Today a group of IMSB members and friends enjoyed a private tour of the collection of Buddha Statues at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The guided tour highlighted exquisite examples of Buddhist art from India, Thailand, Korea, China, Cambodia, Tibet, and Japan. It was a lovely day event!
Register now for Bodhi Courses next online program: Satipatthana: Mindfulness of the Body. The program includes all the usual superb features of Shaila's online classes with recorded lectures, live conference calls, guided meditation, reflective exercises, and stimulating reading assignments. In addition we have heard the exciting news that Bhikkhu Analayo will offer a special guest teacher [...]
IMSB Top Volunteer Needs Winter 2018 Publicity Coordinator Ensures the following are done on a regular basis, and for special events as needed*: Weekly email digest, special emails Calendar updates Meet-Up events, Facebook postings Latest News posts Flyer creation and copying Online postings of speaker series, classes, special events * Content provided by others Special [...]
On July 18 IMSB held a pot-luck picnic in Sylvan Park in Mountain View to give sangha members an opportunity to socialize and meet new people prior to the regular Tuesday meditation. About 20 people attended the event and enjoyed a variety of food and good conversation. Attendees were grateful for the opportunity to deepen [...]
Our summer speaker series, Living Wisely In The World, was a great success, with a dynamic lineup of speakers: Shaila Catherine Jennifer Dungan Lisa Dale Miller Nikki Mirghafori Tony Bernhard Robert Cusick If you missed any of these great talks, you can still listen to them through the IMSB portal to DharmaSeed. https://imsb.dharmaseed.org. The talks are [...]
In response to many requests, we are offering a course that will explore what the Buddha taught about social and community topics. The course will run for ten weeks on Thursday evenings in Saratoga beginning October 26. The class is structured around a brilliant little book by Bhikkhu Bodhi, that collects discourses of the Buddha [...]
Last week (September 5) Shaila Catherine gave a moving dhamma talk on the theme of Forgiveness. Next week on September 12 she will launch our next speaker series with a talk on Angulimala, who was a robber and murderer who gave up his wicked ways and ordained under the Buddha. This speaker series is on the [...]
Sunday 10th September Shaila Catherine will be teaching at Worldwide Insight, a unique online platform for live, interactive dharma teachings. It is free to sign up and participate in the class. The theme will be Appreciation. The class starts at 2pm EST, 7pm UK. You can find out more at www.worldwideinsight.org, and you can share details of the [...]
Shaila Catherine will be offering an online course on Satipatthana: Mindfulness of the Body this fall. For people who live far away, or find it difficult to get to our local sitting group, this online course is an excellent opportunity for in-depth study, reflection, and practice. The course includes readings, lectures, guided meditations, reflective assignments [...]
IMSB is currently seeking volunteers in the following areas: Administrative Assistant Assist teacher and other administrative volunteers with various ongoing tasks supporting the sangha, such as Google Drive administration, spreadsheet and membership database maintenance, flyer creation. Assistant Audio Editor Assist Audio Editor with transcription and posting of dhamma talks on Dharmaseed.org. Assistant Social Event Coordinator [...]
We're happy to welcome back Shaila Catherine, our principal teacher. She spent most of the summer leading retreats in the Netherlands and Germany. Happy to have her back!
A number of IMSB members were delighted to have the experience of attending the recent retreat on Satipatthana and Mindfulness in the Early Discourses held at Spirit Rock. This retreat was led by the greatly admired Analayo Bhikkhu, along with Shaila Catherine, and Anandabodhi Bhikkhuni. Save the date for the next opportunity to practice with [...]
For the month of March, our principal teacher Shaila Catherine, and a much loved friend of this community, Venerable U Jagara, lead a month long retreat at the Forest Refuge in Barre, MA. We were happy to have a couple of community members join the retreat — a deep and transformative practice opportunity!
Foothills Congregational Church in Los Altos, where we hold many of our Saturday programs, will be having their spring rummage sale: Friday May 6, 9am - 4pm Saturday May 7, 9am - 2pm They welcome donations of stuff to sell from 9am-2pm the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday prior to the Rummage Sale. For more information visit [...]
IMSB's current Speaker Series: Everyday Dhamma On February 14, Ron Purser launched the new guest speaker series by exploring the four gateways of Samsara (I, me, mine, and mind). On February 21, Lisa Dale Miller discussed how we can use the five precepts to navigate conflicts with others. She recommended openly acknowledging suffering, considering and [...]
