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Working Guest Spotlight: Wilder Geier
October 13, 2023The BCBS Working Guest program enables volunteers to practice and study the dharma while living and working on campus. Working Guest tasks are varied and include working in the garden, maintaining the grounds, housekeeping, and helping out on opening and closing days. Working Guests work alongside BCBS staff members in exchange for room and partial board and have access to the library and meditation hall as well as occasional programs and dharma talks by teachers. Wilder Geier is spending … [Read more...]
Made With Metta: Lentil Loaf with Red Pepper Sauce
October 13, 2023Cooking is an act of love and care for our chefs, and this lentil loaf with red pepper sauce is the ultimate comfort food. Chefs Zack and Tarrah warmed our spirits with this dish last weekend, and it was perfect for the crisp fall day. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Lentil Loaf with Red Pepper Sauce Download Recipe PDF Serves 10 Lentil Loaf 2 1/2 cups red lentils 5 cups water 2 1/2 cups cooked brown rice 2 1/2 cups oat flakes 2 1/2 tablespoons flax meal and 1/2 cup water … [Read more...]
Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat
October 10, 2023BCBS hosted the Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat, led by Tuere Sala and Peace Twesigye, in August 2023. Two yogis, Subha Srinivasan and Raymond Chin, from the Valley Insight Meditation Society wrote reflections on their experiences for their Sangha and generously offered to share their thoughts with us. Awakening Together Reflections by Subha Srinivasan I attended a five-day Insight Dialogue BIPOC retreat at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies (BCBS) this past August. This … [Read more...]
Working Guest Spotlight – Nikhil Mandalaparthy
October 4, 2023The BCBS Working Guest program enables volunteers to practice and study the dharma while living and working on campus. Working Guest tasks are varied and include working in the garden, maintaining the grounds, housekeeping, and helping out on opening and closing days. Working Guests work alongside BCBS staff members in exchange for room and partial board and have access to the library and meditation hall as well as occasional programs and dharma talks by teachers. Nikhil Mandalaparthy spent … [Read more...]
Made With Metta: Curried Chickpeas
October 2, 2023Cooking is an act of love and care for our chefs, and this curried chickpea recipe is no exception. Chef Zack brought this recipe back to life while exploring an archived cookbook. During an unusually cold and rainy retreat last weekend, Chef Tarrah warmed our hearts and spirits with this generous offering. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Curried Chickpeas Download Recipe PDF Servings: 10 1/3 cup Olive oil 1 1/4 pounds Onions diced 1 1/4 pounds Sweet Potatoes 1/8 cup Garlic … [Read more...]
Home-Leaving and Refuge at the First Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat
August 23, 2023by Ryan Lee Wong August 23, 2023 I’d believed this gathering was impossible—not because I’d tried and failed to do it, but because my imagination hadn’t allowed me to conceive of it. Last weekend I attended Roots and Refuge: An Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat. It was the first of its kind, organized by Chenxing Han and hosted by the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. Thirty-two of us gathered from around the country—from Hawaii to California to Illinois to Texas to New … [Read more...]
Speculative Views Sutra (February 2023)
February 20, 2023In “Speculative Views Sutra,” Mu Soeng, inspired by the Cula-Malunkyovada Sutta, MN 63, explores the relationship between liberation and letting go of speculative views. Mu Soeng is Scholar Emeritus at BCBS. He trained in the (Korean) Zen tradition and was a monk for eleven years. He is the author of Thousand Peaks: Korean Zen (Tradition and Teachers); The Diamond Sutra: Transforming the Way We Perceive the World; Trust in Mind: The Rebellion of Chinese Zen; The Heart of the Universe: … [Read more...]
Dukkha without Tanha: Integrating Buddhist Insights and Neuropsychology
August 8, 2022Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His six books have been published in 30 languages and include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture - with over a million copies in English alone. His free newsletters have 220,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. He’s lectured at NASA, … [Read more...]
The Value of Seclusion
August 8, 2022Walt Opie was first introduced to insight meditation in 1993 and began sitting retreats in 2005. Currently, his most influential teachers include Bhikkhu Anālayo, Joseph Goldstein, Sayadaw U Tejaniya, and Gil Fronsdal. Walt is a graduate of the 2017-2021 IMS Teacher Training Program, as well as Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders program. He has led sitting groups for people in recovery and served as a volunteer teacher in several California prisons. A pdf version of this article can be … [Read more...]
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