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Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey visit Atlanta in November 2026!
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 11am at Sautee Nacoochee Community Center
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 7pm at Drepung Loseling Monastery
- Wednesday Nov 11 at 6:30pm with Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh
- Thursday Nov 12 at 6pm at Emory Buddhist Club
- Friday Nov 13 - Sunday Nov 15 at Georgia Buddhist Camp (registration required)
November 13 - 15 with Georgia Buddhist Camp
Overnight for all ages. All welcome but registration in advance is required
www.georgiabuddhistcamp.com
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Emory-Tibet Week at the Michael C Carlos Museum at Emory University
Free! Watch live sand mandala creation, join talks, and more
October 26 - October 31, 2026, full schedule at
https://tibet.emory.edu/tibet-week-2026.html
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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 separately in English and in Chinese. There's also a children and family meditation class. www.DharmaJewel.US
Open Guided Meditation (one hour), select Sundays at 10am!
Free, all welcome to come any week!
2026 dates: 10/25
at Dharma Jewel Monastery
Please arrive early and wear socks.
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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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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!
Upcoming events
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Emory Tibet Week: Sand mandala creation and viewing at Carlos Museum
Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 South Kilgo Cir NE 3rd floor, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA, Atlanta, GA, USEmory-Tibet Week
25th anniversary of the international collaboration
Mandala Sand Painting Live Exhibition
by the Tibetan monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery
October 26 - October 31, 2026 at Emory University's Michael C Carlos Museum, upper level (separate from the museum entrance)Opening Ceremony: October 26 at 12pm
Construction & Viewing: Oct 26 - Oct 31, See Daily Schedule
Closing Ceremony: October 31 at 12 pmThe Drepung Loseling monks of The Mystical Arts of Tibet will create a Avalokiteshvara mandala sand painting from October 26 to October 31 as part of Tibet week at Emory University. Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, is perhaps one of the most deeply cherished deities in the Buddhist world. Known as Quan Am in Vietnamese, Kwan Yin in Chinese, Kannon in Japanese, and Chenrezig in Tibetan, Avalokiteshara’s manifestations are manifold. Avalokiteshara is known for his infinite compassion; that is, his ability to see the suffering of sentient beings and his resolve to relieve that suffering.
The opening ceremony on October 26 will begin with introductory remarks about the mandala followed by a ceremony with the monks chanting and playing traditional Tibetan instruments to consecrate the space. After, the monks will begin constructing the mandala by drawing the geometric lines, from memory, for Green Tara in preparation for the colourful designs and ancient spiritual symbols that will appear throughout the week.
After hundreds of man hours and millions of grains of sand laid down in the creation of this mandala over a period of seven days, it will be dismantled in a lavish ceremony on October 31. The sand will be swept away as a symbolization of impermanence and non-attachment, as well as being a tool to reconsecrate the earth and its inhabitants, to the accompaniment of traditional Tibetan musical instruments and multi-phonic chants. Attendees will be gifted half of the consecrated and blessed sand to take home as a reminder.
View the daily schedule for panels, talks, and more!
https://tibet.emory.edu/tibet-week-2026.html2 attendees
Guided Meditation and Dharma Talk with Sravasti Abbey Buddhist nuns
Drepung Loseling Monastery, 1781 Dresden Dr NE, Atlanta, GA, USSpecial Guest Nuns from Sravasti Abbey to visit Atlanta in May
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 11am at Sautee Nacoochee Community Center
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 7pm at Drepung Loseling Monastery
- Wednesday Nov 11 at 6:30pm with Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh
- Thursday Nov 12 at 6pm at Emory Buddhist Club
- Friday Nov 13 - Sunday Nov 15 at Georgia Buddhist Camp (registration required)
AtlantaBuddhism.org is pleased to welcome two charismatic American nuns (including former Atlanta resident) coming to us from Sravasti Abbey, a Buddhist monastery in the Tibetan tradition in the Pacific Northwest.
Everyone is welcome to practice mindfulness and feel the joy in our hearts.Note: Our Georgia Buddhist Camp overnight retreat for children, teens, and adults of all ages will be November 13-15, sign up now at www.georgiabuddhistcamp.com
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Events with Venerable Thubten Chonyi & Ven. Thubten Dekyi around Atlanta, November 10 - 15 2026:
Tuesday, Nov 10, 11:00am-1:00pm
Sautee Nacoochee Community Center, Sautee Nacoochee, GA
Unwrapping Presence: Antidotes to Winter Holiday Blues
Join Buddhist nuns Venerable Thubten Chonyi and Venerable Thubten Dekyi for a pre-holiday
meditation, luncheon presentation, and discussion to explore how to keep a genuinely happy
mind in the darkest of times.Tuesday November 10, 7:00 pm
Drepung Loseling Monastery, Atlanta
Maintaining Hope Without Denying Reality
In a world marked by uncertainty, loss, and constant change, it can be difficult to remain hopeful
without overlooking life's challenges. Where do we find hope?
Tibetan Buddhist nuns Venerable Thubten Chonyi and Venerable Thubten Dekyi, visiting from
Sravasti Abbey, will explore how hope arises not from wishful thinking or avoiding difficulties,
but from transforming the way we relate to them. Drawing on the Buddha's teachings and their
own years of monastic training and contemplative practice, they will discuss how understanding
impermanence, cultivating compassion, and training the mind can help us face adversity with
resilience and an open heart.
