Join us this Saturday for a special period of silent walking meditation in nature. We will be hosting a one hour period of walking meditation at Prophecy Creek Part in Ambler, PA, starting at 10am and ending at 11am. We will be wearing masks and keeping six feet social distance… Click to read more…
Join us this Saturday, October 3, 2020 for our monthly Sutra Study. This month’s study will be onThe Simile of the Cloth: Vatthūpama Sutta (MN 7)https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN7.html For more details about monthly Sutra Study, please click here. Click to read more…
Join us for our monthly Sutra Study, this Saturday, September 5th. The topic for this month will be Bankei Zen: Translations from the Record of Bankei. To access the materials, please click here: http://terebess.hu/zen/mesterek/BankeiHaskel.pdf The sections that we will be studying are as follows, please spend some time with them… Click to read more…
Saturday, August 1, 2020: Join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. The topic for this month will be Join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. The topic for this month will be the following: The Factors of Concentration. Samādhaṅga Sutta (AN 5:28)https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN5_28.htmlTranslated by Thanissaro BhikkhuLed by Curtis KeyClick… Click to read more…
Join us this Saturday for our Monthly Sutra Study. We will be lightening things up this month and reading selections from The 100 Parable Sutra, short humorous tales that follow the ill-fated who are deluded by their ignorance. While these short fables are light-hearted and provoke laughter, they are especially… Click to read more…
Join us this Saturday for our Monthly Sutra Study. This month’s study will continue on the topic of emptiness with The Greater Discourse on Emptiness Maha Sunnata Sutta (MN 122). You can read the Sutra here: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN122.html We will begin at 9:30am with a 20 minute period of meditation and will start… Click to read more…
Dear Friends, Do you find yourself asking from time to time, “Why do I meditate?” If you find yourself asking this, join us this Sunday evening for our monthly lecture and discussion series, led by Robert Koller, former Philadelphia Buddhist Association President will guide us in a deeper exploration of… Click to read more…
Each Sunday and Wednesday evening PBA will be offering Virtual Sitting Meditation until we can return to our in-person sits at Radnor and Plymouth Meeting. We will begin at 7:30pm and the meditation will last between 30 and 45 minutes, with some time to chat before and after. How to… Click to read more…
Join us this Saturday morning, April 4th, from 10am to 12:30pm, for a retreat led by Losang Samten from the Tibetan Center of Philadelphia. The theme of the retreat will be the Heart Sutra. The meaning of the Heart Sutra is interdependence, also known as Emptiness which explains how we exist… Click to read more…
Dear Sangha, In hopes that all PBA activities will resume in April, we would like to announce a day-long retreat led by Losang Samten: Meditation and Teaching on the Heart Sutra Saturday, April 4th. Please mark your calendars. The meaning of the Heart Sutra is interdependence, also known as Emptiness which… Click to read more…
We hope that you are healthy and taking appropriate action regarding the Coronavirus. In light of recommendations from the State of Pennsylvania, the CDC, and the WHO, the Board of the Philadelphia Buddhist Association has decided to cancel all activities through the end of March. We hope that you and… Click to read more…
Join us this Sunday evening for our monthly lecture & discussion series. This month’s topic will be “Why do we Meditate?”, led by Bob Koller. We associate Buddhist practice with meditation. But why do we meditate? Do we hope to gain or accomplish something? To relieve stress? In this lecture… Click to read more…
Please join us this Saturday for our monthly Sutra Study. This month we will be studying The Khuddakapatha a collection of nine short passages that may have been designed as a primer for novice monks and nuns. It includes several essential texts that are still chanted daily by laypeople and monastics around… Click to read more…
Join us on Saturday, February 29th for a day retreat led by former PBA President, Bob Koller. The topic of the retreat will be “Why do we Meditate?”. We associate Buddhist practice with meditation. But why do we meditate? Do we hope to gain or accomplish something? To relieve stress?… Click to read more…
Join us this Sunday for our monthly Lecture & Discussion series. This month’s topic will be The Life of the Buddha, led by David Carpenter. For more details, please click here. Click to read more…
Dear Sangha, This Saturday’s retreat led by Bob Koller is cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. Please check here for further announcements. Click to read more…
Please join us for our monthly Sutra Study this Saturday. This month we will be studying the Kimsuka Sutta: The Riddle Tree SN 35.204 Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Led by Caitlin Stormont https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.204.than.html For more details about time and location please click here. Click to read more…
Join us on Saturday, February 8th for a day retreat led by former PBA President, Bob Koller. The topic of the retreat will be “Why do we Meditate?”. We associate Buddhist practice with meditation. But why do we meditate? Do we hope to gain or accomplish something? To relieve stress?… Click to read more…
Dear Sangha, Please join us this Saturday from 9:30 – 12pm at Radnor Friends for our monthly Sutra Study. This month’s sutra will be the following: MN 27: Cula-hatthipadopama Sutta: The Shorter Elephant Footprint Simile Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu Led by Mary Cook https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.027.than.html For more details about sutra study, click… Click to read more…
Please join us for what is going to be an insightful retreat with Henry Yampolsky from the Living Peace Institute on Saturday, December 7 at Radnor Friends Meeting House. Gain clarity, decrease anxiety, and experience ease in conflict while learning a powerful tool for dealing with conflict at its source.… Click to read more…