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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

This is just to remind everyone that we will not be meeting Dec. 23 or 30. We will resume our regular weekly schedule after the New Year. Mark Rabil will offer reflections on New Year Intentions (Jan. 6).

May you all enjoy a safe and joyful holiday season and New Year’s!
 🙏

Upcoming Schedule
January 6: New Year Intentions (Mark Rabil)
January 7: Buddhism & Reality, Part I (Jay Ford)
January 14: Buddhism & Reality, Part II (Jay Ford)
January 27: Reading the Suttas (Jim Garrido)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(1) Resource for Past Talks
On the WSDC website, we post many previous Dharma talks to listen to as you would a podcast. Here is the LINK to that page. 
(2) The Monthly Practice Discussion Group meets on the last Tuesday of each month (next gathering January 26, 5:30pm)
The last Tuesday of each month, we will host a monthly peer-led Practice Discussion Group where members can share their experiences with Practice. We’ll share joys, frustrations, and questions about our practice as a way of checking in and supporting each other in Practice. All are welcome, whether they have a dedicated home practice, an occasional home practice, or no home practice at all. 

(3) WSDC March 2026 Retreat with Vance Pryor–WAITING LIST
The Winston-Salem Dharma Community invites you to join us for another retreat at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center. The retreat, from March 26-30, 2026, is entitled Seeing Clearly: The Four Noble Truths, with Vance Pryor returning as our teacher. Vance first taught us in 2024, to rave reviews. We are thrilled to have him back! You can listen to his talk, The Paramis — Ethics/Virtue, at this link. THE RETREAT IS NOW FULL, BUT YOU CAN ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITING LIST IN CASE SOME HAVE TO CANCEL THEIR REGISTRATION. YOU MAY ADD YOUR NAME TO THE WAITING LIST AT THIS LINK.

(3) Volunteer Opportunity
If you’re interested in serving as a “greeter” or helping set up the room before our weekly meetings, please contact  Bosco at devonmfarr@gmail.com. You can be regular or intermittent, and no special skills or knowledge are needed.

(5) WSDC Retreat Schedule UPDATE! (2026-29)
The Winston-Salem Dharma Community will continue to host periodic retreats for members and non-members alike. Here is a preliminary list of retreats planned for 2026 through 2029. We will provide additional details and registration schedules as these dates approach. But for now, you can “pencil them in” if interested. All of these retreats will take place at St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville, NC.

  • March 26-30, 2026 (four nights)–Vance Pryor, teacher..
  • October 4-9, 2026 (five nights)–Winnie Nazarko, teacher.
  • February 21-25, 2027 (four nights)–Matthew Brensilver, teacher
  • October 5-10, 2027 (five nights)–Teacher TBA
  • January 30 -February 3, 2028 (four nights)–Teacher TBA
  • January 10-14, 2029 (four nights)–Matthew Brensilver, Teacher