Open to people of all backgrounds and levels of experience, this talk offers practical wisdom for
navigating an ever-changing world with confidence, clarity, and compassion.Wednesday, November 11, 6:30–8:00 PM
Grant Park Meditation at Quang Minh Temple
Compassion in Action: An evening with the nuns from Sravasti Abbey Monastery
We all want to live in a kinder, more compassionate world. But how do we actually cultivate compassion—and put it into action in the midst of everyday life?
Join Venerable Thubten Chonyi and Venerable Thubten Dekyi, Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey, for an evening exploring practical ways to strengthen compassion within ourselves and bring it into our relationships, our communities, and the challenges we encounter every day.
Compassion is not simply something we either have or don’t have. It is a capacity we can cultivate. Through Buddhist teachings, reflection, and conversation, Ven. Chonyi and Ven. Dekyi will share ways to develop the qualities that help us meet difficult times with greater kindness, joy, resilience, and an open heart.
https://www.grantparkmeditation.org/Thursday, November 12, 6:00 pm
Emory Buddhist Club, Emory University
A Light in Dreary Times
Join Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey to explore how the light of wisdom is developed
through Buddhist practice. With a Dharma talk and discussion, the nuns highlight how the three
wisdoms of hearing, thinking, and meditating can be practiced day to day to illuminate our minds
and fuel a motivation to make life meaningful in a positive way.Fri-Sunday, November 13-15
Georgia Buddhist Camp
The Joy of Compassion
Our all-volunteer nonprofit camp is open to all ages, about an hour from Atlanta.
GeorgiaBuddhistCamp.comBiographies:
Venerable Thubten Chonyi has studied Buddhism under the guidance of Venerable Thubten
Chodron for 30 years, eventually ordaining at her teacher’s monastery, Sravasti Abbey, in 2008
and receiving full ordination in Taiwan in 2011. With a background in theatre and publicity, Ven.
Chonyi is primarily involved in Sravasti Abbey’s communications and regularly gives Dharma
talks both locally and afar. Born and raised in Atlanta, she is delighted to share the Buddhist
perspective in her hometown.
Here’s a playlist of her talks.Raised in Olympia, WA, Venerable Thubten Dekyi holds a degree in Natural Resource
Management. She worked as a wildlife biologist before encountering Buddhism in 2006 through
a teaching by Venerable Thubten Chodron. Inspired by Sravasti Abbey’s community, she began
offering service and attending retreats, moving to the community in 2019. Her love of nature
continues to guide her path as a dedicated monastic.
https://sravastiabbey.org/All welcome. Free, but if able a donation is suggested.
https://www.drepung.org/Changing/Changingmenu/Sravasti-Nuns-Nov-2026.htm
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Compassion in Action: Sit and talk with Buddhist nuns
Grant Park meditation, 1168 Benteen Ave SE, Atlanta, GA, USGrant Park Meditation, Atlanta's Intown Mindfulness Group at Chua Quang Minh Temple, invites you to practice meditation and learn more about the philosophy behind our mind and happiness. This meditation center at the oldest Vietnamese Buddhist temple in the state is conveniently located inside the ATL perimeter between Zoo Atlanta / Downtown, and East Atlanta Village.
Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey visit Atlanta in November 2026!
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 11am at Sautee Nacoochee Community Center
- Tuesday Nov 10 at 7pm at Drepung Loseling Monastery
- Wednesday Nov 11 at 6:30pm with Grant Park Meditation at Chua Quang Minh
- Thursday Nov 12 at 6pm at Emory Buddhist Club
- Friday Nov 13 - Sunday Nov 15 at Georgia Buddhist Camp (registration required)
November 13 - 15 with Georgia Buddhist Camp
Overnight for all ages. All welcome but registration in advance is required
www.georgiabuddhistcamp.comWe are honored to welcome Venerable Thubten Chonyi 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 Action
We all want to live in a kinder, more compassionate world. But how do we actually cultivate compassion—and put it into action in the midst of everyday life?Join Venerable Thubten Chonyi and Venerable Thubten Dekyi, Buddhist nuns from Sravasti Abbey, for an evening exploring practical ways to strengthen compassion within ourselves and bring it into our relationships, our communities, and the challenges we encounter every day.
Compassion is not simply something we either have or don’t have. It is a capacity we can cultivate. Through Buddhist teachings, reflection, and conversation, Ven. Chonyi and Ven. Dekyi will share ways to develop the qualities that help us meet difficult times with greater kindness, joy, resilience, and an open heart.
About the Teachers:
Venerable Thubten Chonyi has studied Buddhism under the guidance of Venerable Thubten Chodron for 30 years, eventually ordaining at her teacher’s monastery, Sravasti Abbey, in 2008 and receiving full ordination in Taiwan in 2011. With a background in theatre and publicity, Ven. Chonyi is primarily involved in Sravasti Abbey’s communications and regularly gives Dharma talks both locally and afar. Born and raised in Atlanta, she is delighted to share the Buddhist perspective in her hometown.
Here’s a playlist of her talks.Raised in Olympia, WA, Venerable Thubten Dekyi holds a degree in Natural Resource Management. She worked as a wildlife biologist before encountering Buddhism in 2006 through a teaching by Venerable Thubten Chodron. Inspired by Sravasti Abbey’s community, she began offering service and attending retreats, moving to the community in 2019. Her love of nature continues to guide her path as a dedicated monastic.
See a playlist of her Dharma talks.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.
All welcome, no experience necessary.
These sessions are open to everyone, whether you’re new to Buddhism or an experienced practitioner. There is no charge; donations are welcome. Please wear appropriate clothing for a church (e.g., no bare shoulders or knees). If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out. We look forward to seeing you later this month!Grant Park Meditation, Atlanta's Intown Mindfulness Group at
Chua Quang Minh Temple
1168 Benteen Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
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