Engaged Family Practice Program: Celebrating Winter with Dharma-Inspired Nature Projects, Online 12/5

Practice Center
Date / Time
December 5, 2021 / 10:00am - 11:00am
Event Type
Family & Children's Events
Description

The Zoom link to participate in this event will be provided at least 24 hours before it begins. Please call 415-354-0360 if you have any questions.


Sunday, 10 – 11am PT

Celebrating Winter with Dharma-Inspired Nature Projects

Parents, Caregivers, and Children ages 3 – 10

By encouraging our children to tend to the earth with love and care, we plant the seeds for climate justice!

Acknowledging the wintertime, the winter solstice, and the many ways that people celebrate this time of year, our family sangha will practice with the story of Buddha’s enlightenment in December.

After sitting in meditation beneath a tree throughout the night, and upon seeing the light of the morning star, the young man who would become known as the Buddha experienced an insight that would become a foundation of his teaching—what we now understand as the Dharma.

Winter Mandala

In this way, our family sangha will create simple and beautiful mandalas, delighting in the dharma that emanates from the earth and starlight through the winter months. We will share ways to develop family rituals around reverence for nature, nourishing bodhicitta—the mind that strives toward awakening for the benefit of all beings—including plant-beings and the Bodhisattva Mother Earth.

Materials needed:

  • A table, cloth, scarf, or other surface for creating a mandala
  • Items collected from nature — such as leaves, flowers, pinecones, and stones
  • Journal (please bring to each family program that you attend)

Together, Meikyo and Junsen will help parents and caregivers learn how to integrate dharma practice at home. Content will be adult-focused and kid-friendly, with children ages 3 – 10 invited (but not required) to join. A digital tutorial will be emailed after the program. Journal prompts will be provided during the program.

Description and dates for Engaged Family Practice Program 2021 – 2022

Fee Information

Per session

  • General $60
  • Current SFZC Members $54

We offer a number of discounted tickets:

  • Sliding Scale 1: $36
  • Sliding Scale 2: $15

Register Online

Or call 415-354-0360.

Full Program – six sessions

  • General $360
  • Current SFZC Members $324

We offer a number of discounted tickets:

  • Sliding Scale 1: $216
  • Sliding Scale 2: $90

Register Online

Or call 415-354-0360.

For additional discount options, please email us at rezoffice@sfzc.org.