Please note that each event will require a separate registration.
Thursday, May13, 7:00pm: Evening Dharma Talk: Ways of Knowing
May 14-16: Weekend Virtual Retreat: Blessing and Protecting Ourselves with the Dharma
Rebecca Bradshaw, a Guiding Teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, has been practicing Vipassana meditation since 1983 in the United States and Myanmar and teaching since 1993. She completed her dharma teacher training at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, where she is part of the three-month retreat teacher team, leads retreats for young adults, and serves as a member of the diversity committee. Rebecca teaches a body centered approach to meditation, supplemented with large doses of loving kindness. She has a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). She has been teaching the annual residential Vipassana retreat with the Yellow Springs Dharma Center since 2006.
Due to the Covid situation the annual Dharma Talk and Vipassana Retreat with Rebecca Bradshaw will not be held in person this year. However, we are happy to let you know that she will be leading the May 14-16 Yellow Springs Dharma Center spring Vipassana Retreat as well as giving a Dharma Talk on May 13, via Zoom.
Both the Dharma Talk and the weekend retreat are appropriate for those new to meditation as well as those more experienced.
All are welcome to attend either event.
These events are presented in the spirit of Dana or generosity. No charge is made to attend, but donations to Rebecca Bradshaw and the Yellow Springs Dharma Center will be greatly appreciated.
Please join Dharma Center members and interested community members to learn about dementia, including how to respond warmly, compassionately, patiently and effectively to our loved ones and neighbors living with dementia and their caregivers. Training to be held at the Dharma Center, 502 Livermore St., YS.
Presenter: Karen Puterbaugh From the Greene County Council on Aging
Sunday June 3rd: 11am gathering followed by Lunch at Noon
Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Celebration 11 am
Our traditional yearly gathering to celebrate the birth, enlightenment and
parinirvana of Shakyamuni Buddha.
Indian buffet lunch at Noon
Please RSVPby May 30 to Dianeah Wanicek 767-1034 or dwanicek@gmail.com
Be sure to let us know if you are coming……. remember it’s Not a Potluck – you are our guests!
Dont forget! Sunday June 3: Buddha’s Enlightenment Day Celebration/25th Anniversary Celebration
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
A Public Talk on Buddhist Meditation
by Venerable Wellawatte Seelagawesi
Sri Lankan Meditation Teacher
Wednesday evening, May 30, 2018
7:00 pm Meditation with Bhante
7:45 pm Public Talk
Through meditation one begins to train and sharpen the mind, reduce stress and live in a more deeply peaceful way with oneself and with the world. The right practice of meditation can hold physical and mental health benefits for the practitioner.
Bhante Seelagawesi is a fully ordained monk in the Theravada Buddhist tradition of Sri Lanka. He will be in residence at the Yellow Springs Dharma Center from May 29 – 31. He is the founder of the Nissarana Meditation Center in Sri Lanka and the International Society for Noble Sharing. Bhante Seelagawesi is a gifted Dharma teacher also known for his skill in healing with herbs and chanting.
There is no charge for this event ~ all are welcome ~ donations are accepted.
For further information call 937-767-1034
Upcoming Special Events
(see below for more details)
May 18-20, Friday, Saturday, Sunday : Livestreaming retreat with Pema Chodron
May 29-31, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: Venerable Wellawatte Seelagawesi, Sri Lankan Meditation Teacher, Wednesday, May 30: 7:00PM Meditation with Bhante; 7:45 Public Talk
Live Video Streaming Retreat: May 18, 19, 20, 2018
“Pema Chödrön is widely beloved for her insightful, down-to-earth teachings of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. In this weekend retreat, hear for the first time her wisdom teachings coming out of a yearlong sabbatical of contemplation and study.
This online retreat includes talks, guided meditations, and question-and-answer sessions with Pema Chödrön. Tim Olmsted guides us in meditation practices that show us how to apply these insightful teachings to our everyday lives. Silence is observed at the Center during the course of the retreat.
This online retreat is appropriate for professionals as well as beginners, advanced students, and everyone in between.
