The Meditation Center of Chicago has been arranging meditation class for locals on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings for many years.
Thai Buddhist Meditation Center in Japan, Tokyo, arranged meditation and taught dharma in Japanese on the topic of “Current Situation of Buddhism in Thailand” by Ven Maha Dr. Pongsak Thaniyo.
Meditation Center of Chicago arranged a special meditation for locals in the One Day Meditation Retreat Project on Saturday July 30, 2016. There were over 50 participants and Ven Dr. Nicholas Thanissaro was the teaching monk.
The Potential Development and Meditation Program took place from July 16-18, 2016 at the Japanese Meditation Village, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma, Japan.
On Monday July 4, 2016, Phra Thanawut Tissaro from Japanese Meditation Center, Japan traveled to teach meditation at the Knowledge Exchange Center of Shiojiri city, Nagano Prefecture.
On Sunday July 3, 2016, Japanese Meditation Center of Japan, Tokyo, arranged meditation and gave a Japanese sermon by Phra Thanawut Tissaro.
Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma, Japan, arranged a meditation retreat for locals during June 17 – 19, 2016 (3 days and 2 nights) with 8 meditation sessions.
On Monday June 20, 2016, at Vayu Massage Shop in Nakameguro, Tokyo, the owner Mr. Takano invited the teaching monks from Thai Buddhist Meditation Center of Japan to teach dharma and lead meditation. He does it every month and this was the 20th time.
On Tuesday May 17, 2016, Ms. Pimchanok and the Saisamorn Family invited Phrakhrubhavanavidesa, the Abbot of Seattle Meditation Center, to teach meditation at YWCA, which is an organization to help poor women in the downtown of Vancouver, Canada.
From May 18th – 27th, 2016, The Middle Way Meditation Retreat under the leadership of Venerable monk Piset Jittasuto, Vice Deputy Chief of the Middle Way Meditation hosted the meditation retreat.
