QUARTERLY NEWS & OFFERINGS
OCTOBER – DECEMBER 2026
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You are among the precious cast of characters in the story of Open Gate Sangha. Its first chapter began in September 1996, when Adya stepped into his role as our teacher. Now, three decades later, our staff offers this special anniversary newsletter to honor and celebrate our many years together.
Enjoy this 30-year retrospective, featuring a slideshow with music by John Astin as well as a conversation with Adya and Mukti. We’ve also sprinkled in writings and classic audio recordings brought forward from our older archives. May these “party favors” offer sweet memories as well as inspiration for your practice this autumn and beyond.
| | Open Gate Sangha Celebrates 30 Years! | | |
Open Gate Sangha ~ 30 Years in Images
Reminisce with us on a journey through photographs of Adya, Mukti, staff, and sangha beautifully accompanied with songs by John Astin.
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Reflections (1996–2026) ~ A Conversation with Adya and Mukti
In a heartfelt conversation, Adya and Mukti reflect together on 30 years of teaching and the evolution of Open Gate Sangha. Together they revisit the early days, how Adya’s teaching developed over the years, the student-teacher relationship, spiritual independence and community, and their hopes for how the teachings may continue to serve in the years ahead.
| | Please note: If you would like to send anniversary wishes or reflections to Adya, Mukti, or Open Gate Sangha, you may do so through the “Letters” link on our Contact Us page. | | Upcoming Online Programs | | |
Sunday Community Practice
Sunday Community Practice is an ongoing program that focuses on spiritual practice and how it can be lived in daily life. If you would like to practice meditation on a consistent basis, along with others who are dedicated to making enlightened living a priority in their lives, please join us on Sunday mornings.
Try out a single session or join as a monthly subscriber. Each practice is two hours and includes a guided meditation and a talk. Join Mukti as she leads these twice-a-month practices. (Adya often joins in meditation!)
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Oct 11 & 25 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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Nov 8 & 22 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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Dec 6 ~ 9:00-11:00 am PT
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Dec 13 ~ 9:00-11:30 am PT (See section below)
Scholarships are available for monthly subscriptions.
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Special Holiday Celebration
Sunday, December 13
9:00–11:30 am PT
This complimentary holiday-themed celebration will include a guided meditation and seasonal music. Additionally, Adya and Mukti will each give a talk.
Open to the public, no registration required.
| | Video Broadcasts with Mukti |
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Wed, Oct 21 ~ 6:00 pm PT
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Wed, Nov 18 ~ 6:00 pm PT
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Dec ~ No Broadcast by Mukti
Go to Mukti’s Broadcast Page or YouTube to watch these live complimentary broadcasts. Replays will be available for 48 hours on YouTube.
| | Video Broadcasts with Adya |
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Wed, Oct 7 ~ 6:00 pm PT
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Wed, Nov 4 ~ 6:00 pm PT
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Wed, Dec 2 ~ 6:00 pm PT
Go to Adya’s Broadcast Page or YouTube to watch these complimentary prerecorded broadcasts. Replays will be available for 48 hours on YouTube.
| | The Stream on Adyashanti.org | |
The Stream on Adyashanti.org is an easy way for you to select and listen to full-length streaming audio recordings of single talks or broadcasts by Adya for a full month, so that you can delve deeper into teachings of your choice.
A free Bonus Talk by Mukti is available as well!
| | YouTube Channel Membership | |
Membership Programs on Adya’s YouTube channel allow us to make available a large selection of full-length video teachings and guided meditations not previously accessible other than by purchasing them in our online store. Members-only content includes contemporary and classic videos. New content is added every week!
- Basic Membership: $4.99/month
- Membership Plus: $9.99/month
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Having No Relationship with Thought
Classic: Teaching from the Early Years
15% off!
In one of his first recorded talks, Adya reframes the idea of detachment that is common in spiritual and religious circles. Instead of encouraging detachment, he invites us to have no relationship to thought. Our thoughts can be viewed as just happening—not wrong, not right, but just happening. When thoughts are allowed to exist this way, we can find the freedom that comes from letting go of trying to evaluate and control our experience.
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Two Newly Released Classics
from Mukti!
Being-Allowing
In one of her first recorded talks from 2008, Mukti reminds us that we meditate to express our true nature, not to achieve a goal.
Pushing Nothing Away
In this engaging classic talk, Mukti invites us to notice what is within us that doesn't seek control, pointing us back to our natural state of wholeness.
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Two Newly Released Classics
from Adya!
The End of Illusion
In one of his very first talks from 1997, Adya explores the practice of meditation, both on and off the cushion.
Effortless Awakening
In this 2004 talk, Adya explores why striving for spiritual awakening ultimately fails—and how relinquishing our efforts and struggles allows it to arise.
| | Complimentary Audio Download | | |
In this classic talk from 2009, Mukti explores our tendency to box up our experience and how doing so reinforces a sense of separation. She reminds us that we are the awareness we are seeking—that we are life unfolding, with no separation. Beyond definitions and subject-object relationship, is a direct knowing of awareness, prior to thought and inseparable from our being.
| | New Video Excerpts ~ Classics: Teachings from the Early Years | | Classic Writings by Adyashanti | | We reached into our older archives and found some writings from Adya’s earliest years of teaching, newly published in time for this celebration. Enjoy! | | | Further Exploration of Classics: Teachings from the Early Years | | Along with the full-length complimentary audio download, new teaching excerpts, and writings above, we curated our website libraries with collections of Adya’s and Mukti’s teachings from their early years. We hope that exploring these will help offer new perspectives on your own spiritual journey. | | |
Mukti, whose name is translated as “liberation,” is the Head Teacher at Open Gate Sangha. She has been teaching in the lineage of Adyashanti since 2004. Her talks point audiences back to their natural state of wholeness or undivided consciousness. For teaching excerpts, audio downloads and CDs, qi gong videos, and a calendar of Mukti’s programs, please visit her website.
If you are new to Mukti, we invite you to watch an inspiring full talk, Potent Mystery (1:25:37).
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Adyashanti, author of The Direct Way, Sacred Inquiry, The Way of Liberation and The End of Your World, is an American-born spiritual teacher who has served the awakening of all beings for almost three decades. Although Adya has recently retired, his teachings continue to be an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence.
New to Adyashanti? Here’s a complimentary download of his 53-page book: The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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