Events Calendar

 All events are on Zoom.  If you are interested in any or all events, contact us at buddhistsafricandescent@gmail.com

March 2024

We have  different activities to meet (y)our various needs, scheduled regularly three days of the week.  Check out what are you most interested in - learning to chant, studying Nichiren Buddhism, meeting Buddhists of African descent, doing sustained  chanting with others, studying Buddhism through an Afri-centric cultural lens.  If you are interested in any or all of these, we are looking forward to meeting you.

CHANTING SESSIONS

Wednesdays: Intimate chanting practice session for those who want to learn and become comfortable chanting the seven-character daimoku (ODaimoku) and/or would like to practice chanting the Liturgy of Nichiren Buddhism (Chapters 2 and 16 of the Lotus Sutra)

March 6, March 13, March 20, March 27

7:00 - 8:00 pm ET, 6:00 - 7:00pm CT, 5:00-6:00pm MT, 4:00 - 5:00 pm PT

Saturdays: An hour-long power chanting sessions with others

March 2, March 9, March 16, March 23, March 30

11:00 am - noon ET, 10:00 - 11:00 am CT, 9:00 - 10:00 am MT, 8:00 -9:00 am PT

DISCUSSION STUDY SESSIONS

Sundays: Examination of the content, context, and implications of the writings of Nichiren Daishonin.  We call it "Nichiren Straight, No Chaser" because our examination is not deliberatively filtered through any particular sectarian perspective

March 3, March 10, March 17, March 24, March 31

9:30 - 11:00am ET, 8:30 -10:00am CT, 7:30 - 9:00am MT, 6:30 -8:00am PT

Saturday: The "Second Saturday Gathering" is in large part for studying Buddhist philosophy and principles as well as their significance and correspondance with the experience of African descended people.

March 9

7:00 - 9:30pm ET, 6:00 -8:30pm CT, 5:00 -7:30pm MT, 4:00 - 6:30pm PT  (second half of session)

OPEN DIALOGUE/INQUIRY SESSIONS

Sunday: Every 4th Sunday of the month "Do Drop Inn" is open for an hour of chatting on any pertinent personal or social issues of the day and how we use our Buddhist practice to deal with them. Bring up whatever joyous or troubling thing on your mind/in your life.

March 24

5:00 -6:00pm ET, 4:00 -5:00pm CT, 3:00 -4:00pm MT, 2:00 -3:00pm PT

Saturday: There is some time during the early part of  the "Second Saturday Gathering" for open dialogue.

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