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Lit Crawl! October 17, 2015 8:30-9:30 PM

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 - 05:55

Lit Crawl! October 17, 2015 8:30-9:30 PM

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 6 Oct, 2015 - 05:55

The San Francisco Buddhist Center hosts Lit Crawl for the 5th consecutive year. This year the topic is Unsettling. Six writers on home: Finding it, loving it, leaving it, losing it.

http://www.litquake.org/events/san-francisco-buddhist-center-unsettling

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Lit Crawl at the SFBC

Posted by padmatara on Sat, 11 Oct, 2014 - 22:28

Posted by padmatara on Sat, 11 Oct, 2014 - 22:28Where literature hits the streets….
This is the fifth year the SFBC has participated in this amazing event - join us at 8:30pm Saturday October 18 for Standing in the Light, Five Writers and the Spiritual Moment. Readings about realization woven from the threads of Buddhist, Sikh, Muslim, Christian and Hindu practice.
http://www.litquake.org/events/standing-light-five-writers-and-spiritual…

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The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 20 Jan, 2014 - 00:45

The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 20 Jan, 2014 - 00:45
Sat, Jan 25, 6pm to 8pm at the SFBC
(doors open 5:45pm)

Join editors Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Susan Moon, and contributing authors Mushim Ikeda-Nash and Viveka to celebrate the recent publication of this amazing collection of buddhist stories and koans from women through the ages.

6:00-6:30 meditation
6:30-7:30 readings and discussion
7:30-8:00 reception, book sale & signing

The event is by donation, and books...

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Litcrawl 2013 at the SFBC: Falling. Apart.

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 15 Oct, 2013 - 17:21

Litcrawl 2013 at the SFBC: Falling. Apart.

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 15 Oct, 2013 - 17:21Saturday, October 19, 8:30pm

Maybe that sense that you’re one person moving forward in time frays around the edges periodically, revealing glimpses of something more soluble than you’d understood. Is it disorienting? Is it fabulous? Is it horrific? Is it divine? Five points of view from states of tumble, collapse, fissure, freedom, and points in between.

SFBC Readers:

Nabil Arnaoot is interested in the bittersweet interactions of spirit and flesh; elegant representations of data; biohackers and...

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Sangha Night in San Francisco

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 17:40

Sangha Night in San Francisco

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 14 Oct, 2013 - 17:40This week at Sangha night, the third talk in a three-part series on “The True Individual: The Creative Tension between Autonomy and the Collective”. Wednesday, October 16, 7 PM.

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Arrangements for Suvarnaprabha's Funeral

Posted by padmatara on Thu, 26 Sep, 2013 - 04:11

Arrangements for Suvarnaprabha's Funeral

Posted by padmatara on Thu, 26 Sep, 2013 - 04:11Dear Friends,

We are planning to come together to help each other say good bye to our dear friend, sister, mentor, and woman extraordinaire, Suvarnaprabha.

Please join us if you can:

Friday, Sept. 27th from 1 - 3pm at:

Fernwood Cemetery
301 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley, CA 94941 (Google Map)
Tel 415-383-7100

(Walking shoes will be helpful as we are walking to her plot up a hill. Leave your...

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Wednesday night, 7:00-9:00pm, Evening of Practice for Suvarnaprabha

Posted by marysalome on Wed, 25 Sep, 2013 - 01:05

Wednesday night, 7:00-9:00pm, Evening of Practice for Suvarnaprabha

Posted by marysalome on Wed, 25 Sep, 2013 - 01:05San Francisco Buddhist Center (37 Bartlett St., San Francisco)

Evening held by Viveka; this text copied in its entirety from a recent email from the Center.

This Wednesday, at sangha night, the Center is offering a space for friends of Suvarnaprabha to come together and support her and each other with love, meditation, and chanting. Maybe even a sing-a-long of Love Hurts? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDZBW-1P04

Her condition continues to change markedly. We don’t...

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Sangha Night: Living Dharma, Part 2

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 16 Sep, 2013 - 16:57

Sangha Night: Living Dharma, Part 2

Posted by marysalome on Mon, 16 Sep, 2013 - 16:57Viveka continues to approach the question of how we each live the Dharma. Part 2 of a 3-part series. Wednesday September 18, 7 PM.

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Sangha Night: Living Dharma

Posted by marysalome on Sun, 8 Sep, 2013 - 15:59

Sangha Night: Living Dharma

Posted by marysalome on Sun, 8 Sep, 2013 - 15:59Our theme continues with a different perspective as Viveka takes on the question of how we each live the Dharma. Part 1 of a 3-part series. Wednesday September 11, 7 PM.

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Sangha Night: Welcome back to the Fall Season

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 3 Sep, 2013 - 00:52

Sangha Night: Welcome back to the Fall Season

Posted by marysalome on Tue, 3 Sep, 2013 - 00:52At Sangha NIght this week, Viveka will lead this mainly social evening and give us a brief preview of events coming up this fall, including a 3-week Dharma series she herself is leading September 11 to 25. This is a great opportunity to get your own questions answered and also to bring any friends and/or family who may be interested in what we do here. 7-9 PM, Wednesday September 4.

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