Angels Among Us

In the spirit of community, and because we cannot gather in person, we invite you to virtually join us for our 2020 Angels Among Us remembrance ceremony Tuesday, December 8 at 5:00 PM. Angels Among Us will be available to view online at www.vna.health/2020angelsamongus portions of the service will be available in Spanish.

Tuesday evening Meditation

Are you looking…
To develop a calm, stable and joyful mind?
For support to maintain your meditation practice?
For a spiritual home and community?
To learn what Buddhism teachings are all about?
The Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers a high quality curriculum of instruction in Buddhist meditation practice and philosophy. The Center was founded in 1997 at the direction of Shamar Rinpoche. Since then, hundreds of students have come to learn and practice in a modern, non-sectarian environment focused on authentic Buddhist teachings taught and practiced by authentic teachers. We are a diverse community of practitioners encompassing all ages and levels of practice. Dawa Tarchin Phillipsis the resident teacher, and we regularly host visiting teachers.
Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Buddhist Center offers …
•Weekly Dharma teachings
•Weekly meditation session led by sangha members
•Frequent "Introduction to Meditation" classes
•Weekend workshops on topics such as advanced practice, overcoming adversity, working with emotions, compassion and loving kindness, and Buddhist philosophy
•Biannual 5 day residential retreats
•Opportunities to take Refuge, Bodhisattva and Householder vows
Come join us. All are welcome.

UCSB Ensemble for Contemporary Music: “Find Your Place”

Directed by Dr. Sarah Gibson, the UC Santa Barbara Ensemble for Contemporary Music will present "Finding Your Place" on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 6 pm as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music’s YouTube channel. Including thirteen world premier

Dawa Teaches Renunciation

Dec 10 (Thursday, 7-9pm): Dawa Teaches Renunciation
Renunciation is an integral part of the spiritual journey, but is easily confused with resistance or deprivation. What is the function of renunciation on the Path of Awakening toward the end of suffering? How can it be synonymous with freedom, joy and contentment? Learn the true meaning of renunciation as we explore the right relationship to the sensory abundance that accompanies life and our holiday season.

Zach Gill Hosts a Virtual Night of Music to Benefit Montessori Center School

Santa Barbara-based singer and songwriter Zach Gill, lead vocalist of the rock band ALO, and a longtime member of Jack Johnson's band, will host a live, virtual musical performance Friday, December 11 at 7pm on the online performance venue, StageIt, in support of Goleta-based, non-profit, Montessori Center School.

Kwame S. Brathwaite in Conversation (via Zoom)

Kwame S. Brathwaite
Archive Director, The Kwame Brathwaite Archive

Kwame S. Brathwaite speaks with Charles Wylie, SBMA Curator of Photography and New Media, about the groundbreaking and enduringly relevant art of his father, the renowned photographer Kwame Brathwaite. With family and friends, Kwame Brathwaite created an irrepressible multi-faceted cultural movement in 1950s and 60s Harlem from which arose the affirmative personal and political statement, “Black is Beautiful.” Inspired by ideas of Pan-Africanism and attuned to the newly-derived central role of mass media in contemporary society, Brathwaite forged a new visual and cultural identity for African Americans via photography, fashion, and performance whose influence is still being felt. In an ongoing initiative, in 2018 the Santa Barbara Museum of Art acquired the first of its five photographs by Kwame Brathwaite, a selection of which will be on view at SBMA in the coming months.

credit: Kwame Brathwaite, Untitled (Self-Portrait) (detail). 1964, printed 2018. Archival pigment print, ed. 2/5. SBMA, Museum purchase with funds provided by PhotoFutures. © Kwame Brathwaite

Ticket Cost:
Virtual Experience via Zoom: FREE

Free Rumi Monthly Webinar

Join us on the second Monday of each month to learn about the mystical poetry of Jalal al Din Rumi. Led by Dr. Fariba Enteshari, this webinar is for people who want to understand the language behind Rumi’s poetry.

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