Friday: 7:25 – 9:30 PM: Workshop
Saturday: 9:00-12:00 noon: Workshop
12:00 – 2:30: break, lunch on your own
2:30 – 5:00 pm: Workshop
Sunday: 9:00 – 12:00 noon: Workshop
This unique opportunity is offered free of charge, donations to the Center appreciated.
Insight Meditation Society Teacher
and YSDC Vipassana Retreat Leader
The Buddha’s Teachings offer a way to develop openness of heart and mind to the wide range of joy and sorrow that is this human life. Rebecca Bradshaw is a guiding teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and also teaches at other locations in the United States and abroad. She has been teaching meditation since 1993, and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Her teaching explores the convergence of love and wisdom. Rebecca is visiting Yellow Springs to lead the annual Vipassana retreat held by the Dharma Center from May 4 – 11.
As will all events at the Yellow Springs Dharma Center, there will be no charge for this talk, however donations to the Center and dana (generosity) for the teacher are always welcome.
“A ZEN LIFE – D.T. Suzuki” is a 77-minute documentary about Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870-1966), credited with introducing Zen Buddhism to the West.
Gary Snyder calls D.T. Suzuki “probably the most culturally significant Japanese person in international terms, in all of history.”
Along with Gary Snyder, there are exclusive interviews of many people respected in their own right who knew D.T. Suzuki in person, including his secretary Mihoko Okamura, and rare footage of Thomas Merton, John Cage, Erich Fromm, and Suzuki himself.
D.T. Suzuki had an excellent grasp of written and spoken English, combined with an exhaustive knowledge of Eastern and Western religions and philosophies. He was highly successful at getting Westerners to appreciate the Japanese mentality, and Japanese to understand Western logic. The effect he had on Western psychoanalysis, philosophy, religious thinking, and the arts was profound. His numerous writings in English and Japanese serve as an inspiration even today.
Dr. Suzuki first lived in the United States from 1897 to 1908. In 1911 he married an American, Beatrice Lane, who helped him with his work until her death in 1939. After the War he traveled and taught extensively in the United States and Europe. Of note is a series of very popular open lectures he gave at Columbia University. Many renowned Western philosophers, artists, and psychologists were affected by his writings and friendship, including Carl Jung and Erich Fromm, Christmas Humphries, Father Thomas Merton, Martin Heidegger, Karl Jaspers, Dr. Albert Stunkard, Alan Watts, Richard De Martino, Robert Aitken, John Cage, Alan Ginsberg, and Gary Snyder.
Come on over and enjoy green tea and Japanese treats!
Welcome our friends Sister Molini and Sister Dhamma Vijaya back to the Center!
The sisters will be visiting Mar. 6 – 13, 2018.
Guided Meditation led by the sisters: Wednesday Mar. 7, 7:00pm
We welcome all to come to a
Dharma Talk and Pot Luck on SUNDAY MARCH 11.
Dharma Talk at 10:00, Lunch at 11:00.
More information at info@ysdharma.org
Saturday Night Movie!
February 17, 2018….7:00PM
The Dharma Center begins the celebration of its twenty-fifth year with this great 25 year old cult film.
Come for the free popcorn, stay for the movie and conversation afterwards.
What does this movie have to do with Dharma and the Four Noble Truths?
“A genuinely hilarious film that glimpses the meaning of life.” David G. Allan, CNN
“What if there is no tomorrow?….. There wasn’t one today.” Phil (main character)
“It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another — it’s one damn thing over and over.” Edna St. Vincent Millay
(she said this but not about the movie….she died in 1950.)
New Year’s Eve Meditation for World Peace
7:00 – 8:00 PM Inviting the possibility for enlightenment for all beings in the year 2018
~ 30 minute peace meditation
Setting the Intention, Remembering Bodhicitta, Meditation and Dedication.
~ Chanting Across the Traditions
• Metta Chant – sending out loving kindness • Kannon~ Sutra for Timeless Life Chant • Guardian Practice – Subduing negativity and activating peace
~ Our wishes and intentions for 2017 ~ Kuan Yin Bonfire Offerings and Sounding the Gong
Happy New Year Everyone!
