It has become a tradition at the Dharma Bum Temple to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving morning. We do this every Thursday at 5PM but on Thanksgiving it is a special event and we are grateful for everyone who shows…
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Year-End Fundraising Campaign for the Dharma Bum Temple
Every day I am in awe at the amount of people who walk into the Dharma Bum Temple. Some people are here for the first time and some have been here for many years. Some live in San Diego…
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Koshin Paley Ellsion Visits the DBT - Whole Hearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake up - July, 30 2019
A sharing from DBT Co-Founder Jeffrey Zlotnik:
There are moments at the Dharma Bum Temple where I completely stop and just be in tremendous gratitude. 95% of my time is spent building, creating, cleaning, funding, organizing, managing, putting shoes…
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A Jewish Buddhist Memorial Blessing - August 11, 2019
This past weekend I was invited to Temple Emanu-El by Rabbi Devorah Marcus to speak at a memorial service. The man who died was 55 years-old and a practicing Buddhist. His family are members of the Jewish Temple. I want…
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Ajaan Geoff at the DBT - A Special Offering
The Dharma Bum Temple was pleased to welcome back and host Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (also known as Ajaan Geoff) on June 13, 2019. Ajaan Geoff is a world renown Buddhist scholar and teacher (see more complete biography at bottom of post)…
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Story of the Dharma Bum Temple Shrine and New Statue Blessing Ceremony
In the beginning…
A Buddhist Shrine is built to foster a peaceful environment allowing one to abide in presence, while cultivating compassion and wisdom. Shrines are created to evoke calm and clear states of mind brought on by the beauty…
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Statue Blessing Ceremony - Venerable Bhante Piyananda
Join us on Saturday May 4th at 11am for a special ceremony blessing the new statues at the Dharma Bum Temple. Six weeks ago we welcomed our new Bodhisattva statues of Guan Yin, Manjusri and Samantabhadra. This is very auspicious…
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A Birthday Fundraiser for the Dharma Bum Temple
Every Spring for my birthday I raise money for the Dharma Bum Temple. It has been an amazing start to 2019 here at the Dharma Bum Temple! Each week we see 500-700 people who come thru these…
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New Afternoon Meditation & Discussion
Sending a very special thank you to our Afternoon Meditation Planning Team of Natalie Oganesyan, Tayler Jackson Buffington, Wendy Salazar and David Craven for implementing a NEW PROGRAM at the Temple. We are now hosting weekly meditation and Dharma Talks…
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DBT Library - Books Wanted
A message below from new our Library Team from Dharma Bum Life Program:
Calling all book lovers!!! We have been graciously tasked with filling the empty shelves in the DBT library with more Buddhist goodness. We’re starting with our…
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