants in light of their present-day experience and challenges. Our focus will address the practicalities and spiritual priorities involved in both working life and retirement. Meditation practices that may be particularly relevant now will also be discussed.
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Taught by: Steven Tainer
Dates: Sep 18 - Dec 18, 2024
Time: Wednesday, 7:30-8:45pm (Pacific Time)
Where: On Zoom (see class page for details)

Friday Night Meditation & Avatamsaka Sutra 

Classes resume September 27th, 2024.
Time: Fridays 7:30-9 p.m.
​​Instructor: Professor Martin Verhoeven

The class will examine the practices and path set forth by the Avatamsaka Sutra, or Flower Ornament Sutra, which describes a cosmos of infinite realms upon realms, mutually containing one another. The text touches on various topics such as the Bodhisattva path, the interpenetration of phenomena (dharmas), the visionary powers of meditation and the equality of things in emptiness.

Also available via live streaming (webcast) from Berkeley Monastery

Monthly Events

First Tuesday with Abhayagiri Monks

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

Please join us for a Dhamma evening with the Monks from Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery. At 5pm there is an informal time to ask questions of the monks over tea, and then at 7:30pm, there will be chanting, meditation, followed by a Dhamma talk. All are welcome.