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April 2024 Retreat Info

Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.

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Going Online

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.

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April 2023 Retreat Info

Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.

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Our Condolences to Plum Village

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.


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A Partial Schedule of Virtual Practices for 2021-2022

Following is the known schedule of Saturday activities for some of the DTO sanghas. Because of the pandemic, all of these practices are virtual.

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The DTO’s 1st Silent Retreat

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.

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2019 Spring Retreat

Our retreat is coming up fast!

Here are the details:

When: Thursday April 25 through Sunday April 28
Where: Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, New York [map]
Cost:*
If attending from Thursday to Sunday: $280
If attending from Friday to Sunday: $210
* Scholarships are available for those DTO members who would not be able to pay the full or partial amount.
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…

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