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Nagaloka Buddhist Center

Nagaloka is a Triratna Buddhist Community center. Our sangha seeks to
teach, explore and live the path towards Enlightenment.

All welcome to any of our regular scheduled sessions. Keep an eye on our website www.nagalokabuddhistcenter.org

07/20/2026

The Vajra Bell Summer 2026 is now available

Read the issue on TheBuddhistCentre.com
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/vajra-bell/vajra-bell-summer-2026-issue

The theme of this issue Sacred Spaces: How where we practice supports our path. When people come together in a sangha space, magic happens. How do we create community around particular places of practice? What are the connections people experience with one another, their practice and their place of practice? The two main features highlight the Dharmadhara Retreat Center and the nearby residential community, Akashagarbha, in California.

In addition, four Order members reflect on how they create space to practice and stay connected with the sangha at large without an established center. Each sangha in the US and Canada also describes the unique experiences of their dedicated space.

Subscribe now https://vajrabell.eo.page/subscribe to get your issue delivered to your email box! We welcome your feedback at [email protected]!

05/23/2026

Nagaloka would like to invite you, your family and friends to our Sangha Potluck Picnic on Saturday, July 4th (rain date Sunday the 5th), starting at 12:00pm at Vienna Farm, 594 Fort Hill Road, Gorham.

We will be spending time together at Jim Jaeger’s, and his wife Tanya’s, beautiful horse farm in Gorham, ME. Please come along with a vegetarian dish to share, chairs or a blanket to sit on, and a reusable plate and utensils.

Please park by the house and main barn. It will be a short walk to the picnic area. Jim will have a cart/ATV available to transport chairs, coolers etc. If anyone is mobility impaired and may find the walk difficult, you may drive in from Spiller Road on the side of the property and park just steps away from the picnic site (please call Jim 207-831-1706 for details).

Info regarding weather and using the rain date will be posted of FB, Instagram, and sent out to our Sangha email list.

Looking forward to spending time together!

03/14/2026

The next Going Deeper Series explores the book, The Heart's Awakening: 108 Steps to a Life of Love, by Bodhipaksa.

We’ll meet in-person on Sundays 1-3 pm for a short period of meditation followed by discussion of what we’ve read: April 12 (pages 1-42), April 26 (p 43-88), May 10 (p 90-172), May 31 (p 174-256), and June 14 (p 258-356).

RSVP: email [email protected] to reserve your seat and receive important announcements, including schedule changes.

Books are available at the Nagaloka Bookstore (while supplies last). Amazon sells paperback and digital copies.

Sessions are offered on a donation basis. The suggested donation is $20-$50 for the series.

We welcome newer practitioners learning about Buddhism as well as more experienced practitioners seeking reminders and support. If you are looking for a learn-to-meditate course, please see our other offerings.

03/05/2026

Our theme for the series beginning March 4th is Moody March. We'll be exploring the pitfalls of changing moods and the skills the Dharma gives us to help us avoid suffering because of our moods.

Our moods can be thought of as Vedanã or feeling-tone, which can be pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, and serves as a link between sensory input and craving.

How we respond to Vedanã depends on how we identify with self, and the illusions/delusions we attach to self.

Sangharaksh*ta says, "The term 'spiritual death' may be slightly off-putting, but it isn’t meant to suggest physical death. What ‘dies’ are all our illusions and delusions about who we are and how things are."

The more we are aware of the "illusions and delusions" we attach to self, the more skilled we will be at letting those illusions/delusions die and free ourselves of moodiness.

In this series, we'll look at spiritual death, vedanã, impermanence and other aspects of Dharma that will help us address our moods.

Each month or so, we will be adding a new dimension of Dharma to explore. Each topic will overlap on some level with the previous topics as consistency and clarity in practice is beneficial to personal growth.
�Last month’s Friendship topic can be coupled with Moody March as Buddha connects Spiritual Friendship with transcending negative mentals states in the Upaddhasutta: "By relying upon me as a good friend, beings subject to . . . . sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair are freed from sorrow, lamentation, pain, displeasure, and despair."

Please join us beginning as we explore Moody March and the skills Dharma provides to address it.

All are welcome! There is no need to attend all sessions or to purchase a book.

02/01/2026

With Our next series we will explore Friendship and what it means to be a friend.

Thus I have heard, on one occasion the venerable Ananda approached the Buddha and exclaimed that friendship was half of the spiritual life, that is good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship.
“Not so Ananda, not so, this is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship.”
When a person has a good friend, it is to be expected that they will study and practice and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path together.

Essentially, friends are friends because we have the ability to think of the welfare of others as well as ourselves.

"In this age troubled by war, famine, disease, disasters, and physical and mental sufferings of all kinds, to think even for an instant of the welfare of others is of inconceivable merit.” ~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Each month or so, we will be adding a new dimension of Dharma to explore.

01/25/2026

Wishing you all a cozy, warm, and safe snow day.

01/02/2026

Welcome all to New Beginnings
The Wednesday evening Nagaloka online meditation, and dharma discussions class returns with New Beginnings on 1/14/26. Time 6:30 to 8pm. All are welcome.
What begins?
The next breath , a deepening sense of Beauty , a connection with another? A thought?
What do you want to begin in this new year?

The Human Body at Peace with Itself - Tsongkhapa

The human body, at peace with itself Is more precious than the rarest gem.
Cherish your body - it is yours this time only.
The human form is won with difficulty, It is easy to lose.
All worldly things are brief, Like lightning in the sky;
This life you must know As the tiny splash of a raindrop;
A thing of beauty that disappears even as it comes into being.
Therefore set your goal;
Make use of every day and night To achieve it.

Whether you are a master mediator or a bare beginner, please join us as each month or so, the Online Team will introduce a new topic to explore
All are welcome

12/19/2025

Join us to celebrate! All are welcome!

Address

1 Forest Avenue
Portland, ME
04101

Opening Hours

Monday	6:30pm - 7:30pm
Wednesday	7pm - 9pm
Thursday	12pm - 1pm
	5:30pm - 6:30pm
Sunday	8:30am - 10am

Website

http://www.nagalokabuddhistcenter.org/

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