# Event Details - **Event Name**: Spiritual Friends Sangha - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 08 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm – Mon, 18 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Spiritual Friends Sangha is a growing, living, ever changing community. We gather to celebrate our joys and care for our sorrows, together.About this Eventwith Augusta HopkinsEvery Monday, 5-7 PMCome as you are. Leave as you must.Especially in this dark time, we need the spiritual and emotional support of Sangha. Come together in community to rest and replenish. Bring your sorrows and your joys. Together we will explore Buddhist principles to navigate this s**f.Spiritual Friends Sangha is a growing, living, ever changing community. We gather to celebrate our joys and care for our sorrows, together, so that we may be nourished by reality and not fear it.We are relational human beings, we need each other. We need community.The forces of greed (lobha) aversion (dosa) and delusion (moha) are strong, in us and in the world. And some of us are feeling that truth now more than ever.Buddha laid out a path that leads to the end of this suffering.Let’s journey it together!Augusta Hopkins offers “Zen with an edge.” Drawing on her Quaker roots; deep practice and training in the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism, Insight Meditation, Theravada Buddhism; and the spiritual healing journey of the Twelve Steps of Al-Anon.Augusta (she/her, white, cisgender) brings a depth of experience from teaching Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to almost 1,000 students and mentoring 100 plus meditation teachers-to-be in Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s Meditation Teacher Training program. Augusta welcomes all. She received lay ordination from Thich Nhat Hanh and the names True Ocean of Strength and Peaceful Fulfillment of the Heart which she embodies. She is authorized by Spirit Rock to share the Dharma and teach meditation. Augusta also holds an MBA in Sustainable Business and a third degree Black Belt in the Korean Martial Art of Tang Soo Do. When she isn’t meditating or teaching meditation she can be found swimming in the cold waters of the San Francisco Bay. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/san-francisco/spiritual-friends-sangha/100001571978182059 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, meditation, art, workshops, sports, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: San Francisco - **state**: CA - **country**: United States - **location**: SF Dharma Collective - **lat**: 37.753982 - **long**: -122.41391799999997 - **full address**: SF Dharma Collective, 2929 24th Street, San Francisco, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Spiritual Friends Sangha - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/86189d7a9753a62538f5b99d00fe79790d0f1c6efc7999ecee3540c930874647-rimg-w1200-h600-dc7a7777-gmir.jpg?v=1755155661 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Spiritual Friends Sangha being held? - **A:** Spiritual Friends Sangha takes place on Mon, 08 Sep, 2025 at 05:00 pm to Mon, 18 May, 2026 at 07:00 pm at SF Dharma Collective, 2929 24th Street, San Francisco, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Spiritual Friends Sangha? - **A:** Spiritual Friends Sangha is organized by SF Dharma Collective. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Spiritual Friends Sangha is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in San Francisco, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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