Join us for weekly Compassion Meditation with the Tayo Clinic. Sessions led by JJ Kishin Sarah Saleemi.

Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation followed by a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.

How is Cosmopolitan Zen different then Rinzai or Soto? What are the guiding principles from which we orient our Zen practice at Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society? This one-hour introduction offers an overview to the principles and practices of Cosmopolitan Zen.

Join us for weekly Compassion Meditation with the Tayo Clinic. Sessions led by JJ Kishin Sarah Saleemi.

Join for our biweekly online ceremony. After connecting with sangha members, join us in performing the morning service followed by a meditation and a dharma talk by Ekai Joel Kreisberg entitled “You are not your body, feelings and thoughts - Preparing to Untangle.”

Session One - Shamatha Meditation

With the help of The Mind Illuminated by Culadasa - Ekai Roshi will lead this 3 hour offering devoted to establishing a meditation practice with clarity as well as a metacognative approach that allows one to monitor one’s own progress on the cushion.

Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation followed by a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.

Join us for WISH: Unbound. These mindfulness meditation sessions are tailored specifically to women and led by JJ Kishin Sarah Saleemi.

The Lotus Circle Community is a global circle of committed practitioners within Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society. It is open to members of the sangha who wish to continue walking the Bodhisattva path in everyday life, supported by a community of shared vow. Please join us for our first Lotus Circle Council. This is an opportunity to share what deeply matters, and to witness others as they too share meaningfully.

Join us for weekly Compassion Meditation with the Tayo Clinic. Sessions led by JJ Kishin Sarah Saleemi.

Join us for our weekly community meditation. We begin each session with a check-in. Ekai Joel Kreisberg will lead us in a guided meditation followed by a weekly teaching, discussion and question and response.

Join the Shining Bright Lotus sangha as we welcome Emyo Darlene Tataryn to kick off our eight-week journey through Shakyamuni’s seminal teachings on the Eightfold Path beginning with Right View.

Traditional Rinzai Zen offers very little meditative instructions focusing on Shikantaza, just sitting, or koans, stories that facilitate exploring awareness beyond dhyana. With the help of pointing out instructions, koans can be a way of developing a more effective and more complete meditative practice.

We seek to listen to our community members. as a commitment to respecting ourselves and others. Join us as we speak from the heart, and listen to the wisdom of the community. All are welcome.

During this retreat, Nanda will guide practitioners through contemplative practices and facilitate a deeper understanding of how to cultivate awareness and how to use that awareness to improve our lives on and off the cushion.

Committing to our values as a community strengthens our ability to embody our ideals. Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society is pleased to be offering a quarterly online ceremony where we can connect and commit to the precepts together.

The Lotus Circle Community is a global circle of committed practitioners within Shining Bright Lotus Meditation Society. It is open to members of the sangha who wish to continue walking the Bodhisattva path in everyday life, supported by a community of shared vow. Please join us for our first Lotus Circle Council. This is an opportunity to share what deeply matters, and to witness others as they too share meaningfully.

In the Buddhist tradition, ringing the bell 108 times rids us of the 108 delusions that we suffer on earth. Through this ritual, we purify ourselves of the past year’s three poisons: greed, anger and delusion.