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The Buffalo Mindfulness Community is happy to announce the sponsoring of a teaching event in the Buffalo area of international author and vipassana teacher Shinzen Young.

Shinzen will be offering a Friday evening lecture (Dharma talk) on May 21, 2010 and a Saturday One Day Retreat on May 22, 2010.
As always, the events the Buffalo Mindfulness [...]

Toronto’s Spring Rain Sangha will be sponsoring a 9-day Vipassana (Mindfulness) Meditation Retreat that takes place from April 23, 2010 to May 1, 2010, at the Chapin Mill Retreat Centre in Batavia, New York.
Please register in advance at http://www.SpringRainSangha.com.  Application and orientation forms can be found in the “Retreats” section of the website.  The cost of the retreat is $550 [...]

The Buffalo Mindfulness Community is sponsoring a Loving-Kindness (Metta) Meditation lecture and one day retreat with Spring Rain Sangha teachers Philip Starkman and Randy Baker (Philip Starkman is pictured below). These Dharma teachings will take place at the Hindu Cultural Society (small building) which is located at 1595 North French Road Getzville, NY.   The evening lecture will be on Fri, Feb [...]

In the Anguttara Nikaya the Buddha has said that there are five subjects which should be contemplated over and over again by men and women, by laymen as well as recluses. The first subject for this constant contemplation is set out thus: “Old age can come upon me.” The Buddha has explained that most persons [...]

This year our annual Sangha Holiday Dinner will be on Tuesday, December 15 at 7:00 pm at:  Taste of India 3093 Sheridan Drive Amherst, NY 14226 716-837-0460  http://www.tasteofindia.com 
Email us at info@buffalodharma.org to reserve a place and join us for great Indian food and friendship…!  Speaking of friendship, the Buddha was once asked about the importance of friendship [...]

A public talk and one day retreat on the Seven Factors of Enlightenment as taught by the Buddha will take place on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7 at Daemen College. The teachers will be Philip Starkman and Jim Bedard of Toronto’s Spring Rain Sangha. 
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Visit Spring Rain Sangha’s website at: www.springrainsangha.com 
On Friday, November 6 [...]

The Sunday Morning Sangha is currently reading:
Ethics for a New Millennium by His Holiness, The 14th Dalai Lama.

The Sunday Morning Sangha meets on the campus of Daemen College at Rosary Hall.  Meditation starts at 10:30 am. Two rounds of sitting and walking are then followed by one hour of book reading and discussion. Group ends around 12:30 pm.

Toronto’s Spring Rain Sangha will be sponsoring a 10-day Metta (Loving-Kindness) Meditation Retreat that takes place from Oct. 16th-25th, 2009, at the Chapin Mill Retreat Centre in Batavia, New York.
Please register in advance at http://www.SpringRainSangha.com  Application and orientation forms can be found in the “Retreats” section of the website.  The cost of the retreat is $500 (Canadian dollars), or [...]

Our regular Wednesday evening meditation session will be cancelled on August 19 secondary to the Newman Center needing to use the church for a lecture.  We will resume our weekly meditation sessions on Wednesday, August 26.  Please note that the Saturday morning meditation session hosted by the Peaceful Heart Mindfulness Community will also be cancelling [...]