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Sravasti Abbey nuns are visiting September for Georgia Buddhist Camp (join us for it Sep 5-7, register at [GeorgiaBuddhistCamp.com](http://georgiabuddhistcamp.com/)) and will lead at Emory Buddhist Club on Thursday September 4 at 6pm in Cannon Chapel, and at Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh Temple Atlanta on Wed Sep 3 at 7:30pm and Sunday Sep 7 at 6pm!
Emory University community members are invited each Thursday at 6pm for meditation with Emory Buddhist Club while school is in session! Also check out other meditation groups around Atlanta at [www.AtlantaBuddhism.org ](http://www.AtlantaBuddhism.org)
Join our email list to get updates, write info@georgiameditation.org or visit our website to sign up.
To join the streaming, please go to https://emory.zoom.us/j/515025945 , still Thursdays at 6pm. You can also find the Zoom link pinned to the top of our Facebook page. Our college students Buddhist organization page is [BuddhistClub.org](https://buddhistclub.org/)
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A sequential semester-long guided Beginner's Zen meditation and Introduction to Buddhism course is offered at no charge at nearby Dharma Jewel Monastery. This cumulative course is once a week. A separate class is offered for children, as well as in Chinese. www.DharmaJewel.US
Open Guided Meditation (one hour), select Sundays at 10am!
Free, all welcome to come any week!
9/14, 9/28, 10/5, 10/26, 11/2, 11/16
at Dharma Jewel Monastery
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Meditation helps us calm our minds, focus, and develop insight into understand ultimate reality. Emory Buddhist Club welcomes everyone each Thursday at 6pm for guided meditation, discussion, and tea. We are open to all Emory affiliates who are interested in mindfulness, Zen, meditation, and/or Buddhism! Our teachers rotate each week and are typically monks or nuns coming from the greater Atlanta Georgia community and sometimes even from around the country and world!
Another nearby meditation center, Drepung Loseling Monastery (academic affiliate of Emory University), offers events open to the general public and free every week: Tuesdays nights is a Medicine Buddha Prayer Service and a public Buddhist teaching; and Sundays at 11am is introduction to meditation. www.Drepung.org
We are led by invited teachers from Atlanta Buddhist groups found at www.AtlantaBuddhism.org such as Chung Tai Chan Monastery branch temple Dharma Jewel Monastery - Atlanta Zen Meditation Center, Georgia Buddhist Vihara - Vipassana Meditation Center, **Kim Cang Monastery - **Mindfulness Meditation Society, Drepung Loseling Monastery - Atlanta Tibetan Buddhist Center, Buddhanara Temple - Gwinnett County meditation center, Jun Dung Sa Temple - Korean Buddhist monastery in Lilburn, Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association and Tallahassee Chan Center, and more. Also a proud sponsor of #MeditateAtlanta!
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See all- Guided Meditation with Emory Buddhist Club - special guest nuns from Sravasti!Emory University Cannon Chapel, Atlanta, GA
Two American Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey will lead this week at Emory Buddhist Club. Emory Buddhist Club's weekly guided meditation, dharma discussion, and tea every Thursday at 6pm, hybrid both on campus and online, is geared for Emory University students, faculty, and staff. However, this week the general public and community members are invited to join!
Our teachers include monastics from many different Buddhist groups around Atlanta. Send us an email: EmoryBuddhistClub@Gmail.com to join our weekly newsletter!We meet on the main campus in Cannon Chapel, usually upstairs in the main sanctuary or in the basement in room 106. Free parking in Peavine Lot, 27 Eagle Row, Atlanta GA after 5pm.
Following Emory University's academic calendar, we will meet both IN PERSON and ONLINE via Zoom.
To join our weekly meditation virtually, please find a quiet space at home and go to https://emory.zoom.us/j/515025945
More for young adults at
http://www.buddhistclub.orgAlso discover a listing of other online and in-person meditation and Buddhist events which can be found at www.atlantabuddhism.org
SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 Guest teachers:
We are honored to welcome Venerable Thubten Damcho and Venerable Thubten Dekyi from Sravasti Abbey in Washington state for a special evening of Dharma teachings and meditation on the timely topic: Compassion in the Modern World.In our fast-paced, often divided world, how can we keep our hearts open and our actions kind? Drawing from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Venerables will explore how compassion is not only possible—but essential—amid today’s challenges.
Join us for this rare opportunity to sit with and learn from two fully ordained bhikshunis:Venerable Thubten Damcho encountered the Dharma while at Princeton University and went on to receive full ordination in Taiwan. A close student of Venerable Thubten Chodron, she teaches internationally and contributes to translation projects such as 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.
Venerable Thubten Dekyi (American) found Buddhism through the teachings of Venerable Thubten Chodron and has devoted her life to spiritual practice, monastic service, and environmental care, drawing from her background in natural resource management.
Whether you're new to Buddhism or have an established practice, this evening offers a heartfelt and practical exploration of how to live with compassion, clarity, and courage.
Bonus! The Venerables will lead at Grant Park Meditation on Wednesday Sep 3 at 7:30pm (GrantParkMeditation.org); Driving the Dharma Home Book discussion (from the late Emory faculty Geshe Dadul) on Sunday Sep 7 at 6pm at Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh Temple, and the Venerables will also be teaching at the Georgia Buddhist Camp from September 5–7. For details and registration, visit: georgiabuddhistcamp.com
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For more events around town, check out our friends at AtlantaBuddhism.org (http://www.atlantabuddhism.org)
Events at Dharma Jewel Monastery, Zen meditation center in Atlanta:
- Beginner's Zen Meditation Class next series starts Fall 2025, both in English and in Chinese.
- Open drop-in one hour guided meditation all welcome select Sundays at 10am
- Little Jewel Children's Meditation Class, Sundays at 10am
- Buddhist Ceremony mindful chanting in Chinese with English translation, monthly, Sunday morning next on Sep 21 at 9:30am
Free and all welcome!
Register in advance at www.dharmajewel.usThere are also meditation events free and open to the general public every Tuesday night and Sunday morning, at Drepung Loseling Monastery (http://www.drepung.org), a nearby Tibetan Buddhist temple that is academically affiliated with Emory University and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Emory Buddhist Club hosts teachers visiting from Atlanta Buddhist temples including Dharma Jewel Monastery (http://www.dharmajewel.us)- Atlanta Zen Center, Drepung Loseling Monastery (http://www.drepung.org) - Atlanta Tibetan Buddhism Center, Kim Cang Monastery - Mindfulness Meditation Society, Georgia Buddhist Vihara (http://www.gavihara.org) - Atlanta Vipassana Meditation, Buddhanara Temple (http://www.buddhanara.net) - Buddhist Temple in Gwinnett County, Jun Dung Sa Temple, Atlanta Zen (atlantazen.org) and more (http://www.georgiameditation.org). Check out http://www.georgiameditation.org for some of our partners!
