Evening Uposatha Session
This evening starting at 8pm EST will be our biweekly Uposatha gathering to mark the New Moon. More information can be found at:
Upavana Fall Newsletter
The latest Upavana newsletter is out, a bit early for the fall season to let everyone know about upcoming events in September.
If you didn’t get the email, you can see it here: UPAVANA FALL NEWSLETTER
You can sign up for the newsletter at the bottom of any page!
Daylong Today ‘Sense Restraint’
Tomorrow on July 31, Upavana will be hosting an online daylong retreat on ZOOM around ‘Sense Restraint’.
All the details can be found here:
Combined Programs Wednesday
This Wednesday, Tea Time and the Uposatha will overlap. Both programs will be held, with an informal chat beginning at 7pm EST. Meditation will be from 8pm-8:45pm, followed by refuges and precepts, then a reflection on dhamma.
Come for all or part!
Independence Day
Come get free! Extra sittings with us in Shelburne:
6am
10am
Come join lunch at 11am!
4pm
7:15pm
Upavana Summer Newsletter
The Upavana Summer Newsletter has been mailed, and can be found at:
https://mailchi.mp/9d6c26f69393/upavana-january2022-newsletter-7271041
Daily Sittings and Dana
Tahn Pamutto has returned to residence in Shelburne, MA, where he has plans to be for much of the summer. This means that daily sittings will resume every weekday at the Shelburne location not far from Dhammadhara Vipassana Center. It also means he will be easy to find and largely relying on pre-arranged alms offerings. If you are interested in being part of offering a meal, please see the page Sangha – Upavana.org
Every morning Mon-Fri, 6am, there will be a one hour meditation followed by about 15 minutes of chanting. In addition, there will be programs in the evening, either a one hour sitting at 7:15pm or the Wednesday or Uposatha hybrid online programs. If you’d like to be kept up to date about these sittings, email [email protected]
Some Programs Cancelled
Some upcoming programs will be cancelled because no host was found – the Uposatha on May 16 and the Wednesday Tea on the 18th.
The Lay Sangha Chat will still happen as usual, and Tahn Pamutto will definitely be back for the following tea program on the 25th and the Uposatha on the 30th.
Upcoming Retreat
Next week, from Sat, Feb 19 until Sat, Feb 26th, we’ll be having a full retreat schedule here at the Shelburne, MA apartment. It will begin at 6am with morning puja and conclude with an evening sit. During the day there will be regular times for group meditation as well as scheduled breaks. There may be talks or reflections given which can be recorded.
If you live in the area and would like to participate in some capacity, send an email to [email protected] for more information.
New Moon, New Year
Happy New Year! Today is both the Uposatha and the beginning of the Chinese Year of the Tiger. As we usually do on the New and Full Moons, we’ll be having our Uposatha program in a few hours, at 8pm EST, in the Upavana Zoom Meeting.
See you there!