PEMA CHODRON
with Tim Olmsted
Live Video Streaming Retreat: Sept. 15, 16, 17, 2017
“Pema Chödrön is widely beloved for her insightful, down-to-earth teachings of Tibetan Buddhism for Western audiences. In this weekend retreat, hear for the first time her wisdom teachings coming out of a yearlong sabbatical of contemplation and study.
“Tim Olmsted is the former director of Gampo Abbey and president of the Pema Chodron Foundation. He travels and teaches widely throughout the United States. He also spends much of the year traveling internationally and teaching meditation in his role as a senior instructor for Tergar International, a worldwide meditation community under the guidance of the Tibetan meditation teacher, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche.”
This online retreat includes talks, guided meditations, and question-and-answer sessions with Pema Chödrön. Tim Olmsted guides us in meditation practices that show us how to apply these insightful teachings to our everyday lives. Silence is observed on campus from the end of Friday night’s retreat session until Saturday dinner; online participants are invited to observe silence in their homes as well.
This online retreat is appropriate for professionals as well as beginners, advanced students, and everyone in between.
“How to gain spiritual strength during times of change.”
Amita Schmidt
Vipassana Teacher
Amita Schmidt is a meditation teacher, spiritual coach, and licensed clinical social worker.
Her training includes over 25 years of Vipassana Buddhist practice, including numerous three-month long silent meditation retreats. She was the Resident Teacher for theInsight Meditation Society for six years. She is the co-founder of Southwest Sangha, a self retreat meditation center in New Mexico. She has studied with spiritual teacher Adyashanti since 2003. Amita’s teaching has been deeply informed by her long history of Buddhist practice, her connection with Adyashanti, and her work as a psychotherapist. Amita leads mindfulness meditation retreats and healing depression workshops nationally. She uses various tools to help unburden trauma, anxiety, fear, and depression. Her work focuses on insight, mindfulness, loving kindness, and a compassionate connection with oneself. She is also the author of Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master.
For more information call 937.767.9919 or email info@ysdharma.org
The Dharma Center is collaborating with the Arthur Morgan Institute for Community Solutions to offer
Eco-Sattva Training
An Audio Course for aspiring Eco-Sattvas
Thursdays, 7:45 – 9:00PM, Jan. 12 – Feb. 16, 2017
How will we act on climate disruption with wisdom, courage and compassion?
What does it mean to express a Buddhist response to climate change?What does our wisdom tradition and our love for this life call us to do? How can we respond with wisdom, compassion and courage?
The term “EcoSattva” is a blend of “eco” or “ecology” with “Boddhisattva,” an enlightened being wholly dedicated to the freedom and well-being of others. We hope to support aspiring EcoSattvas in a diverse and powerful body of response, tailored to their aspirations and abilities and grounded in the demands of their local situations. Specifically, the course will endeavor to
Root action on climate in Dharma practice
Develop Sangha by connecting EcoSattvas with each other and outside partners
Inspire and inform “appropriate response”
For more information on the course teachers and content go here.
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Daniel Terragno Roshi
“What is a Zen Koan?”
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, 8:00PM
following evening meditation 7:00 – 7:40PM
Daniel Terragno has been the Zen Teacher of the YSDC Zen group for 15 years. He is a native of Chile who resides in the Redwoods of Northern California where he is the founder and spiritual director of Rocks and Clouds Zendo in Sebastopol, a Zen community in the tradition of the Diamond Sangha (www.rocksandclouds.org). He also regularly teaches in Argentina and Chile. In addition to his work as a Zen teacher, Daniel makes his living as a cabinetmaker. Daniel is the author of QUERIDOS BODISATVAS, a book of letters to his South American sanghas.
Yantra Yoga, the Yoga of Movement, is one of the oldest recorded systems of yoga in the world. Practiced in Tibet since the 8th century, this uninterrupted lineage was introduced to the West in the 1970’s by one of the foremost Dzogchen masters of our time, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu. Yantra Yoga is a unique system of movement sequences and pranayama patterned to positively effect the vital energy or prana by retraining the relationship between the breath and movement. By consciously synchronizing movements with specific ways of breathing and of holding the breath, Yantra Yoga coordinates and harmonizes the vital energy, thereby enhancing physical health and allowing the mind to become calm and clear. As we experience this deepening sense of physical, energetic and mental integration, we have the possibility to discover true relaxation, well-being and presence. Yantra Yoga can be practiced by and benefit people of all ages. It is excellent method for developing mindfulness and supporting any meditation practice.
