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…
Starting this Wednesday, March 25, PBA will be offering Virtual Sitting Meditation until we can return to our in-person sits at Radnor and Plymouth Meeting.
Wednesdays, 7:30pm: https://zoom.us/j/803270626
Sundays, 7:30pm: https://zoom.us/j/231635198
How to participate:
We will be using a free software application … 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 … 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.
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.
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.
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
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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…
Please join us this Sunday for our monthly Lecture & Discussion series. Bob Koller will be discussing “The Three Jewels” this Sunday at Plymouth Meeting. For more details about the program please click here.
Philadelphia Buddhist Association is excited to host four practitioners of Tibetan medicine: Dr. Choeying Phuntsok, along with an astrologer, an assistant, and one member of the Tibetan Association of Philadelphia (TAP) for an evening of lecture and discussion about Tibetan medicine at Plymouth Meeting Friends on Sunday, October 20th … Click to read more…
Please join us this Sunday at Plymouth Meeting Friends for our monthly Lecture & Discussion series.
This month’s s topic is Personal Transformation Through Dharma, let by Robin Carr.
Date: Sunday, October 13, 2019
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
For more details click here.
Dear Dharma Friends, Please join us for our monthly Sutra Study at Radnor Friends:
When: Saturday, October 5, 2019, 9:30AM – 12PM
Where: Radnor Friends Meeting,
610 Conestoga Rd,
Villanova, PA, United States
Description:
. Sutra: AN 10.60. Girimananda Sutta:
Discourse to Girimananda Thera
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In this day of retreat we will explore our most essential nature, Consciousness or Awareness. More fundamental than our thoughts and feelings, Awareness is the basis for having any experience at all. Awareness is the most unique experience in the Universe. … Click to read more…
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Thanks to everyone who attended today’s All Day Meditation Retreat. We hope today provided insight and support to your practice. It was a beautiful fall day and thank you to Plymouth Meeting Friends for being such a great host to PBA! 
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