Upcoming Events

In this course we will learn what it means to pray, the benefits of prayer, and how to bring prayer into our daily life in a practical and balanced way. We will also have an opportunity to engage in traditional chanted prayers to Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, and be guided in a special meditation on compassion for all living beings....

This event will take place at the Martin Library in York, PA. Buddhists believe that when our mind is at peace, we are naturally happy and positive. In a world of so many responsibilities, it is comforting and essential to know that a simple meditation practice can bring immediate results in our life. In this class, basic meditation techniques will be explained as well as some guidance for healthy and positive thinking....

The practice of making offerings has many profound benefits. It uplifts our mind, filling it with positive energy, and it creates abundant good fortune that supports our long-term spiritual practice, helping us to improve our meditations and fulfill our wish for permanent inner peace. In this course we will learn two types of offering practice: how to offer the outer offerings and how to offer a mandala....

Our death is not something we normally think about but in reality we can benefit greatly from understanding what happens when we die. This understanding inspires us to live our life in a meaningful way by using it make spiritual progress and develop inner peace, and it helps us prepare for our death so that we can face it with a calm, blissful mind of acceptance. In this course we will learn about the death process and how we can use the Buddhist practice of Transference of Consciousness, or Powa, to benefit both ourself and the recently deceased....

Many people have the compassionate wish to benefit others, but few understand how to accomplish this effectively in daily life. Bodhisattvas are friends of the world who have such strong compassion they’re able to transform all of their daily activities into a means to benefit others. In this course we will receive the transmission of the meaning of the Bodhisattva's way of life and how to practice it in the modern world. The teaching will be followed by an optional Bodhisattva vow ceremony for those who wish to formally take Bodhisattva Vows....