In this weekend course, we will focus on Complete Breathing, the Nine Purification Breathings, the Five Exercises to Loosen the Joints, the Eight Movements for Purifying the Prana, and the Vajra Wave. Emphasis will be on cultivating presence and awareness while developing and deepening our understanding and experience of the breath. This course is the foundation for further study and practice of Yantra Yoga. It is open to new as well as experienced practitioners who wish to deepen and refine their practice.
Lynn Sutherland is a student of Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and an authorized Yantra Yoga Instructor. She has taught retreats and courses throughout the US, Mexico and Canada and collaborated on the book, Yantra Yoga: The Tibetan Yoga of Movement. She began her study and practice of Buddhism, yoga, martial arts and somatics as a university student, and for the past thirty years has been a Certified Feldenkrais® Teacher/Practitioner. Lynn lives and maintains a private practice in Chicago
A registration fee of $25 will hold your place for the retreat. This fee will defray the cost of Lynn Sutherland’s transportation to and from Yellow Springs. Please be aware that the fee does not include an honorarium for the teacher. The Dharma Center relies on your generosity to donate to the teacher at the end of the session what you feel the teachings were worth to you as a practitioner. Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche has asked that we work this way with donations for the teachings, and this is also the policy of the Yellow Springs Dharma Center.
Phakchok Rinpoche Teachings
Yellow Springs Ohio
March 2-3, 2016
Compassionate Heart: Living to Accomplish a Victory for Humanity
Co-sponsored by Antioch College March 2: 7 pm Coretta Scott King Center Antioch College 700 Livermore St., Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
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The Essential Teaching of Padmasambhava
March 3: 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Yellow Springs Dharma Center
502 Livermore St. Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
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Daka Yeshe Do: The Buddha’s Five Keys to Wisdom
March 3: 7 pm
Yellow Springs Dharma Center
502 Livermore St. Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
Phakchok Rinpoche was born in 1981 and is a lineage holder of the Profound Treasures of Chokgyur Lingpa from the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. As a meditation master with a family and the responsibility of monastic institutions, Rinpoche’s life defines what it means to be a dharma practitioner in today’s world. He emphasizes that a practitioner should find a balance in their life, and that altruistic activity should address the needs of those in one’s community and beyond as an expression of the compassion and wisdom cultivated in practice. In 2006 Phakchok Rinpoche and Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche founded the Chokgyur Lingpa Foundation, a humanitarian organization founded in America in 2006. CGLF has benefited thousands of sentient beings through healthcare and education undertakings. But in the wake of the devastating Nepal earthquake, CGLF have been plunged into a much more crucial role in the lives of literally thousands of Nepali people.
For more information: vajrayana@ysdharma.org
All Sangha Potluck Lunch
Sunday January 10 at Noon
Please bring a vegetarian dish to share. Tea, water and place settings will be provided.
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New Year’s Eve Meditation
for World Peace
7:00 – 8:00 PM
Inviting the possibility of Enlightenment
for all beings in the Year 2016
~ 30 minute peace meditation
Setting the Intention, Remembering Bodhicitta, Meditation and Dedication.
~ Chanting Across the Traditions
• Metta Chant – sending out loving kindness
• Kannon~ Sutra for Timeless Life Chant
• Guardian Practice – Subduing negativity and activating peace
~ Our wishes and intentions for 2016
~ Kuan Yin Bonfire Offerings and Sounding the Gong
Happy New Year Everyone!
