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Most of our regular Wednesday evening and Saturday morning practices are offered in-person at our Dharma Center and simultaneously on zoom. Everyone is welcome to join us. Dharma Refuge is located at Covenant United Methodist Church (2nd Floor) 1124 Culver Rd. Rochester, NY 14609 Parking is available in the rear lot behind the church. There is an elevator off the rear lobby of the church, which will take you to the center on the second floor. Zoom participation Join here, or cut and paste this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875356946?pwd=MkUyNWk4YjNMQnlwaFFkeFpmZTVpUT09 |
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Wednesdays, 7-8:30 PM
Regular Wednesday practices included guided meditation and are followed by a Dharma talk. We offer a mix of live and recorded talks and once a month our practice is followed by sangha conversation. We have quarterly All Sangha meetings to hear from the sangha and to share news and updates from committees, our board of directors and our spiritual advisor. The second Wednesday of every month through April 2024 we are featuring meditation training. You can learn more about that here.
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Saturdays - 10:00 AM - noon
Regular Saturday practices include two 40 minute sittings with a break in between. The first session is includes meditation guidance. The formal practice ends at 11:30 and everyone is welcome to stay for informal sangha discussion and visiting. Two Saturday's a month feature our Bodhisattva Training: Becoming Beings of Wisdom and Love. You can learn more about that here.
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The moment you begin to question that things may not be as they seem, the structure of delusion begins to fall away.
—Aryadeva
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