Parinirvana Day with Reflections on Ratnasambhava

Led By: Samayasri
Saturday, February 28th, 2025
10 am - 1 pm
In person at New York Zendo Shobo-ji
223 East 67th Street
New York, NY 10065

Event Description:

We’d like to invite you to an in-person practice day, where we come together in community for meditation, a dharma teaching, and fellowship.

Parinirvana Day is a festival day marking the final passing of the Buddha two and a half millennia ago. An opportunity to contemplate impermanence, rejoice in the example of the Buddha’s life, and reflect on the precious opportunity that our own lives present us with.

Holding an awareness of the Archetypal Buddha Ratnasambhava, we will consider the great impermanence of death in the context of death as a gift, and the sensitization that impermanence brings to our experience of loving life. 

We will celebrate through meditation, reflection, ritual and embodiment exercises.

Join us at the New York Zendo (223 E 67th St, New York, NY 10065) for a morning of meditation, discussion, ritual, and connecting with community, followed by lunch at 1:15 p.m. @Le Botaniste UES, which serves 100% organic, plant-based food. You can find it at 833 Lexington Avenue (between 63rd & 64th St).

This event is OPEN TO ALL—all are welcome.

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 outing

About the Leader:

Samayasri is an experienced Order Member in Triratna who served as Chair of the NY-NJ Sangha for many years. She also serves as President of the San Francisco and Vancouver, BC Sanghas. Samayasri is a dedicated practitioner, teacher, and leader. She has taught meditation for over 20 years, and has a deep commitment to her ethics and confession practice. Her practice directly informs her career in global humanitarian & development organizations, within which she has learned to face deeply into suffering.

Registration:

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Payment:

Suggested donation of $25-40.