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...

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...

A Night to Remember On Saturday, November 1, Urban Dharma celebrated our first Remembering & Renewing evening, held in conjunction with the observance of Allhallowtide (“Every Holy Season”—All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day) in the Christian calendar. That evening, Dr. Lye led a short service in remembrance of all our dearly departed in front of a beautiful altar to welcome and make offerings to our spiritual and temporal ancestors. He also spoke on ancestral healing and...