Category: Ongoing Programs

Ongoing programs offered by the English Dharma Group

Monthly (February, 2026) One Day Meditation Retreat

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February Daylong Retreat
February 28, 2026
American Bodhi Center, Hempstead
To Attend, please send an email to jadebuddharetreat@yahoo.com

Facilitator: Hunter White
This month’s one day meditation retreat, at the American Bodhi Center, will be hosted by Hunter White. The topic will be Bhavacakra – Foundations of Buddhism.

Lunches will not be provided so please bring your own food. Refrigerators and Microwaves will be available to attendees. The American Bodhi Center is a Vegetarian complex so please do not bring any meat.

Retreat schedule will be from 9:00AM to 4:30PM.

Buddha’s Book Club, hosted by Bhikkhu Cintita

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Bhikkhu Cintita has been hosting Buddha’s Book Club in Minnesota for a number of years, and has begun inviting participation via Zoom. He has already attracted several participants from Texas, and would like to extend this invitation to other EDG members. The Book Club meets every Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:30pm (TX or MN time). Please join us. The link, the current book title, and other information can be found HERE.

Also, click HERE to view Bhikkhu Cintita’s new website.

We invite you to join EDG’s Satellite Meditation Group (SMG) as we begin a new book study!

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Beginning Saturday, December 13, SMG will explore Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are by Jack Kornfield.

About the book:
In Bringing Home the Dharma, Jack Kornfield offers timeless wisdom for finding peace and awakening compassion in everyday life. Drawing on over forty years of Buddhist practice, he explores themes like loving‑kindness, forgiveness, conscious parenting, and healing the world’s suffering, with simple meditation practices for awakening our buddha nature—our wise and understanding heart—amid the ups and downs of our ordinary daily lives.

We are excited to begin this new book study together — a fresh season of practice, conversation, and community, welcoming both familiar and new friends. Please have your own copy ready so you can follow along.

If you’d like to participate, email us at vsmg.mgr@gmail.com for weekly reminders and the Zoom link. We meet virtually on Saturday mornings at 9AM for a 30-minute gentle guided Vipassana meditation, followed by an hour of book reading and discussion from 9:30-10:30AM.

Weekly Nikaya Reading Class

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Starting February 23rd (Monday), 2026, we will start reading the Majjhima Nikaya translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi of Nikaya series.

We meet at 7:00PM to 8:20PM central time every Monday via Zoom. Whoever is interested, please contact nikaya.mgr@gmail.com.

It is a wonderful opportunity to bring you closer to the Buddha’s teachings. FYI. You can also purchase the Majjhima Nikaya on Amazon.

Weekly (Sunday) Dharma Talks

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Every Sunday, the Jade Buddha Temple (Kwan Yin Hall), has weekly Dharma talks. Some of the talks are given in person (at Kwan Yin Hall) and others are given/seen remotely via Zoom (seen via projector in Kwan Yin Hall).

Check our calendar to find out who will be delivering the Dharma talk and if the talk will be in person (at the Kwan Yin Hall of Jade Buddha Temple) or remotely via Zoom (seen via projector in Kwan Yin Hall). Please join us every Sunday and participate in these Dharma talks.

Timelines (Central Time):

10:00 AM – 10:30AM: Guided meditation
10:30 AM – 11:30AM: Dharma talk
11:30AM: Vegetarian lunch

Also, you can sign up for the weekly newsletter to receive information about these weekly Dharma talks.