Join us for an evening of thanksgiving!

Join us for a potluck dinner and movie night on the day after Thanksgiving—Friday, 11/28 at 6PM. Bring any of your Thanksgiving leftovers to share, and afterwards we will watch the Hong Kong Award winning film The Last Dance.

From Wikipedia: This film explores themes related to Hong Kong's death care and follows a wedding planner who enters the funeral industry through a partnership with a traditional Taoist priest, seeking to understand the meaning of life and death through funeral rituals. The film received a total of 18 nominations in the 43rd Hong Kong Film Awards, making it the most-nominated film of the year.

Endings, Beginnings:
A Candlelight Vigil of Release & Renewal

Mark your calendars for our annual New Year's Eve service, "Endings, Beginnings." As the year comes to an end, let us gather to purify the past year's negativities through chanting the Vajrasattva purification mantra.

The Buddhist tradition recognizes the power of examining our past actions. Recalling those which brought happiness to us and others can help us to repeat those beneficial activities, and conversely reflecting on our negative actions helps us to grow from and avoid them in the future.

New Year's Eve is a time of reminiscence and is also a time to orient ourselves to the future. The “Endings, Beginnings” event is meant to make the most out of the unique opportunity provided by the end of the old year and the start of the new. On December 31st from 7:30pm to 9:00pm, Urban Dharma will hold space for this with the sounding of the mantra of Vajrasattva.

Participants are welcomed to write onto slips of paper whatever they wish to leave behind in the old year. At the end of the evening, we will ritually burn these slips, clearing space for what 2024 has to bring.

Mark your calendar to drop in to participate or simply to enjoy the chant, any time between 7:30pm to 9:00pm.