The Doorway to Freedom and Peace Retreat, with Erin Treat and Yong Oh

This on-land, overnight silent retreat will be held at Spirit Rock. We will explore the Three Characteristics—all things are impermanent (annica), ultimately unreliable (dukkha) and ownerless (anatta.).

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Tassajara Retreat - this event is sold out

The True Dharma Eye of Women: Uncovering Stories of Ancient Enlightened Women

with Professor Jan Willis, Abbess Mako Voelkel, Marcia Lieberman & Heather Iarusso

 This five-day retreat will include morning and evening meditation, work with the community and afternoon teaching sessions that explore stories of women Buddhist teachers across the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions.

 All genders are welcome.

 The fee is $600 and spaces are limited. 

 If you are interested, please contact Renee: renee@pamelaweiss.com  

Engaging the Precepts, online through Insight Meditation Tuscon

Registration is now open for this six-session online intensive will meet Thursday evenings from 5:00-6:45PT on Zoom. All are welcome.

Each class will explore one of the five precepts of non-harming:

Not to kill, but to nurture and cherish all of life.Not to take what is not given, but to be generous.Not to misuse sexuality, but to honor intimacy in relationships.Not to lie, but to speak the truth.Not to intoxicate, but to cultivate clear awareness.

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Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, Barre, MA A Residential Retreat for Mothers and Daughters
with Kate Johnson

Oh, my heart.
You don’t have to go it alone.
Train yourself to train
Just a little more gently.

—Jenta Bhikkhunī

The roles, relationships, stories, and voices of women in Buddhism have too often been neglected and obscured. But we know they were there. Their realization, teaching, and leadership—of women who were also mothers and daughters, queens and courtesans, widows and wives—is described in the poems of awakening found in the Therigattha, the earliest extant text of women’s spiritual experiences, in which Jenta Bhikkhunī’s voice is one of many awakened ones.

In this program for mothers and daughters, we will explore women’s unique expression of spiritual life in a contemporary Buddhist space. Our time together will blend meditation instructions and periods of silence with dharma talks recounting the lives of our early female ancestors, chanting, sharing circles, guided movement, mandala drawing, and time in nature. The teachings will focus on the cultivation of heart-based, relational practices, including interactive inquiry, compassion, gratitude and forgiveness.

We are delighted to invite mothers and daughters (16 years and older) to join us in celebrating women’s wisdom, tenacity, tenderness and joy. This program is open to mothers and daughters who identify as women, including those who are trans or gender non-binary.

Loving Each Moment Retreat, with Eugene Cash

This on-land, overnight silent retreat will be held at Spirit Rock. We will explore the simplicity of being and the heart’s capacity to awaken to loving ourselves, each other and the world.

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Walking the Bodhisattva Path:
The Three Pure Precepts

April-June: Tuesday evenings 5:30-7:00pm PT 

Dates: April 16 & 30, May 14 & 28, and June 11.

In this seminar we will take up the overarching vows for walking the Path:

• Avoid doing harm;

• Cultivate good; and 

• Live for the benefit of all beings

Each seminar will include an exploration of walking the spiritual path and the archetype of the Bodhisattva—a person committed to alleviating suffering, whose wisdom and compassion are rooted in the truth of our deep connectedness. Our study and practice together will include talks, reading, reflection and discussion, with an emphasis on integration into daily life.  

If you are unable to attend the seminars “live,” all of the talks will be recorded, and all readings and assignments will be available through a dedicated online portal. 

The seminars are open to all. For those who are interested, these essential teachings are part of the study and practice for receiving formal Bodhisattva vows. 

For more information or to register, please contact Renee: renee@pamelaweiss.com.

The price of the seminar is a sliding scale of $75-$200.

Please pay at the highest level you are able. For those who are able to pay at the higher end, your generosity supports those with limited resources or who are unable to pay at this time. 

Bozeman Dharma Center: Finding True Refuge

Evening Dharma talk and Weekend retreat

More information to come…

Walking the Bodhisattva Path: Engaging the Precepts

Online: Seven Tuesday evenings, 5:00-6:30pm PT
September 12-December 5

 Not to kill, but to nurture and cherish all of life.
Not to take what is not given, but to be generous.
Not to lie, but to speak the truth.
Not to misuse sexuality, but to honor intimacy in relationships.
Not to intoxicate, but to cultivate clear awareness.

This Fall, I will offer a bi-monthly seminar on the first five Precepts—the ethical backbone of Buddhist  practice. In a world rife with division and discord, the Precepts offer guidelines for meeting our individual and collective difficulties with skill, integrity and kindness.

 Over the course of four months, we will examine each of the precepts from two sides: avoiding harm; and cultivating beneficial thought, speech and action. Our study and practice will include talks, reading, reflection and discussion, with an emphasis on integration into daily life.

The seminar will include an exploration of walking the spiritual path and the archetype of the Bodhisattva—a person committed to alleviating suffering, whose wisdom and compassion are rooted in the truth of our deep connectedness.

If you are unable to attend the seminars “live,” all of the talks will be recorded, and all readings and assignments will be available through a dedicated online portal.

 All are welcome.

For more information or to register, please contact Renee: renee@pamelaweiss.com.

Walking the Bodhisattva Path: Engaging the Precepts is offered on a sliding scale from $100-$350. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please pay at the highest level you are able. For those who are able to pay at the higher end, your generosity supports those with limited resources or who are unable to pay at this time.

This seminar provides the foundational teachings for those who wish to formally receive the Bodhisattva Precepts as part of a Bodhisattva Initiation ceremony. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Renee to set up a call with Pamela: renee@pamelaweiss.com.