Welcome to the Burlington Area Buddhist Fellowship in Vermont. We are a practice group primarily based in the Insight Meditation school of Buddhism. We welcome all who are on the path to liberation through meditation and integration of the Buddha’s teachings into daily life, regardless of cultural and religious background, race, ethnicity, socio-economic class, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, educational background, or ability. If you are a beginner, we offer a free course of study so you might become familiar with Buddhist practice. We are dedicated to supporting each other’s practice and to creating a culture of inclusion, kindness and generosity.
We meet Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The first, second, and third meeting of every month are held in-person. Join us for meditation, dharma talk, discussion, and tea. You can find material from our past meetings in the Archive.
The Burlington Area Buddhist Fellowship is primarily a group of long-term dharma practitioners living in northern Vermont who meet to study, discuss, and practice together. Anyone is welcome to join us in person for our meetings on the first three Sundays of the month. However, we have found the online format makes in challenging to welcome those with little or no experience with Buddhist practice to the online portion of our Sunday meetings. If you would like to join us online, please read through the options below.
If you are an experienced practitioner and would like to join us for our Sunday meetings online, please email us and let us know the nature of your past training or study of the dharma and your daily practice.
If you are a beginner and interested in Buddhist practice we offer online introductory drop-in classes about once a month as well as the occasional deeper dive in the form of a four week or six week class. To be notified of these offerings and learn how to join us please sign up for the email list below.
All of our classes are offered freely, but if you would like to support us, you can do so here.
The nature of a Sangha is to be inclusive and, we believe, to actively work toward equality. To that end, we have collected some resources which you may find useful regarding anti-racism on a dedicated page.
Recent talks (see more in our archive)
The basics, ever fresh and renewing
Returning to the most basic instructions – awareness of the body, feelings, heart-mind and dhammas reveals how these instructions feel differently under different conditions. and open different insights. Darryl guided our reflections, drawing from a talk by Dawn Scott and a guided meditation from Yahel Avigur. Both presentations examine reactivity, body awareness and ways of noticing and…
Sane Practice for Crazy Times
Given the environment we now find ourselves in, more extreme than ever, it can become difficult to maintain our path and practice. How do we best work with whatever dysregulation we are experiencing? How can we be there for others who are going through their stress? Jackie guided our reflections, drawing on a talk by…
The Absorption Process
Absorption in a concentrated state may be a goal as we sit on the meditation cushion. But it can in some degree be achieved, and utilized, in everyday life as well. And the calm steadiness it offers can stabilize our lives and our thoughts, as can spending time in nature. As Ajahn Sucitto points out, this cultivated…
