On the weekend of January 24 – January 26, 2025 12 friends of the Dharma Teacher Order gathered together for a Silent Retreat at The Center At Mariandale. The grounds at Mariandale were, as always, beautiful, but in winter there is a starkness that reveals a different side to it’s beauty.
(more…)On Saturday, September 7, 2024 the Super Typhoon Yagi devastated the Northern Vietnam region.
Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.
(more…)It has long been an aspiration for the DTO to offer our Dharma Studies Course online. For a variety of reasons it did not come to pass until the pandemic forced us to move to virtual practices.
(more…)Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.
(more…)On January 21st, 2022 we were saddened to hear that our wonderful teacher, Thich Nhat, Hanh, had passed away.
The following day the DTO sent a letter of condolences to Plum Village. A copy of it, along with Plum Village’s immediate response, follows. It can also be seen on Plum Village’s web site.
Following is the known schedule of Saturday activities for some of the DTO sanghas. Because of the pandemic, all of these practices are virtual.
(more…)Within our DTO community there has been the unexpressed need for an opportunity to practice together in a setting with fewer distractions, with enough time to let our mind run itself out and become quiet. It is at such moments that our original mind is no longer shrouded by the words, thoughts, feelings, and concepts that seem to form the ‘I’ that we think we are.
(more…)Here are the details:
| When: | Thursday April 25 through Sunday April 28 | ||||
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| Where: | Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, New York [map] | ||||
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| Schedule: | A schedule of activities should be available in the first week of April | ||||
| Registration: | Contact your local sangha’s retreat coordinator or teachers to register to attend. Please do this before April 13th. Each sangha must send a final count of who’s attending to the New York sangha by Saturday, April 13. |
Regarding retreats
“From time to time, to remind ourselves to relax and be peaceful, we may wish to set aside some time for a retreat, a day of mindfulness, when we can walk slowly, smile, drink tea with a friend, enjoy being together as if we are the happiest people on Earth.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace
A couple of images from last year’s retreat…
