"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." --Martin Luther King, Jr. "Hatred never ends through hatred. By non-hatred alone does it end. This is an ancient truth."--the Buddha
Larry Yang is trained as a psychotherapist, consults in cultural diversity, and has been developing contemplative approaches to exploring multiculturalism and oppression. Larry is most interested in creating access to the Dharma for communities who have felt the experience of exclusion or difference. He is in teacher-training with Jack Kornfield, and has practiced extensively in Myanmar and Thailand. Larry has spent six months in Thailand ordaining and practicing as a monk in the Theravadin lineage under meditation master, Ajahn Tong. For information about Larry, please visit the website of the PBS show, "Boomers: Redefining Life after Fifty,": http://www.boomerstv.com/episodes_episode.php?epid=31
Larry's teaching schedule (subject to Impermanence!)
The East Bay Meditation Center
The East Bay Meditation Center opened on January 20, 2007 with its location at 2147 Broadway at 22nd Street in downtown Oakland, California (near the 19th Street BART). The vision of EBMC is to serve the very diverse communities of Oakland and the East Bay. We have the intention to keep the Center sustained on an all-Dana (or voluntary donations) model, which means that there will be no fee charged for any events except fund-raisers, and practitioners will be offered the chance to practice Generosity at the end of the event. We invite everyone to practice here and find their spiritual home. For more information about EBMC and events, please email
admin@eastbaymeditation.org or visit our website at www.eastbaymeditation.org
EBMC Mission Statement Founded in a celebration of diversity, the East Bay Meditation Center welcomes everyone seeking to end suffering and cultivate happiness. Our mission is to foster liberation, personal and interpersonal healing, social action, and inclusive community building. We offermindfulness practices and teachings on wisdom and compassion from Buddhist and other spiritual traditions. Rooted in our commitment to diversity, we operate with transparent democratic governance, generosity-based economics, and environmental sustainability.
The altar at the East Bay Meditation Center
2010 events
Tues, Jan 5 - Feb 16, 7:00 to 9:00pm - 7-week class series:
"Transformation of the Heart: Practices in Generosity, Kindness,
Compassion, Forgiveness, Joy, Equanimity, and Gratitude" at East Bay
Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway, Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Mon, Jan 11, 7:15 to 9:15pm - Ongoing Monday night Sangha at
Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA. www.spiritrock.org
Thurs, Jan 14 to Feb 18, 7:00 to 9:00pm - 6-week Beginning
Meditation class series at Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA. www.spiritrock.org
Fri, Jan 15 to Mon, Jan 18 - "Honoring the Dream: A 3
Day Insight Meditation Retreat - Bringing our Cultures together on Martin Luther
King, Jr Weekend" with Julie Wester, Larry Yang, Shahara Godfrey and Konda
Mason (Yoga) at Spirit Rock, Woodacre, CA. www.spiritrock.org
Sun, Feb 7, 9:30am to 4:30pm - "Healing Ourselves,
Healing Our Communities: A Day of Mindfulness for Therapists, Counselors, and
the Healing Professions" at East Bay Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway,
Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Fri to Tues, Feb 12 to 16, 2010 - Commit2Dharma 4-night,
5-day residential retreat to close the C2D Program
Mondays, Mar 1, 8, 15, 22 - Four week Beginning Buddhist Meditation
Class: Dharma in the Desert at the Universalist Unitarian Church of the Desert,
72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage. Contact: mahasangha(at)sbcglobal.net
Tuesdays, Mar 2, 16, 23 - Three week Beginning Buddhist Meditation
Class: Dharma in the Desert at the Mizell Senior Center, 480 S. Sunrise Way, Palm
Springs. Call (760) 323-5689.
Tues, Mar 23, 7 to 9pm - Palm Desert Meditation group.
Contact: jlagorio(at)dc.rr.com
Sat, Mar 27, 10am to 4pm - "Holding Your Life with Kindness--The
Practice of Gratitude" a daylong meditation retreat at the Universalist
Unitarian Church of the Desert, 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage. Contact:
mahasangha(at)sbcglobal.net
Sat, Apr 24 to Thurs, Apr 29 - Residential meditation
retreat at Spirit Rock: Mindfulness for Therapists with Mark Coleman, Anna
Douglas, and Larry Yang. www.spiritrock.org
Fri, Apr 30 to Fri, May 7 - "INTIMACY WITH LIFE:
Weekend & Weeklong Residential Retreat" with Tara Brach, Larry Yang
& Pat Coffey atSevenoaks Pathwork Center, Madison, VA. Contact: La_Sarmiento(at)yahoo.com or 202-997-1399
Sun, May 16 - Commit2Dharma 2.0 begins...second
generation of this study program at EBMC
Mon, Jun 14 to Sun, Jun 20 - Annual People of Color
meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA, www.dharma.org
Mon, Jun 28 to Jul 19 - 4 week class series "The
Beautiful and Beloved Community: Building Sangha" at East Bay
Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway, Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Fri, Jul 2 to Mon, Jul 5 - "Taking Refuge" a
weekend retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender communities at
Tassajara Hot Springs. Website: http://www.sfzc.org/tassajara/display.asp?catid=&pageid=811
Wed, Jul 7 to Wed, Jul 14 - Annual People of Color
meditation retreat at Spirit Rock, www.spiritrock.org
Fri, Aug 20 to Mon, Aug 23 - "Gently Dropping into Your
Dharma--Committing to your Path" a weekend meditation retreat in the
Pacific Northwest at Camp Sahale, Tahuya WA. Contact James: Dharma(at)wamail.net
Sat, Aug 28, 9:30am to 4:30pm - "Inspiration
on the Spiritual Path" a daylong meditation retreat at East Bay
Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway, Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Mondays, Sept 6 to Sept 27, 6:30pm to 8:30pm - "The
Dharma of the Internet" a 4-week class series at East Bay
Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway, Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Sept 19 - 26 - Beginning of two-year Spirit Rock's Community
Dharma Leaders Training Program (CDL)--coordinating teachers: Eugene Cash, Gina
Sharpe, Thanissara, and Larry Yang. See http://spiritrock.org/display.asp?pageid=652&catid=2
Sun, Nov 14, 15, 16, 20 - "Diving into Dharma:
Intensive Practice Week" at East Bay Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway,
Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org. You will be asked to do 3 practice evenings
and 1 or more of the weekly sitting groups and a daylong on Sat, Nov 20th.
Sat, Nov 20, 9:30am to 4:30pm - meditation daylong at East
Bay Meditation Center, 2147 Broadway, Oakland. www.eastbaymeditation.org
Mon, Dec 13 to Sun, Dec 19 - "Forgiveness:
the Wisdom of Our Hearts" Annual Residential Meditation retreat for the
Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender communities at Spirit Rock,
www.spiritrock.org
If you feel moved to practice Dana (the practice of Generosity) in order to support Larry to teach further, please click on the above "donate" button.
The Teachings of the Buddha are regarded as priceless, so Larry offers his experience with the Dharma, freely without cost in all of the above venues. The intention is to make the teachings as accessible as possible. Whatever you offer is so greatly appreciated as his livelihood is reliant solely on individual and community support of his life work. Your contributions will allow him to continue to provide access to the Teachings to diverse, multicultural communities, as well as do multicultural awareness and change work within sanghas, dharma communities, and spiritual institutions.
Many blessings and "Anumodana" (Sharing in the Joy of Your Goodness) for your offering.
