Long Beach Buddhism

Open House Introduces SammaDitthi Meditation Studio

In a world where coping with daily life is too often set against the background of anxiety, pain and other mental and physical health problems, the new SammaDitthi meditation studio opening in Long Beach to provide a breath of fresh air. SammaDitthi is a non-profit grassroots Buddhist organization, whose aim is to deliver the benefits [...]

Dr. John Casey Language of Yoga Workshop at Purple Yoga

Purple Yoga will host the Language of Yoga Workshop featuring Dr. John Casey on May 14, 2011. Part one: The Language of Hatha Yoga. Sanskrit is the classic language of India and the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It is also considered one of the 22 official languages of India. The name Sanskrit [...]

Weekly Meditation group starts at Catalyst Community Center

The Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center will launch a regular Zen meditation program in Long Beach.  The first meeting is planned for Saturday, April 10 in the East Village. Starting at 8 a.m. there will be basic meditation instruction, followed by meditation until 9 a.m. Then there will be a brief period of work practice and social [...]

Buddhist abbot will share Zen practices at free talk on Thursday

This Thursday, Charles Tenshin Fletcher, Roshi, the abbot of Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center (YZMC), will discuss Zen practice at a free public talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach. YZMC is planning to open a Zen center in Long Beach to offer resources to those who are interested in meditation and Buddhism. The talk [...]

Does Long Beach need a Zen Center? Yokoji-Zen says, Yes

There aren’t a lot of local resources for residents who are interested in learning meditation and Buddhism. Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center (YZMC) plans to change that by opening a Zen center in Long Beach. According to Long Beach resident Victoria Posthuma, “Visiting Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center is wonderful—I always find it refreshing and an enormous opportunity to [...]