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Browse Calendar Donate Calendar Show Filters Hide Filters Programs Retreat Drop-in Monday Night Meditation & Talk Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk Rainbow Saṅgha Thursday Morning Women’s Group BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Saṅgha Dharma and Recovery Group Training Class Series Family Dharma Institute Dharma Institute This filter shows you programs in the Dharma Institute, which offers in-depth study of the teachings and practices of the Buddha and the Insight Meditation lineage, along with professional trainings and continuing education. These study opportunities take place both online and on-land at the Spirit Rock campus. It brings together existing class series, multi-day intensives, training programs, and our new library of on-demand online courses as well as an evolving curriculum of new study and practice programs. At the heart of the Dharma Institute is a core sequence of Buddhist Study and Practice programs, built around three multi-month trainings: the Living Dharma Program (LDP), the Dedicated Practitioners Program (DPP), and Liberation, Emptiness, and Awareness Practices (LEAP). Learn More Location Online On-Land Hybrid Duration Under 1 day 1 day 2 - 3 days 4 - 10 days Over 10 days Periodic topic Dharma Study For Beginners Heart Practices Movement Psychology & Wellness Social Engagement Affinity Group BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Recovery Women Family Continuing Ed. Credits Featured Featured Drop-in | On-Land | Hybrid Monday, May 13 | 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM Monday Night Meditation & Talk For over 35 years, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice Insight Meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a Dharma talk. Mark Coleman Learn More April Class Series | Online | Dharma Institute April 11 - May 16, 2024 | 6 Thursdays | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Heart-Opening Practices to Release Trauma Responses and Nurture Resilience 7.5 CE Credits. When the stressors and traumas of our life build up and take their toll on our psyche, it is a natural response to turn inwards to find rejuvenation and healing in the Dharma. This is the time to draw from the deep well of the brahmavihāras of lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. As we learn to nurture ourselves with lovingkindness, these life-transforming practices can heal and open our heart, soothe our anxious mind, and calm our inner critic. Pawan Bareja Learn More May Retreat | Online Saturday, May 11 | 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM All About Love: Celebrating bell hooks We all want love. Throughout this retreat, we will explore together how love can be when it is expressed in conjunction with the qualities of the Four Divine States of Equanimity, Kindness, Compassion, and Inclusive Joy. This daylong retreat includes short readings from bell hooks, who puts forward fierce feminist social criticism that invites us to transform our challenges into strength in order to manifest the love and caring we want in our lives. Rev. Liên Shutt Learn More Drop-in | Online Sunday, May 12 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Saṅgha Open to all self-identified BIPOC. The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma in light of our experiences. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. Pawan Bareja Learn More Retreat | Online Sunday, May 12 | 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM Embodying the Archetypal Buddhist Feminine: A Refuge for Inspiration and Equanimity Open to all self-identified Women. Join us on Mother’s Day to celebrate the archetypal Buddhist feminine, with a focus on Prajna Paramita, Green Tara, and others. By aligning ourselves with aspects of different sacred archetypes, we’ll explore how they can live in our body and offer a sense of equanimity and inspiration. This day is not only for mothers, but for all who identify as women and want to sit in the sacred space of embodying our heart’s deepest expression of the divine feminine. Grace Fisher Learn More Drop-in | Online | Hybrid Monday, May 13 | 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM Monday Night Meditation & Talk For over 35 years, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice Insight Meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a Dharma talk. Mark Coleman Learn More Featured Drop-in | On-Land | Hybrid Monday, May 13 | 7:15 PM - 9:15 PM Monday Night Meditation & Talk For over 35 years, the Monday Night sitting group at Spirit Rock has been a welcoming refuge to gather, hear the teachings of the Buddha, and practice Insight Meditation together as a community. The program includes a 30-40 min guided meditation, a short break, and a Dharma talk. Mark Coleman Learn More Class Series | Online May 15 - May 29, 2024 | 3 Wednesdays | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Groundbreaking Courage: Two Bhikkhunīs Reflecting on a Life of Dharma Practice Join us for a conversation in three parts between Venerable Dhammanandā Bhikkhunī and Ayya Santacittā Bhikkhunī, who met for the first time in Thailand in the mid 1990s. Since then they have both been ordained as bhikkhunīs —Venerable Dhammananda in Sri Lanka in 2003 and Ayya Santacitta at Spirit Rock in 2011. Ven. Dhammanandā is the senior Bhikkhunī in Thailand, and joins us online from her monastery outside of Bangkok. Ayya Santacitta Dhammananda Bhikkhuni Learn More Drop-in | Online Wednesday, May 15 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk Our Wednesday Morning Meditation & Talk is led by Sylvia Boorstein, Donald Rothberg, Heidi Bourne, or other guest teachers. This group welcomes beginners and experienced practitioners to explore the Dharma. Donald Rothberg Learn More Drop-in | Online Wednesday, May 15 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Rainbow Saṅgha Open to all self-identified LGBTQIA+. Our Rainbow Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified practitioners within marginalized gender and sexuality groups such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and gender non-conforming. Patrick Brown Learn More Drop-in | Online Thursday, May 16 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thursday Morning Women’s Group Open to all self-identified Women. This drop-in group offers self-identified women a place to come together in community to share our wisdom and strengthen our sense of belonging in the world. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. Grace Fisher Learn More Drop-in | Online Sunday, May 19 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM BIPOC Voices: Weekly Sunday Saṅgha Open to all self-identified BIPOC. The Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Saṅgha is a weekly gathering of self-identified BIPOC practitioners that provides a safe place to meditate and explore the Dharma in light of our experiences. Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome. Kate Johnson Learn More Retreat | Online Sunday, May 19 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Vesak 2024: Celebrating the Buddha and the Triple Gem Vesak is the Buddhist...