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May 2018
Offering Service Saturday
One Saturday per month volunteers come together to offer service to Sravasti Abbey. Service could include garden work, help in the forest, cleaning, or cooking — all skills and all levels of ability are welcomed.
Find out more »September 2018
H.E. Ling Rinpoche at the Abbey
An extraordinary opportunity to meet an extraordinary Lama! His Eminence the 7th Kyabje Yongzin Ling Rinpoche will visit the Abbey September 4-6. He will give a teaching on Wednesday, September 5.
Find out more »December 2018
Sharing the Dharma & Lama Tsongkhapa & Candlelight Vigil
The is the last Sharing the Dharma Day of the season, coinciding with Lama Tsongkhapa Day, when we make many light offerings to honor the founder of our lineage.
Find out more »Winter Retreat: 3-Month Vajrasattva
The annual Winter Retreat offers a beautiful opportunity to deepen Dharma practice. This winter’s retreat will focus on the purification practice of Vajrasattva.
Find out more »March 2019
End of Retreat & Kathina Ceremony
Join us for an especially festive Dharma day as we combine our celebration to end the Vajrasattva Retreat with our sixth annual Kathina ceremony. It's also an opportunity for friends to help replenish the Abbey's supplies after the long winter.
Find out more »July 2019
1-Week Manjushri Retreat
On the Manjushri Retreat, take a week-long vacation with the Buddha of Wisdom. Join us for the Abbey’s annual 1-week meditation retreat on Manjushri.
Find out more »Taking Bodhisattva Precepts
For Dharma students who have formally taken refuge and are ready to take the bodhisattva precepts, Ven. Chodron will offer aspiring and engaging bodhictta precepts during the Manjushri Retreat.
Find out more »November 2019
Foundation of Buddhist Practice
Ven. Thubten Chodron continues her line by line commentary on "The Foundation of Buddhist Practice," co-written with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. This year's teaching covers "Choosing Spiritual Mentors and Becoming a Qualified Disciple" and "Relying on a Spiritual Mentor." Important topics!
Find out more »Offering Service Saturday
One Saturday per month volunteers come together to offer service to Sravasti Abbey. Service could include garden work, help in the forest, cleaning, or cooking — all skills and all levels of ability are welcomed.
Find out more »January 2020
Winter Retreat: 1-Month Buddha Meditation and Lamrim Retreat
The annual Winter Retreat offers a beautiful opportunity to deepen Dharma practice. This winter we focus on the Shakyamuni Buddha practice with meditations on the gradual path (lam rim). The one-month winter retreat runs January 3-31.
Find out more »May 2020
Streamed Live – Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey opens our doors for Sharing the Dharma Day, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha's teachings and share in community fellowship. All are welcome!
Find out more »June 2020
Streamed Live: Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey opens our doors for Sharing the Dharma Day, an opportunity to explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in community fellowship. All are welcome.
Find out more »July 2020
Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey opens our doors for Sharing the Dharma Day. Now it's on Vimeo Livestream and Zoom. Come explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in virtual community fellowship. All are welcome.
Find out more »September 2020
Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day online, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore Buddhism. The day includes mediation, a talk, and group discussion over Zoom.
Find out more »October 2020
Online: Pramanavarttika with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe
Teachings by eminent Tibetan scholar Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe on Chapter 2 of Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika. Geshe-la teaches live from Sarnath, India. Katrina Brooks, resident interpreter at Deer Park Buddhist Center in Wisconsin, is the interpreter.
Find out more »Online: Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day online, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha's teachings and share in community fellowship. Discussions are offered over Zoom. All are welcome!
Find out more »November 2020
Online: Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day online, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha's teachings and share in community fellowship. Discussions are offered over Zoom. All are welcome!
Find out more »December 2020
Online: Sharing the Dharma Day
One Sunday a month, Sravasti Abbey offers Sharing the Dharma Day online, an opportunity for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha's teachings and share in community fellowship. Discussions are offered over Zoom. All are welcome!
Find out more »Online: Thirty-seven Practices for Troubled Times
Do you need inspiration for how to transform your daily challenges large and small? Join us for this 6-day course based on “The Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas," led by the Sravasti Abbey community. Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature teachings are postponed.
Find out more »Online: New Year’s Vajrasattva Retreat
The new year brings an opportunity for renewal. Why not spend New Year’s Eve creating virtue with Ven. Thubten Chodron and the Sravasti Abbey community? Suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners.
Vajrasattva’s purification practice is a powerful way way to release mistakes of the past and step forward into the future with a good motivation and clear mind.
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