Our mission | Buddhist meditation and educational center supporting practice in three traditions: Vipassana, Zen and Vajrayana |
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Yellow Springs Dharma Center
Ways to help | Volunteer on The House and Garden CommiteeThe commitee is responsible for maintenance of the physical plant, including the house and our beautiful gardens. During the growing season, gardening is done on Fridays following morning meditation (7:45AM) for about an hour or so. Other opportunities for work on the building or grounds can be arranged through the committee. Volunteers with carpentry and painting skills are especially welcome to help with the house maintenance.Volunteer at the LibraryVolunteers are always appreciated to help our two librarians. Tasks include organizing shelves, managing checked out materials, and digitizing AV materialsVolunteer on the Communications CommiteeThe committee is responsible for publicity for all the events sponsored by the Dharma Center as well as the monthly calendar, our periodic newsletter Bodhi Leaves, our website, Facebook, email contacts, and general outreach to the greater community. This Committee also maintains membership records and databases. Meetings are generally held on the first Monday of each month. The committee welcomes help from anyone, with or without experience. |
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How you help | The Dharma Center is run completely by volunteers. Volunteer work at the Center provides us with a beautiful vehicle for extending our practice off the cushion and into our daily lives. It is a wonderful way to meaningfully participate in our sangha (community), and to strengthen our capacity for attention, caring, and generosity. |
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About us | Around 1984 a group of Yellow Springs residents began to meet for meditation in private homes and later at Rockford Chapel. In 1993 the apartment at 502 Livermore Street became available and the owners graciously agreed to allow the space to be used for a Dharma Center. In August of 1993 the group formed The Yellow Springs Dharma Center as a non profit corporation. Ten years later, in 2003, a successful capital campaign enabled the Dharma Center to purchase the building as a permanent home. In the early years the Center served as a bridge between Antioch College and the wider community. The residents were often Antioch college students who were alumni of the Antioch Buddhist Studies program. They lived in and cared for the Center, participating in the creation of a mindful Buddhist living environment. The Center continues to build on these relationships but has expanded its community outreach to other local colleges as well as to Buddhist practitioners in the wider Miami Valley area. |
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