In-Person

Free and open to all. Our Sunday practice includes periods of sitting shamatha meditation interspersed with walking meditation until noon. There is also a dharma reading, and individual meditation instruction is available for those who want it. We open and close the session with chants of aspiration and dedication. From 12:00 to 12:30 pm there […]

The Heart Sutra is the most popular and frequently recited text in Mahayana Buddhism because it distills the vast teachings of the perfection of wisdom into a concise meditation on the nature of reality.  In this workshop we will investigate, discuss and chant this very important sutra on the arising of fundamental non-dual wisdom. Daniel […]

Open House at Sky Lake is a monthly series Curiosity and the Meditative Path a Dharma talk with Daniel Berlin

Monthly on the new moon, 5:30-6:30 pm. 2026 dates remaining: Oct. 10, Nov. 9, Dec. 9 The Sadhana of Mahamudra is a practice written by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. It consists of both meditation and chants and lasts about an hour. The sadhana (or practice) is a means by which we can rouse our devotion and […]

The practice of Kado, or the "Way of Flowers” originated in China over 3,000 years ago. “Flowers”in this case is a metaphor for all sentient beings as all life forms big and small come into being with innate universal wisdom. The ultimate goal of Kado-Ikebana is not to make pleasant flower arrangements, but to expand […]