Ekai Korematsu Osho
Soto Zen Teacher
In residence at the Yellow Springs Dharma Center
May 26-June 1, 2015
Public Talk: Thursday, May 28, 8:00 pm: Zen in America
Zen Meditation Retreat: Friday-Saturday, May 29-30*
Ekai Korematsu Osho was born and raised in Japan, but began his formal Zen practice while a university student in California where he was affiliated with the San Francisco Zen Center. In 1979 he returned to Japan for formal monastic training at Eiheiji the principal Soto Zen monastery. Returning to America in 1983 he founded Kojin-an which later became the Oakland Zen Center. At the request of his teacher Narasaki Roshi he returned to Japan in 1987 to become the director of an International Zen monastery, Shogoji, in Kyushu. From 1994 to 1996 he was again at Eiheiji, and was also the Practice Director at Zuigakuin Temple in Yamanashi Prefecture. At present he lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he is the founder and spiritual director of Jikishoan Zen Buddhist Community. Each autumn since 1997 he has taught Zen meditation to the students on the Antioch Education Abroad Buddhist Studies Program in Bodh Gaya, India.
For more information on Osho’s visit, contact Robert at 937.767.1034.
*For more information on the retreat and registration, email zen (at) ysdharma.org
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Buddha Enlightenment Day
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
On this full moon day, the morning and evening meditations will be followed by a special chant to mark this auspicious day that celebrates Shakyamuni’s great awakening. Flower donations to the Center for the altar will be welcome. Tea and cookies will be served following evening meditation.
PEMA CHODRON
NOTICE SCHEDULE CHANGE: EACH DAY BEGINS AT 9:00 AM
We will be live-streaming this two-day retreat at the Dharma Center. The retreat will include meditation led by Joey Waxman (Pema’s student) with talks and live Q&A with Pema Chodron each day.
“Pema Chodron is world-renowned for her ability to convey the essence of the most profound Buddhist teachings with ease, directness, and humor to audiences of every description. Join Pema as she teaches us how our habits keep us spinning, and how we have the ability to stop this process at any moment by connecting with the vast, open space that is inherent in our mind.”
Please plan to attend full days or ½ days to limit disruptions. This unique opportunity is offered free of charge, donations to the Center appreciated.
EACH DAY BEGINS AT 9:00AM
For more information call Katie at 767-7140 or email zen at ysdharma dot org.
Retreat schedule:
Saturday
9:00-10:00 am: Guided Meditation 1 with Joey Waxman
10:30 am-12:30 pm: Talk 1 with Pema Chodron
2:00-3:00 pm: Guided Meditation 2 with Joey Waxman
3:30-5:30 pm: Talk 2 with Pema Chodron
Sunday
9:00-10:00 am: Guided Meditation 3 with Joey Waxman
10:30 am-11:00 am: Review with Joey Waxman
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: Talk 3 with Pema Chodron
2:00-3:00 pm: Guided Meditation 4 with Joey Waxman
Inviting the possibility of Enlightenment for all beings in the Year 2015
~ 30 minute peace meditation
Setting the Intention, Remembering Bodhicitta, Meditation and Dedication.
~ Chanting Across the Traditions
• Metta Chant – sending out loving kindness
• Kannon~ Sutra for Timeless Life Chant
• Vajraguru Mantra – Subduing negativity and activating peace
~ Our wishes and intentions for 2015
~ Kuan Yin Bonfire Offerings and Sounding the Gong
Happy New Year Everyone!
New Family Hour March 20, 2011 11am Yellow Springs Dharma Center
Some of our family hour alums doing an art project with Dionne.
A group of interested parents are holding a short organizational meeting at the Yellow Springs Dharma Center, 502 Livermore, to plan for the upcoming Spring Family Hour sessions where we hope to integrate fun, gardening, moving, singing and laughing with awareness. Join us with your energy and input. For this planning meeting child care will be available. Call Melissa Heston for more information at 937-901-0344.
New Year’s Eve Meditation Gathering for World Peace.
Friday Dec. 31 at 7 p.m.
Please join us in a meditation for peace on Friday, Dec. 31st. We will have silent sitting from 7:00 to 7:40 p.m. followed by guided, short peace meditations and chants in the Vipassana, Tibetan and Zen traditions. The event will end by 8 p.m. All are welcome. There will be chairs to sit on as well as cushions. No need to be an experienced meditator! Just bring your heartfelt intention for peace in our fragile world.
Gardening & Tea: Fridays, throughout the spring and summer, 7:45 am, following morning meditation. There is gardening after morning meditation and tea. Tea is at 7:45 am following meditation, and gardening begins at 8:15 am. Please bring tools and garden gloves if you have them.
10:00 to 11:00 am program
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