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ABOUT ADYA
Adyashanti (whose name means “primordial peace”) is an American-born spiritual teacher who has been teaching for 26 years. His teachings include evening meetings, weekend intensives, silent retreats, live internet broadcasts, and online courses. He has taught throughout the US and also in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia. More than 30,000 people in 120 countries are connected to his website through free email subscription. He is the author of eleven books.
Born Stephen Gray in 1962 in Cupertino, California, Adyashanti grew up as an athlete and competitive bicycle racer. At age 19, he became interested in enlightenment, began to meditate, and became fully absorbed in a quest for ultimate truth. . . .
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Sunday Community Practice meets live online twice a month for deep spiritual practice and inquiry. Each practice is two hours and includes meditation and a talk by Mukti. Check our program calendar to see future session dates and which teacher will be leading.
Time: 9:00–11:00 am PT. (Preprogram meditation at 8:00 am PT)
We offer two options for participation:
Monthly Subscription ($25/month) which includes:
- Access to two live Sunday online practices each month.
- Replay video or download audio of any Sunday practice that airs during or after the month you joined. (Note: replays are available within one week of each Sunday practice, and expire after three months.)
- Monthly subscription is recurring and will be charged on the 2nd day of each month.
- Cancel subscription for future months at any time by logging in to your account. (Current month is not refunded.)
- Scholarship applications accepted.
Single Practice Registration ($15) which includes:
- Access to one live Sunday practice, to be viewed at the time of the broadcast. (Note: replays are NOT included with this option.)
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Subscribe to Our Programs
THE STREAM
Stream eight AUDIO recordings each month from Adya’s media area and access your selected recordings as often as you like in the same month!
- Purchase and download audio recordings from your current monthly selections for 50% off.
- Stream either single talks or broadcasts.
- $15/month
YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP
Membership Programs on Adya’s YouTube channel allow us to make available a selection of full-length video teachings not previously accessible other than by purchasing them in our online store.
- Basic Membership: $4.99/month
- Membership Plus: $9.99/month
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FEATURED WRITING
What the World Really Needs
Excerpted from Adya’s book Sacred Inquiry
Q: I know directly and profoundly that I am nothing. And from that knowing it’s clear, at least intellectually and maybe more deeply, that the multiplicity of appearance is an expression of nothingness. But I still get caught in multiplicity, especially in anger and despair over the havoc we are causing on the planet. It seems to me that until I can hold the facts of resource depletion, species extinction, and climate change in the space of nothingness, the process of awakening is incomplete.
Do I accept that the humanity in me will always be outraged about these things and that there can simultaneously be a knowing of the nothingness of it? Or is there a “place” where there is only abiding in the nothingness of multiplicity? How can I work with this incompleteness and know that I am everything in the way...
Excerpted from Adya’s book Sacred Inquiry
Q: I know directly and profoundly that I am nothing. And from that knowing it’s clear, at least intellectually and maybe more deeply, that the multiplicity of appearance is an expression of nothingness. But I still get caught in multiplicity, especially in anger and despair over the havoc we are causing on the planet. It seems to me that until I can hold the facts of resource depletion, species extinction, and climate change in the space of nothingness, the process of awakening is incomplete.
Do I accept that the humanity in me will always be outraged about these things and that there can simultaneously be a knowing of the nothingness of it? Or is there a “place” where there is only abiding in the nothingness of multiplicity? How can I work with this incompleteness and know that I am everything in the way Nisargadatta did?
A: So many people are outraged at the senseless way that we treat each other and this amazing planet that we find ourselves on. Does that outrage solve the immense problems of humanity, or does it fuel them? It seems to me that the world does not need any more outrage than it already has. It does, though, desperately need more love put into action. Perhaps your feelings of outrage are actually originating in a love that you have not yet fully acknowledged and acted upon. Perhaps if you saw how much you truly care and love, and got on with expressing that as best you could, you would not feel outraged and afraid. Love denied turns to anger. Love expressed creates the space and conditions where more love can flower. Love isn’t just a feeling—it is an act of courage.
© Adyashanti 2021
Saturday, September 6, 2025
10:00 am - 5:00 pm PT
Originally offered as an in-person gathering, this sold-out event is now available to a wider audience via livestream. Whether you’re across the globe, unable to travel, or simply missed the chance to attend in person, you can still take part in this historic day of spiritual reflection and celebration.
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