Dear Friends,
Every Spring for my birthday it is my honor to humbly raise money for the Dharma Bum Temple. Last April however as the pandemic hit us all hard, it did not feel right to ask for support…
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Year-End Fundraising Campaign for the Dharma Bum Temple
Dear Friends,
Here we sit in crazy times, yet one thing that is constant is the heart of this community. I am reaching out and asking for donations so we can secure much-needed funds as we close out…
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A Beautiful Letter
We received a beautiful email and would like to share it below:
To all of the people who have worked to build and sustain the Dharma Bum Temple Sangha,
Hello, my name is _______. I’m not sure if…
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A Moment to Practice: Plans to Reopen
Hello All,
The Temple received an email two weeks ago from the Mayor's office with regards to their exploration of reopening "Places of Worship". They were reaching out to many religious facilities in San Diego and putting together a…
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Second Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event
Saturday night December 7th we hosted our second annual Volunteer Appreciation Event at the Dharma Bum Temple. It was a time to honor each person in this photo and about 20 others who could not be with us, as together…
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Thanksgiving Day Food Redistribution
It has become a tradition at the Dharma Bum Temple to feed the homeless on Thanksgiving morning. We do this every Thursday at 5PM but on Thanksgiving it is a special event and we are grateful for everyone who shows…
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Year-End Fundraising Campaign for the Dharma Bum Temple
Every day I am in awe at the amount of people who walk into the Dharma Bum Temple. Some people are here for the first time and some have been here for many years. Some live in San Diego…
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Koshin Paley Ellsion Visits the DBT - Whole Hearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake up - July, 30 2019
A sharing from DBT Co-Founder Jeffrey Zlotnik:
There are moments at the Dharma Bum Temple where I completely stop and just be in tremendous gratitude. 95% of my time is spent building, creating, cleaning, funding, organizing, managing, putting shoes…
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A Jewish Buddhist Memorial Blessing - August 11, 2019
This past weekend I was invited to Temple Emanu-El by Rabbi Devorah Marcus to speak at a memorial service. The man who died was 55 years-old and a practicing Buddhist. His family are members of the Jewish Temple. I want…
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Ajaan Geoff at the DBT - A Special Offering
The Dharma Bum Temple was pleased to welcome back and host Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (also known as Ajaan Geoff) on June 13, 2019. Ajaan Geoff is a world renown Buddhist scholar and teacher (see more complete biography at bottom of post)…
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