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 [...]