Category: Ceremony

  • 2025 Winter Retreat Photos

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    On the weekend of January 24 – January 26, 2025 12 friends of the Dharma Teacher Order gathered together for a Silent Retreat at The Center At Mariandale. The grounds at Mariandale were, as always, beautiful, but in winter there is a starkness that reveals a different side to it’s beauty.

  • Connecticut Hosts a Day Of Mindfulness

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    On October 26, 2024, the Connecticut cohort of the DTO got together for the first time in 1701 days, but who’s counting…..Craig is!

  • April 2018 Retreat

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    Craig Hannah Reporting, Connecticut Sangha Our 2018 Spring retreat at Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, NY was an amazing experience. We had more than 31 people attending representing all of our five sanghas! The beauty of the setting, and the facility itself were perfect. The power of the ceremonies in which we participated, and the wisdom shared…

  • Vietnamese Blessing Ceremony

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    Craig Hannah Reporting, Connecticut Sangha On the first night of our annual spring retreat, Brother Noble Silence instructed us on how to perform several Buddhist ceremonies that a Buddhist monk, priest, or teacher may be called on to perform. The ceremonies were a general blessing, a wedding blessing, and a blessing appropriate for a funeral service.