Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Sunday, December 9th, for our monthly lecture & discussion series. The topic for this month is “Karma and Rebirth” and will be led by Zachary Brown.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Place: Plymouth Meeting Friends. Click here for directions.
Dear Sangha,
We will be cancelling this Saturday’s Sutra Study so that everyone will have the opportunity to attend Sensei Al Fusho Rapaport’s retreat, “The Zen of Rumi”. For more details on the retreat, click here.
Our regularly scheduled monthly Sutra Study will resume on Saturday, January 5th.
With blessings,
When: Saturday, December 1st, 2018
Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Place: Plymouth Meeting Friends (click here for directions)
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Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Sunday for our monthly lecture and discussion series. The subject is “The Paradox of Meditation” and will be led by Robert Koller.
When: Sunday, November 11
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Where: Plymouth Meeting Friends. Click here for directions.
Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. Note that Sutra Study has shifted from the second Saturday to the first Saturday of the month:
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 9:30am to 12pm
MN 1. Mulapariyaya Sutta. The Root of All Things
Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study, dedicated to the memory of PBA’s founder, Richard McKinney. We will continue our study of Sutras dealing with aging, death and grieving. Please join us for what will be a powerful, insightful and engaging discussion.
Jaravagga: Aging, Dhp XI PTS: Dhp 146-156
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Dear Sangha,
We invite you to join us this Sunday evening, October 14th for our monthly Lecture & Discussion. This month Heidi Scheer will discuss the core Buddhist teaching of “The Eightfold Path”.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Plymouth Meeting Friends. For directions, click here.
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Scott McBride will lead a day retreat entitled “Direct Awakening to Our True Nature: Boundless Awareness with an Open Heart”.
In this retreat, we will experientially explore together different approaches to glimpsing this life changing recognition, and steep in the … Click to read more…
Dear Sangha,
We invite you to join us this Sunday evening, September 9th for our monthly Lecture & Discussion. This month Gail Zivin will discuss “Starting and Maintaining a Meditation Practice”.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Plymouth Meeting Friends. For directions, click here.
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Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study, dedicated to the memory of PBA’s founder, Richard McKinney. We will continue our study of Sutras dealing with aging, death and grieving. Please join us for what will be a powerful, insightful and engaging discussion.
Saturday, September 8, 2018
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Dear Sangha,
As we remember our dear dharma friend, Richard McKinney, we would like to share some photos from his memorial service earlier in the summer.
Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. The next four sessions are dedicated to the memory of PBA’s founder, Richard McKinney, and we will be looking at Sutras dealing with aging, death and grieving. Please join us for what will be a powerful set of … Click to read more…
Dear Sangha,
We invite you to join us this Sunday evening, August 12th for our monthly Lecture & Discussion. This month Julianna Lipschitz will discuss “The Buddha’s Teaching on Death and Dying”.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Plymouth Meeting Friends. For directions, click here.
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Dear Sangha,
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. The next four sessions are dedicated to the memory of PBA’s founder, Richard McKinney, and we will be looking at Sutras dealing with aging, death and grieving. Please join us for what will be a powerful set of … Click to read more…
Dear Sangha,
We invite you to join us this Sunday evening, July 8th for our monthly Lecture & Discussion. This month Gail Zivin will discuss “What is Reality in Buddhism and in Our Lives”.
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Plymouth Meeting Friends. For directions, click here.
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Please join us this Saturday, June 9th, for our monthly Sutra Study:
MN 21 Kakacupama Sutta: The Simile of the Saw
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.021x.than.html
Dear Sangha,
Please join us on Sunday evening, June 10th, for our monthly Lecture & Discussion:
Where: Plymouth Meeting Friends (click here for directions)
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Topic: “The Middle Way: Navigating Failure in Life”, led by Robin Carr
Please join us for our monthly Lecture & Discussion.
This month’s topic is “The Buddhist Concept of No Self” and will be led by Pat Abrahams at Plymouth Meeting Friends (Click here for directions), from 7:30pm to 9:00pm.
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There will be a memorial service for Richard McKinney on Friday, June 22nd, 11:30am to 1:30pm at Plymouth Meeting Friends in the “Annie” Room (where we sit on Sunday nights). Cookies and fruit will follow.
With palms joined,
PBA
Dear Sangha,
With great sadness we announce that our friend, colleague and mentor, Richard McKinney, passed on April 27th. Serious illnesses over the last several years did not stop him in serving the community until a few months ago. In the 1950s, Rick was among the … Click to read more…
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