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Giving to the Buddhist Community at MIT
The Buddhist Community at MIT is a non-sectarian and non-denominational organization fostering the practice and study of Buddha's teachings. We greatly appreciate your generous support and donation that help us fund public lectures, meditation retreats, and related events.
To make a contribution please contact Ven. Tenzin Priyadarshi through the Office of Religious Life at MIT. Online contributions can be made through the MIT Giving Site (look for account #2737293).
With Palms Together
Past Events 2011-2012
Buddhist Community Dinner
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, at 6pm(optional RSVP to eep at mit dot edu by February 19)
Join the Buddhist Community for food and informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. All are welcome! No experience with Buddhism necessary.
Cultivating Patience (On-Campus One-Day Retreat)
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10am-4pmFree for MIT students, $40 otherwise. Please register here.
Acharya Shantideva, the great 8th century Indian scholar-yogi, begins his discussion on Patience, Chapter Six in The Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, with this thunderclap verse:
"Whatever wholesome deeds,
such as venerating Buddhas, and generosity
that have been amassed over a thousand eons,
will be destroyed in a moment of anger."
Shantideva proceeds to outline why anger, hatred, and other negative emotions are not only corrosive and dangerous to this life, but also to future lives. Using battle imagery he underscores the necessity of eliminating even the slightest traces of these seemingly real, but in fact illusory enemies, that reside in one's mind and keep one in misery.
During this retreat, Ven. Tenzin Priyardarshi will combine both teaching with meditation techniques to deepen one's understanding of the dangerous hold +that negative emotions can have in life.
Buddhist Community Dinners
Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 6pm(optional RSVP to eep at mit dot edu by December 8)
Join the Buddhist Community for food and informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. All are welcome! No experience with Buddhism necessary.
Retreat on Dhammapada
(On-Campus One-Day Retreat)Saturday, November 19, 2011, 10am-4pm
Please register here.
A full day of meditation and Buddhist teachings with MIT's Buddhist chaplain. Teachings will derive from the Dhammapada, one of the most popular and revered texts in Buddhism. In the words of the Buddha himself, orally transmitted by his students and collected in 423 short verses, it captures the essence of Buddhist teaching. Compiled in the third century BCE, the text is part of the Pali Canon, the Sutta-pitaka (collections of sermons) of the Tripitaka and can he found in the Khuddaka Nikayan (collection of little texts).
The Dhammapada is an inspiring text that covers moral teachings and teachings on mindfulness as well as on how to obtain happiness and find a way out of suffering.
Field Trip to Leverett Peace Stupa
Wake Up to Life
(Mindfulness Seminar)
Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6pm-7:30pm
Venue: MIT Chapel
Free event, please register here.
Join us for a mindfulness workshop offered by students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. See here, or view the promotional flyer (pdf) for more information.
(Dedication ceremony of the new temple)Free event, please register here.
Join us for a mindfulness workshop offered by students of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. See here, or view the promotional flyer (pdf) for more information.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Details forthcoming.
Joyful Living
(On-Campus One-Day Retreat: live webcast teachings with the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi)Saturday, September 24, 2011, 1pm-3pm and 5pm-8pm
A day of meditation and Buddhist teachings with MIT's Buddhist chaplain.
Buddhist Community Dinner
Monday, September 5, 2011, at 6pm(optional RSVP to eep at mit dot edu by September 3)
Join the Buddhist Community for food and informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. All are welcome! No experience with Buddhism necessary.
Booth at Freshman Activities Midway
Friday, September 2, 2011, 4pm-6:30pm
On-Campus
Meditation Retreat: "Buddha Nature"
Taught by the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi
Saturday, May 7, 2011
12:30pm-2:30pm and 4:30-7pm
Cost: $40 (free for MIT students)
Please register by May 5 here.
Buddha Nature refers to the realization that all beings, without exception, have the same nature and potential for enlightenment. Just as clouds temporarily cover the sun, so too can ignorance temporarily obscure our Buddha Nature and hinder our development of compassion and wisdom. Meditation practice can allow us to see the true nature of things and develop these naturally present seeds of enlightenment.
Buddhist Community Brunch
Saturday, May 7 at 10:00amPlease RSVP by May 5 by emailing "eep" at mit dot edu.
Join the Buddhist Community for food and informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. All are welcome! Inspriration for this discussion session will derive from this four-line verse from Training the Mind.
Buddhist Community Dinner
Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 6pmPlease RSVP by April 19 by emailing "eep" at mit dot edu.
Join the Buddhist Community for food and informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. All are welcome! Inspiration for this discussion session will be derived from this four-line verse from Training the Mind.
Buddhist Community Luncheon
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 12 noonPlease RSVP by March 11 by emailing "eep" at mit dot edu.
Join the Buddhist Community for informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. We will venture on a gastro-spiritual journey in search of food and enlightenment.
Buddhist Community Luncheon
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 12 noonPlease RSVP by Feb. 4 here (ignore payment instructions; just hit 'continue').
Join the Buddhist Community for informal conversation ranging from life @ MIT to Dharma theory and practice. We will venture on a gastro-spiritual journey in search of food and enlightenment.
