Details There’s no greater holy occasion than the full moon of May for Buddhists, this year near the end of May. Not only the final birthday of our great Teacher, it marks his enlightenment day and the date of his passing away. The holiday is called Vesak. In some Buddhist countries in southeast Asia the […]

New Year’s Eve Daylong Meditation Retreat – Sun Dec 31st – Great Woods Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (Tenative) The exact hours are tentative, more details later. Bring your own lunch. * New Year’s Eve Daylong Meditation Retreat – Sun Dec 31st – Great Woods Sunday, Dec 31, 2017, 9:00 AM Location details […]

*special* DAYLONG RETREAT Sun April 2 with Ayya Sobhana, Great Woods (10am-4pm) Sunday Retreat – A special time for meditation and invigoration in nature. RSVP Here Ayya Sobhana Bhikkhuni, Abbess of Awakening Forest Monastery and member of the Dhammadharini Buddhist nuns’ community in California, has kindly agreed to come share Dhamma teachings. She will be […]

Saturday, September 17, 2016 10:30 AM to 1:45 PM at the Charlotte Buddhist Vihara   located at  3423 Stonehaven Drive, Charlotte, NC (map) Full Schedule: 9:00-10:15 am – Optional Hard-Core (silent non-guided) Meditation followed by break; 10:30 am – Dhamma teaching focused on ancient poetry of earliest enlightened Buddhist bhikkhunis (nuns); 11:30 am – Refuge & […]