Welcome to the Wesleyan Dharma Study Group

We meet every:

Sunday - 2:00 PM

Monday - 7:15 AM

Tuesday - 4:30 PM

Wednesday - 7:15 AM

Thursday - 8:00 PM

All sitting occurs in the Butterfield C Lounge off of Lawn Avenue

Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT

 

 

 

 

 

Recent and Upcoming Events:

 

Last fall Dr. Paul and Susan Fleischman gave a talk entitled "Vippashana Meditation."

 

8 schools gathered in New Haven, CT for the first meeting of the Student Buddhist Network. For more information on the SBN please see contact info below.

 

This winter Holly Gayley broke the ego down in "Deconstructing the Self."

 

The Dharma Study Group has also hosted:

 Shambhala Buddhist meditation retreats (The Art of Being Human, Level I)

Chris Pleim, who spoke on compassion practice and introduced tonglen

Sacred Slam (see: http://www.tricycle.com/sacredslam/)

 

Coming up:

Shambhala Buddhist Meditation Retreat: Birth of the Warrior (Level 2) 

Directed by Brigitta Karelis 

Brigitta Karelis

Having been introduced to Buddhist meditation and our innate human wisdom, this Level

 explores how the practice of fearlessness — facing our fears and going forward —

 strengthens our confidence in our unconditional nature. 

 

March 28th (6:30 - 8:30 PM) and 29th (9 AM - 6 PM) 

Cost for this program is $20 students, $75 non-students* 

*all financial situations reviewed so that no one ought to be turned away 

Open to graduates of The Art of Being Human (Level I). 

To register for this program, please e-mail prinzler@wesleyan.edu as soon as possible.

 

Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown - Wednesday, April 2nd

"Creating Enlightened Society" 

A talk on bridging the gap between one's meditation practice and what is known

 as engaged Buddhism in these times of turmoil

Acharya Simmer-Brown is a professor at Naropa University and author of "The Dakini's

 Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism"

Butterfield C Lounge

7:oo PM

For more information please contact: prinzler@wesleyan.edu