Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
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Three spaces will be held for self-identified BIPOC participants until eight weeks before the course begins. At that time, if the three spaces remain unfilled they will be open to anyone who would like to join the course. Therefore, please don’t hesitate to join a waitlist.
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Feb 3, 2023 - Feb 6, 2023
Buddhism and Psychotherapy: A Healing Partnership
Pilar Jennings
Space Available
Residential
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Feb 10, 2023 - Feb 15, 2023
Unlocking the Potential of the Buddha’s Path to Awakening
Ajahn Brahmali
Space Limited
Residential
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Feb 17, 2023 - Feb 20, 2023
A Path Through Life: Cultivating Clarity, Discernment, and Freedom
Chris Crotty
Space Limited
Residential
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Feb 23, 2023 - Feb 26, 2023
Listening & Speaking from Silence: A Deepening Exploration of Relationality
Peace Twesigye, Janet Surrey, Brent Beresford
Space Limited
Residential
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Mar 3, 2023 - Mar 7, 2023
Effort, Intention, and Entrustment: A Sustainable Path to Realization
Ayya Dhammadīpā
Space Available
Residential
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Mar 10, 2023 - Mar 13, 2023
Spacious, Vibrant, and Responsive: A Dzogchen Ecology for the Anthropocene
Adam Lobel
Space Available
Residential
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Mar 30, 2023 - Apr 2, 2023
Story and Song: Learning and Living with Buddhist Chant
Chenxing Han, Trent Walker
Space Available
Residential
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Apr 4, 2023 - Apr 9, 2023
Gladdening the Heart-Mind: Bringing Joy to the Fore On and Off the Cushion
Susan Morgan, Bill Morgan
Space Available
Residential
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Apr 20, 2023 - Apr 30, 2023
Jhānas and Emptiness
Leigh Brasington, Heather Sundberg
Waitlist Only
Residential
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May 5, 2023 - May 10, 2023
Mindfulness, Soulfulness, and Socially Engaged Practice-Retreat 1
Rhonda Magee
Waitlist Only
Residential
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May 12, 2023 - May 17, 2023
Becoming a Noble Disciple: Cultivating the Mind and Life of the Ariyasāvako
Ayya Santussika
Space Available
Residential
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May 19, 2023 - May 24, 2023
Freedom Through Storytelling: A Retreat for People of Black African Descent
Kate Johnson, Lawrence Barriner II
Space Available
Residential
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May 26, 2023 - May 30, 2023
Be Not Afraid: Embodying the Presence of Maitreya, the Future Buddha
Larry Ward, Peggy Rowe-Ward
Lottery Open
Residential
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Jun 2, 2023 - Jun 5, 2023
Buddhist Approaches to Compassionate Care of the Dying
Cheryl Giles, Chris Berlin
Space Available
Residential
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Jun 14, 2023 - Jun 17, 2023
Self Power and Other Power in Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Mark Unno, Polly Young-Eisendrath
Space Available
Residential
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Jul 2, 2023 - Jul 6, 2023
The Practice, Power, and Challenges of Skillfully Engaging Views (ditthi)
Akincano Weber
Space Available
Residential
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Jul 28, 2023 - Aug 1, 2023
Uncovering the Unconditional Love and Wisdom of our Buddha Nature
John Makransky, Paul Condon
Space Available
Residential
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Jul 28, 2023 - Aug 19, 2023
Touching the Earth: A Homestead Retreat for Young Adults
Kirstin Edelglass, Dawn Scott, Clayton Moon Clemetson, Larkspur Morton, Rupert Marques, William Edelglass
By Application
Residential
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Aug 3, 2023 - Aug 6, 2023
Mothers, Sisters, Seekers, Friends: Stories of Struggle and Transformation
Wendy Garling, Charles Hallisey, Georgia Kashnig, Janet Surrey
Space Available
Residential
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Aug 11, 2023 - Aug 15, 2023
Roots and Refuge: An Asian American Buddhist Writing Retreat
Chenxing Han
By Application
Residential
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Aug 18, 2023 - Aug 23, 2023
Awakening Together: An Insight Dialogue BIPOC Retreat
Tuere Sala, Peace Twesigye
Space Available
Residential
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Aug 25, 2023 - Aug 27, 2023
Buddhist Resources for Engaging the Climate Crisis
Chris Ives
Space Available
Residential
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Sep 8, 2023 - Sep 12, 2023
Expanding the Contexts of Care: A Buddhist Chaplains Retreat
Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Space Available
Residential
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Sep 15, 2023 - Sep 19, 2023
The Mind: A Buddhist Exploration
John Dunne
Space Available
Residential
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Sep 21, 2023 - Sep 24, 2023
Becoming Free Together: Refuge, Liberation, and Belonging
Duncan Ryūken Williams
Space Available
Residential
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Sep 28, 2023 - Oct 1, 2023
Grief, Joy, and Awakening: An Insight Meditation Retreat
David Chernikoff
Space Available
Residential
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Oct 6, 2023 - Oct 8, 2023
Lions of the Wilderness: Early Buddhist Nature Poetry
Andrew Olendzki
Space Available
Residential
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Oct 13, 2023 - Oct 15, 2023
Self and Awakening in Psychoanalysis and Zen
Barry Magid, Max Erdstein
Space Available
Residential
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Nov 3, 2023 - Nov 6, 2023
Sacred Justice for Our World: Embodying Compassion and Equanimity
Kaira Jewel Lingo, Konda Mason
Lottery Open
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Nov 10, 2023 - Nov 12, 2023
Silent Illumination: The Practice and Realization of Natural Awakened Mind
GuoGu
Space Available
Residential
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Nov 16, 2023 - Nov 19, 2023
The Power of Friendship on the Noble Eightfold Path
Janet Surrey, Charles Hallisey
Space Available
Residential
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Dec 8, 2023 - Dec 11, 2023
Black Spirituals & Protest Songs: Singing for Personal & Social Liberation
Melanie L. Harris, Joshuah Brian Campbell
Space Available
Residential
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