In-Person and Online Practice

Sundays and Wednesdays

Join us Sundays from 8 - 9 am and Wednesdays from 7 - 8 pm either in-person at the Center or via Zoom video conferencing for practice and teaching with Michael.

We are currently reading and discussing The Hundred Verses of Advice by Dilgo Khyentse and Padampa Sangyeduring our Wednesday evening gatherings. Everyone is welcome.

Click the Zoom Video Link below and enter the password to join our video conferences.

Password: 362919

Zoom Video Link

Leave some Leaves

Raking, blowing, and composting season is showing signs of slowing down. But don’t forget to leave a few piles of leaves here and there for the critters. Spiders, moths, and native bees need insulated nesting sites to survive the harshness of winter and to provide camouflage to protect them from predators. As leaves slowly break down over the winter, they also provide essential nutrients to the soil while insulating roots, bulbs, and the like.

It is important to learn about our environment if we are to be good stewards of the land we share with other living things—even if only on a small neighborhood patch. If we listen to nature’s whisper in our midst, wherever we happen to be, we may hear the invitation to actualize bodhicitta for the land.

Speaking of bodhicitta, we are beginning our fall fundraiser. We hope to receive $6500.00 in addition to our usual monthly contributions. Thanks for your past support and future kindness. Together, we are planting Dharma seeds in our community that will sprout and grow into compassion for all.

Much Love,

🙏🏼🍂🪷🌎 Michael

Dharma Journal Posts

Trail of Tears and Blessings

While traveling the road to Newberry Caldera on a relatively warm fall day, I notice an uncharacteristic stillness. The natural world is exhibiting a strange, sullen mood: Paulina Creek is dry, the wind barely...

Fall Fundraiser

$6,500 Goal

We are launching our Fall Fundraiser to reach our financial goals for the year. We are blessed with a wonderful sangha and are grateful for your ongoing support!

Our Fall Fundraiser goes towards keeping and maintaining our physical location, continuing and enhancing our Zoom experience, maintaining our website, providing a stipend for Michael, supporting our lineage teachers, and more.

To make a donation click the link below:

Donate

Sustaining Mandala

Our Sustaining Mandala is our group of members who are part of our Automatic Contribution Program. Your monthly contribution sustains our Center throughout the year. We invite you to join!

You can print out the form from the link below to pay with your checking account or you can set up a recurring donation with PayPal by clicking on the Donate button above.

Auto Contribution Form

"Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression.

We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous.

We experience joy in the actual act of giving something.

And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given."

-Buddha Shakyamuni

The Healing Power of Practice

Green Tara Offering for Healing

Please join us in offering Green Tara Mantras for all those affected by the recent events at Silver Rail Elementary, and all beings. We have a goal of accumulating 250,000 repetitions by the end of the year.

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

Please report your mantras by emailing the center through the link below or writing them down and dropping into the donation bowl at the center.

Report Mantra Count

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