Category: National
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2025 Winter Retreat Photos
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.
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Relief for Victims of Typhoon Yagi
On Saturday, September 7, 2024 the Super Typhoon Yagi devastated the Northern Vietnam region.
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April 2024 Retreat Info
Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.
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Going Online
It has long been an aspiration for the DTO to offer our Dharma Studies Course online. For a variety of reasons it did not come to pass until the pandemic forced us to move to virtual practices.
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April 2023 Retreat Info
Following is the information we currently have about our upcoming in-person Spring retreat.
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Our Condolences to Plum Village
On January 21st, 2022 we were saddened to hear that our wonderful teacher, Thich Nhat, Hanh, had passed away. The following day the DTO sent a letter of condolences to Plum Village. A copy of it, along with Plum Village’s immediate response, follows. It can also be seen on Plum Village’s web site.
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A Partial Schedule of Virtual Practices for 2021-2022
Following is the known schedule of Saturday activities for some of the DTO sanghas. Because of the pandemic, all of these practices are virtual.
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The DTO’s 1st Silent Retreat
Within our DTO community there has been the unexpressed need for an opportunity to practice together in a setting with fewer distractions, with enough time to let our mind run itself out and become quiet. It is at such moments that our original mind is no longer shrouded by the words, thoughts, feelings, and concepts…
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2019 Spring Retreat
Our retreat is coming up fast! Here are the details: When: Thursday April 25 through Sunday April 28 Where: Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, New York [map] Cost:* If attending from Thursday to Sunday: $280 If attending from Friday to Sunday: $210 * Scholarships are available for those DTO members who would not be able…