Mission Dharma

Mission Dharma provides a wonderful opportunity to practice mindfulness meditation with a wonderful group of like-​minded people — right in the heart of the Mission! I find it so helpful to sit with others, many of whom are long-​time practitioners and all of whom are warm hearted and friendly people.
I’ve sat with Howard Cohn (Howie) on retreat through Spirit Rock. His teaching style is influenced by a number of traditions and teachers, but mostly it comes from the heart, from his own practice and his deep wish for the happiness and wellbeing of others. He reminds us again and again to be present for our lives, to be compassionate with ourselves and with others – to cultivate those qualities that lead to an open heart and abandon the habit patterns and latent tendencies that cause us to struggle and suffer.
The Sangha holds the space for authentic meditation practice, the Dharma talk nourishes that practice and the people support one another. If you are looking to establish a meditation practice or if you already have one and would like to bring Sangha into the mix (Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, as the Buddha says, is the triple gem), then come and sit with us on Tuesday nights.

This is such a good idea to have a community meditation. This space is in a church which is a bit hard to adjust to. The person who leads the dharma talks seemed to go on and on… He seems pretty out of touch with so much of reality. He means well. Apparently from Marin. Yes, of course, an American male with a happy disposition and a bookish grasp of Buddhism. I live close by so I dropped by even though a friend warned that it was ‘just ok.’ The intention is good, yet the vibe is a strange one.