Joy and Blessings
Leaders: Ananta & Padmadharini
Sunday, March 23rd, 2025
10 am - 1 pm
In person at B1 Yoga
39 Mount Airy Village Road
Lambertville, NJ 08530
Event Description:
Join us for a day of celebration and practice in New Jersey. We will focus on the quality of “joy” in relation to our year’s theme of the Buddha Akshobhya and his Pure Land Abhirati “The Joyous’.”
There will be periods of meditation, reflection, and discussion led by experienced teachers.
During the event, a Mitra Ceremony will take place. This recognizes and celebrates this significant commitment to the Buddhist path within our Community.
Agenda:
Gathering and check-in
Meditation
Programming
Meditation
Check-out
Light lunch: Participants bring your own to enjoy and/or share OR participate in a lunch and cultural outing.
About the Leaders:
Ananta has practiced within the Triratna Buddhist Community for 25 years. He has spent over three years on retreat. He was Ordained in 2007 and is a leading teacher of Triratna New York and of the Triratna US & Canada Men’s ordination training team.
He is the CEO of Karuna USA, a Buddhist-inspired international nonprofit tackling poverty and discrimination in South Asia, and formerly led global youth empowerment initiatives with the United Nations. He is a certified Mindfulness teacher with Brown University.
Padmadharini is a courageous and dedicated meditation practitioner. She has attended around 3 years of cumulative meditation retreats, during which she has tried out various approaches to insight. She is trained and educated in modalities that support going deeper in meditation. This includes her training as a Chaplain, training as a coach, and training in mindfulness courses & focusing and somatic work.
Course Registration:
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Payment:
Suggested donation of $25-40.