Daily Events

Meditation 
Daily 6:15 - 7:15 AM

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.
Workshops on Cultivating Resistance to COVID-19
​Amelia Barili is offering every Saturday free virtual workshops on letting go of anxiety and building resilience against the Coronavirus based on Classical Yoga and Medical Qigong. These teachings include release points, gentle moves, brief meditations, and breathings that are effective in cultivating inner peace and good health. The classes are offered in English and Spanish.

English Class: Saturdays, 3pm 
Register on Class Webpage

Spanish Class: Saturdays, 11am
Register on Class Webpage

Please visit https://ameliabarili.com/ for details.
Medicine Master Sutra Lectures

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CLASS: Wednesday Night Meditation with Steven Tainer

Weekly 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Instructor: Steven Tainer

Selected Dharma Topics for Daily Practice

A discussion and experiential exploration of primary Dharma points, drawn from the Yogacara school of Indian Buddhism. Emphasis is placed on daily life applications and meditation practice, especially insights regarding the nature of reality, compassion and ethics. Each class meeting will include one or two guided meditation sessions, based on handouts.

Please join via Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89215997774

Monthly Events
Monthly Nuns Sharing Dharma [ONLINE]

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

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

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Ayya Anandabodhi &  Ayya Santacitta, two Buddhist nuns resident at Aloka Vihara, SF are offering an evening meditation, Dhamma reflection, and dialogue on the 3rd Sunday of every month at BBM.

6:00 - 7:15pm Tea & Conversation
7:30 - 9:00pm Meditation, Precepts & Dhamma Reflection 

Dates for 2020: Jan 19*, Feb 16*, March 15*, April 19, May 17, June 21,
July 19, Aug 16, Sept 20, Oct 18, Nov 15 and Dec 20, 2020
* Guest teacher Ayya Santussika www.karunabv.org

Websites:  Download flyer (PDF)


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Ayya Santacitta and Ayya Anandabodhi have both been practicing meditation for over 25 years. After living as nuns in the Forest Tradition of Ajahn Chah for many years, they took bhikkhuni ordination in 2011. They currently reside at Aloka Vihara near Placerville, CA, a training monastery for women. Their teaching style is practice oriented and draws from experience of community life as a means for cultivating the heart and opening the mind. For more info, visit www.saranaloka.org.
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* Guest teacher Ayya Santussika began monastic life in 2005 after training and practicing as an interfaith minister. She ordained as bhikkhuni in 2012 and currently resides at Karuna Buddhist Vihara in Mountain View. She focuses on applying the Dhamma to our global challenges and our daily lives and is a board member of Buddhist Global Relief. For more information, visit Karuna Buddhist Vihara.