1st Tuesday Tea and Dhamma Talk at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery

When: 5-9pm, May 5, 2026

Location: 2304 McKinley Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703

Description: On May 5, the Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery’s First Tuesday program will feature two in-person sessions led by Luang Por Pasanno, the Guiding Elder and former Abbot of Abhayagiri. There will not be an online program. The schedule in Pacific time zone is as follows:

• 5:00 - 6:00 pm. In-person Teatime Q&A with Luang Por Pasanno in the Dining Room. This is a great opportunity to ask your dhamma questions. Kindly keep voices low in the lobby and hallway as you enter and exit the building. Please arrive by 4:50 pm and help yourself to tea and allowables.

• 7:30 - 9:30 pm. In-person Evening Session with Luang Por Pasanno in the Main Shrine Room. Dhamma talk preceded by chanting, meditation, and refuges/precepts. We would greatly appreciate your assistance with setting up and putting away chairs/cushions. Doors for this session open at 7:15 pm.

The Berkeley Buddhist Monastery (BBM), our gracious host, has meditation and chanting programs from 5:15 to 7:15 pm in the Main Shrine Room. These programs partially overlap with Abhayagiri’s First Tuesday program at BBM. After the Teatime and prior to the Evening Session, please be mindful of others and take conversations outside the building.   


Address:
Berkeley Buddhist Monastery
2304 McKinley Ave.
(One block from the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Way and Bancroft Way. The Downtown Berkeley BART station is about a 10-15 minute walk.)


Hope you can join us.


With gratitude,

Moderator