Berkeley Buddhist Monastery Online

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

Register Here to Join

For newcomers, we recommend the 

• 7:00-7:15 Meditation (last 15 min of 1 hr sit) followed by
• 7:15-7:30am Universal Well-Being Chant and Dharma Reflection, 
• 7:30-8:00am, "Three Steps, One Bow" Practice,
• 12:30-1:00pm Guan Yin recitation/Amitabha recitation (alternating days, except Fri), and 
• any of our lectures and classes.

For a “day in a virtual monastery,” you can join our 

• 5:00-6:00am Morning Ceremony, 6:30-7:50pm Evening Ceremony and Mantra Heart Ceremony via Youtube. 
• 6:15-7:15am Morning Meditation, 12:30-1:00pm Amitabha Recitation with Ground Bell via Zoom
• Saturday, 2:00-3:30pm, Amitabha Recitation with Ground Bell.

Please register here to join. We will send you a link to all events hosted by BBM.

For the Dharma teachings, please join our BBM lectures: 

• Saturday, 7:30-9:00pm, “Ten Stages Chapter” of the Avatamsaka Sutra by Rev. Heng Sure; 
• Friday, 12:30-1:30pm, Vajra Sutra by Rev. Heng Sure;
• [Classes are currently on hold and are expected to resume on 21st Nov] Saturday, 5:00-6:00pm, Medicine Master Buddha Sutra by Jin He Shi (register for Zoom link)
• Sunday, 1:05-2:00pm, Dharma Practice Q&A by Jin Chuan Shi (register for Zoom link);
• Thursday, 7:30-9:00pm, Infinite Life Sutra by Jin Fo Shi translated by Jin Chuan Shi;
• Thursday, 7:30-9:00pm, Insight Meditation by James Baraz;
• Tuesday, 10am & Friday, 7pm, Dharma Recovery by Kevin Griffin.

Dharma Realm Buddhist University Extension has online classes. 
Register with DRBU here.

• Tuesday, 3:30-5:00pm Shurangama Mantra Review by DM Heng Chih
• Wednesday, 7:45-9:00pm Six Paramitas by Doug Powers
• Thursday, 3:45-5:00pm Yogācāra Study by Doug Powers

Additional Dharma Resources

• Weekly Meditation Podcast by Rev. Heng Sure 
• Streaming Ceremonies & Dhamma Talks by Abhayagiri Monastery

Wish everyone well during these challenging times.