The following events are at or offered by the San Francisco Buddhist Center unless otherwise noted. As the date approaches they'll be listed on the SFBC calendar page:
Weds, June 2 & 9, 7-9pm — "To Have or Have Not: Sexuality and Spiritual Life."Two weeks of talks and discussions exploring the Buddhist ethics of craving and contentment especially as related to the Third Precept: “"I undertake to abstain from sexual misconduct; with stillness, tranquility and contentment, I purify my body.”" Open to all. Part of a year-long series exploring creativity in life through the practice of Buddhist ethics & the five precepts.
Weekend Mindfulness Retreat at Seeley Lake, Montana — July 30-August 2
More info from Tejavani: cmcmillan [at] montana.com
Meditation and Creative Writing Workshop. Sept 1, 7-9pm.
Eight-Week evening courses in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction,
downtown San Francisco
downtown San Francisco
Start dates: January 21 (free intro Jan 14) and Sept 28 (free intro evening Sep 21).
Courses are Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:45pm, Sept course ends Dec 4 (skipping 10/19 & 11/23) with a daylong
: Saturday, Nov 13, 9:30am-4pm
October 1-3, Beginner's Mind Retreat
Oct 9, 8:30-9:30pm -- one of 6 poets reading at the Litcrawl event at the SFBC
Nov 2 Day of the Dead Festival of Altars
December — A weekend retreat on the Heart Sutra and a weeklong meditation retreat in New Hampshire
2011
April -- "Watching Inside"...or "Inner Media" (title TBA!)A group art installation: Sitting meditation in the window of Artists Television Access.
