Welcome to the Santa Monica Buddhist Meditation Meetup Our classes are hosted by Sakya Samten Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist center from the Sakya Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and one of the four major traditions of Buddhism in Tibet. The meditation technique is simple and very good for both beginners and those with some previous experience of meditation. Each class gives an introduction to two types of Buddhist meditation, a guided calm-abiding meditation to develop a clear and peaceful state of …

This is an established meditation group running for more than 6 years opening up to new members using meetup.com. We are an small group that is non-dogmatic, non-sectarian and primarily focused on meditation practice and sutta study. The group meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at a private residence in Los Feliz near Griffith Park. Meetings consist of a 20 minute silent meditation followed by a 40 minute dharma/sutta talk led by Sunim Hye Wol, followed by another 20 minute sit. Afterw …

Are you ready to get rid of your stress, get happier, and become more loving? Want to lose your anger, annoyance, and frustration. Would you love to have a calmer, more peaceful mind? Meditation can help you accomplish all this. With the extra help of 2600 years of Buddhist wisdom, the classes I offer can help you learn how to feel good all the time. I am an American Buddhist nun who leads classes in meditation that are based on Buddha’s teachings (called “dharma”). After several years of offeri …

Hello Do you want to be happy? Do you know how to be happy? Sounds like a silly question, but most of us don't! Although earning piles of money, finding a wonderful partner or 'the perfect job' may seem like the answer for a while, eventually life teaches us that true happiness lies elsewhere! Well, welcome to the Los Angeles Meetup Group “Buddhist Methods for Developing True Happiness & Wellbeing”. We are a group of friendly, sincere, warm-hearted Buddhist practitioners studying Mahayana & Vajr …

Prajnaparamita Buddhist Center in Santa Monica is the second Kadampa Buddhist Center in Los Angeles. Opened in 2006, its purpose is to provide a facility where the people of west Los Angeles can train in meditation and other practices of Kadampa Buddhism. The center offers a range of meditation classes, study programs, chanted meditations and weekend events. The classes combine guided meditation with practical advice on how to reduce stress and solve problems in daily life. Taught by Westerners, …

WE ARE AN ASSOCIATION OF OPEN MINDED NONSECTARIAN BUDDHISTS TO MEET, GREET, EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE, LEARN AND CHAT RE:BUDDHISM. PLEASE JOIN IF YOU WANT TO MEET LIKE MINDED PEOPLE AND ENJOY MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT. make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge. Digha Nikaya, 16 Do not pursue the past. Do not lose yourself in the future. The past no longer is. The future has not yet come. Looking deeply at life as it is. I …

Mahasukha Center serves as the home of the Asian Classics Institute of Los Angeles (ACI-LA). ACI-LA is a charitable, non-profit organization that offers the authentic yoga, meditation and philosophy teachings of the Dalai Lama’s lineage of Tibetan Buddhism for the modern lifestyle of the West. Please join our meetup to stay connected and be informed of our events.

With crazy amounts of gratitude, Welcome! Take what resonates and leave the rest... **Please know the number of of RSVPs on MeetUp does NOT reflect how many people will be at class. The average number of people attending our group is 20-25. Thank you so much for joining our wonderful group! Come meditate with us. No registration is necessary, all are welcome and it's totally free! Simply, we are using the 2,600 year old tradition in the context of the 21st century to cultivate love and compassio …

Take a day for yourself. This day-long meditation retreat is led by facilitators trained by Shinzen Young (who has developed an innovative contemporary system of mindfulness meditation that is being studied at Harvard, Yale and other prestigious institutions.) Come for any or all of the day. Instructions in the morning with a few guided meditations during the day and an opportunity to meet privately with facilitators to ask about your practice - whatever your practice may be. "Support" is the ke …

This is a very informal meditation technique, designed to allow you, no matter what your experience, to "Start where you are". The form of meditation that I teach is based on Tibetan Buddhist meditation, using both mindfullness and single pointed meditation, along with breathing, chakra work, and movement.  Since I am fascinated with consciousness and the brain, I try to demystify some of how we operate mentally through what I have learned about neuroscience, I have been a meditation student for …

This is a group for anyone interested in Meditation. A little background about our GURU. Gurunanda Meditation has been started by Puneet Nanda; a native Indian enterpreneur who started and built a great business in USA. One fine day after unwanted Hospital stay at age 39 he realized LIFE is not all about running after material things. His life direction changed where he started looking around in search of TRUTH. Over the last 6 years he went thru various ASHRAMs meditation camps and met several …

What: We meet every Saturday for a guided meditation and discussion. We practice Mindfulness Meditation (Vipassana) in the style of Shinzen Young. ALL are welcome! The group is led by Jessica Graham. Jessica studies meditation with Shinzen Young and Michael Taft and has been teaching since 2009. She regularly contributes to the blog deconstructingyourself.com. No experience necessary. Where: Silverlake Independent Jewish Community Center Dance Studio 1110 Bates Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029 (Ente …

This is for anyone looking for heart expanding mediations in a group setting, just for the peace of it! Meditations will be universal and focus mainly on love and compassion. The purpose will be to move into a greater peace within oneself and also be a pillar of good vibes for the community. All are welcome, no meditation experience necessary, just a willing, open heart.

Mindfulness Meditation is a tool that can enhance and benefit one's life. It has been used to reduce stress in one's life, heal trauma and emotions, as well as contribute to the development of one's spiritual path. This group is meant to offer information and events that relate to the cultivation of Awareness and Mindfulness in one's everyday life through meditation and other contemplative tools. Events listed will be in the southern California area.

"Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states." -Shantideva The time to wake up is now! Through Meditation we are able to come closer to ourselves and realize the basic truth , that we can discover ourselves, we can work with ourselves. This group is for anyone interested in coming closer to themselves. Anyone that needs to heal emotionally and grow spiritually. This group is open to everyone and anyone. We will start out with a Dharma talk and then proceed in …

Looking to create a group for serious-minded,yet light-hearted Souls who wish to explore and learn practical,effective and TRUE means to increase their HAPPINESS, STRENGTH,PEACE ,and SELF-REALIZATION through authentic practice of QIGONG EXERCISE and FORMAL SITTING MEDITATION. If you're tired of all the"Meta-fufu" and fake,non-helpful,and even exploitative material,that attempts to pass itself off as real spirituality,especially here in SoCal.,then this is the place for you! I have over 40 years …

Once a week on Sunday 5pm to 6:30 pm. We meet at Temple Chua Phat Tue in Riverside. Vietnamese Monk Quang Tri Thich and Shri Lankan Monk Bhante Dehiwala Vajira will be giving a Dharma Talk and Teaching Meditation to awaken the inner peace that is within us all. Based on the 2500 year old teachings of the Buddha. All are welcome.

Meditation & Buddhist Study with Dharma Teacher Khedrub Zangmo. We meet every Wednesday from 7pm - 9pm for Meditation, Teachings and Discussion, at the Pasadena Senior Center, in the Dance Studio. The class usually consists of 45 minutes guided meditation, 15 minutes break and 1 hour discussion. We meet every Wednesday from 7pm - 9pm for Meditation, Teachings, and Discussion, unless there is a special arrangement. (Please check our calendar for changes and updates) The class usually consists o …

Bi-weekly Gathering with Mindful Sitting & Breathing for Young Adults Looking for peace in life? Tired of the surroundings that are overloaded with intolerance, craving, anger and despair? We feel the same way, that's why we get together every other Saturday to practice mindfulness and cultivate peace in ourselves. Come join us! People of all faiths, with or without experience in meditation are welcome.We meet locally here in Altadena and within San Gabriel Valley. We encourage young adults to …

This group is for all interested in meditation and other related activities. Our group offers various activities that help bring wellness and balance into our lives.  Our meditation practice is Mindfulness Meditation but we are open to learning about and sharing other meditation philosophies. Our group is open to all faiths and belief systems. The purpose of this group is to share various life-tools to harness the inner peace and happiness that is within each and everyone of us. With a little co …

Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation, coming from the Buddha himself over twenty five hundred years ago, but necessary now more than ever. Our group of Insight Meditation sits on the second and fourth Sunday of each month, from 1-3 PM at the Mary and Joseph Retreat Center (in the Chapel), 5300 Crest Road, Rancho Palos Verdes 90275. Our "sits" consist of forty minutes of silent sitting meditation, twenty minutes of "mindf …

I'm starting this group to offer an introduction to basics of Zen meditation, seated and walking style. With discussion and instruction. In a casual and non-religious setting. All level & style of meditators welcome.

We meet to practice mindful walking (kinhin) and meditation in Griffith Park. The Buddha attained enlightenment sitting under a tree, but we aren't that lazy. Take a nice stroll through the park while clearing your head!

We are an LGBTQ group dedicated to cultivating our spiritual identity while embracing our sexual identity, and developing our connections to ourselves, our families, and our communities. We learn and practice Vipassana meditation, cultivate awareness and mindfulness, develop wisdom and compassion by exploring the teachings of the Buddha. We are an inclusive group that welcomes all in our wonderfully diverse Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual,Transgender, Queer community in Los Angeles. We meet at, and are …

Centering Prayer is a prayer of intention—of consenting to God’s action and presence within in each moment, and letting go of our reactive emotional programs. It includes listening to/watching a reading/video/story, etc, meditation, reflective sharing, and a potluck. Come and listen, meditate, and eat with us!

Cultivate more joy in and out! Open your heart and become an even greater beacon of joy for the world. We practice the Yoga of Joy (Tibetan & Primordial Yoga from Dakini Yuan Miao) to create inner peace, compassion and wisdom--using mantras, mudras, visualizations, postures, and breathwork. We also practice Vajra wind breath techniques and other spontaneous, energetic Himalayan healing/meditation practices. We are dedicated to celebrating our true natures: love, joy and abundance! We also engage …

The Treeleaf Zen Sitting Group is group of Zen Practitioners who meet on the first Tuesday of each month. We are affiliated with the Treeleaf Zendo, a Soto Zen Sangha. Treeleaf is directed by Teachers Jundo Cohen and Taigu Turlur. Our practice is in the Soto lineage of Masters Eihei Dogen and Gudo Wafu Nishijima. We practice Shikantaza ”just sitting”. The sitting group consists to two 15-minute periods of Zazen and one 5-minute period kinhin (walking meditation) conducted by Treeleaf lay member …

Zenshuji is a Sōtō Zen temple dedicated to bringing the 2,500-year-old teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha to America as illuminated by Dōgen Zenji and Keizan Zenji, the Two Founders of Sōtō Zen Buddhism. Our mission is to offer the ethnically diverse area of greater Los Angeles guidance in Sōtō Zen practice for those interested in satisfying spiritual, intellectual, and social needs. Zenshuji is located in the heart of Los Angeles in the Little Tokyo/Arts District area. We offer Zen practice for all …