Candlelight Meditation & Vigil

Summary:This unique event will give you the opportunity to both cultivate inner peace with a meditation guided by Buddhist monks and honor your departed loved ones by sharing this positive energy with them during this special outdoor candlelight meditation and vigil. This combination of activities is very powerful to help process grief and loss amongst a supportive community and also just witness and be a part of a beautiful enchanted evening of peace and healing. Although not mandatory, you have the option to place a picture of a departed loved one on our memorial structure. This event is free and open to all ages. For more details, see the schedule below.

The Teaching Monks: Venerable Michael (an Atlanta native) and Venerable Nick (a San Diego native) will be in town to run and guide this event. If you would like to get to know them or take a look at the YouTube videos, guided meditations, books, and many other spiritual resources they have created, you can do so with this link.

Ticket Options: this event is free of charge. However, all of the costs of materials including candles, lighters, food, drink, and other expenses involved in running these events are supported by donations from others. If you would like to pay forward the generosity of the donors who have come before you and enabled us to run a free event, you can become a "Pay It Forward Patron" by selecting that ticket option, or you can make a donation of another amount by choosing the donation option. But if your situation does not allow for a donation, then it is completely fine to select the free option. Thank you for your kindness that will enable us to sustainably offer these types of free events into the future :)

(Optional) Bringing a Picture of a Departed Loved One

If you have a loved one who has passed away and you would like to commemorate them during the candlelight vigil/meditation, then you may bring a picture of them to place upon the shrine that we will create. We will have 4x6 picture frames stands that you can borrow in the event that you would like to print your photo and do not have a frame. If you have a framed photo, you can place that on the memorial structure as well. However, if you would just prefer to write the name of your loved one on a slip of paper and place it on the shrine, this is also an option.

Please note that this is a public event and pictures will be taken so those in attendance can enjoy them afterwards and also to help spreading the word about future events.

The video below is from an outdoor candlelight event we did at our center in 2023. The other pictures are similar events that the monks have done at our center

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