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Thursday Evening Practice

  • 11 Jun 2026
  • 31 Dec 2026
  • 29 sessions
  • 11 Jun 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 18 Jun 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 25 Jun 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 02 Jul 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 09 Jul 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 16 Jul 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 23 Jul 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 30 Jul 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 06 Aug 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 13 Aug 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 20 Aug 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 27 Aug 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 03 Sep 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 10 Sep 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 24 Sep 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 01 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 08 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 15 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 22 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 29 Oct 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EDT)
  • 05 Nov 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 12 Nov 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 19 Nov 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 26 Nov 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 03 Dec 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 10 Dec 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 17 Dec 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 24 Dec 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • 31 Dec 2026, 7:30 PM 9:00 PM (EST)
  • In Person and Zoom

Thursday Evening Practice

This is a hybrid event: in person at our Hospital Drive location, and also on Zoom at our regular Zoom link (click here). We begin at 7:30 and sit together for 40 minutes. After this Gareth will offer a teaching/ talk (see below for topics), then open up for questions, reflections and discussion.


Current Talk Series

On September 10th we will be finishing our series of talks on breath meditation, and after taking a one-week break, we will begin a new series of talks titled "The Essentials of Buddhist Meditation". This course covers the universal practices of Buddhist meditation, and both in structure and content it follows the way this was outlined in a seminal text of the same title by the Chinese Master Zhiyi. This course and Zhiyi's text are hands on, practical, and accessible: they are about how we can actually improve our practice and our lives.

Each talk will be self-contained and stand independently, so feel free to drop in occasionally and to not do so when you feel like it. And the talks will all be recorded so you can catch up on any you miss.

After this series is completed, which will likely take 2-3 months, upcoming series include:

  • Satipatthana Sutta
  • The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
  • The Platform Sutra

Schedule

 Dates

Topic/Material

 Aug 6th Meditation on the Breath: Six Dharma Gates to Sublime Part3
 Aug 13th  Meditation on the Breath: Six Dharma Gates to Sublime Part4 and Guided Meditation3
 Aug 20th  Meditation on the Breath: Leaving China and going to Thailand
 Aug 27th Meditation on the Breath: The Thai Forest Tradition
 Sept 3rd Meditation on the Breath: Myanmar
 Sept 10th Meditation on the Breath: From SE Asia to the West 
 Sept 17th CLOSED DUE TO RESIDENTIAL RETREAT 
 Sept 24th Essentials of Buddhist Meditation (New Series)

YouTube Playlists of Current and Prior Study Series

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