Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center

Welcome

The Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center is a non-profit organization where all are invited to practice the Universal Truths of Sakyamuni Buddha's Teachings.

Location and Contact

432 South Temple Street, Mesa, Arizona, 85204
Phone:  480-626-4153    
Email: info@meditationforyou.org

Can't find us? Well, we're a small house - no sign, 3rd on the right on Temple. Come help us grow!

News and Events


Dear Members and friends -

The Monks of Arizona International Buddhist Center cordially invite you and your friends to join us in celebrating "Kathina" the traditional robe offering ceremony. The lay community will present the special Kathina robe to the community of Maha Sangha as well as many necessities such as food, clothing, and medicine. This year the Kathina offering is sponsored by Ananda de Silva and his family.

Kathina Pooja Ceremony of AIBMC falls on the 29th of October 2022. You are kindly requested to reserve your days early for this Great Meritorious action as your participation is essential to make this great event successful. Kathina Pooja is the greatest meritorious action which is held only once a year in a temple. Every family is kindly requested to offer two robes (Sivuru) in this Robe Offering Ceremony. . Your kind contribution makes this ceremony much better. Please let us know on or before 25th October 2022.

Reserve your days for the Kathina Pooja Ceremony - click here! 

May the Triple Gem bless you,

Bhante Ananda

Meditation Schedule

THURSDAY EVENING MEDITATION CLASS

Thursday's class will be from 7.00 PM to 8.30 PM (only by Zoom) . If you are interested, please contact this email for details: barrettaricona@msn.com OR agodas@gmail.com


SATURDAY MORNING MEDITATION COURSE

"Using The Buddhist Eightfold Path In Today's World"

Saturday classes will start on September 24, 2022 and will run from 10 - 11:30am. Only registered students can attend.

You can register by clicking here! 

SUNDAY MEDITATION CLASS

Sunday daytime classes (not in the English language) will begin in the middle of January, 2023. Please email Bhante Ananda for details at: agodas@gmail.com

 

Our Mission

The mission of the Arizona International Buddhist Meditation Center is to teach the practical benefits of Buddhist meditation and the Dhamma. The Center is non-sectarian and open to people of all races, nationalities, ethnicities, and religions.

We offer instructional programs in meditation through regularly scheduled meditation, Dhamma talks, and special programs presented by visiting Buddhist monks whose experience and knowledge will help practitioners enrich their practice immensely (see news items). The Center can provide accommodation a proper environment for mental relaxation and our library of Buddhist books will be available for the use of all practitioners.

Meditation, or Bhavana in the Buddha’s language of Pali, means mental culture or development aimed at cleansing the mind of impurities and disturbances and cultivating the habits of concentration and mindfulness which leads eventually to the attainment of highest wisdom through realization of the Universal Truths of Sakyamuni Buddha's Teachings.

As the Center develops we also intend to add yoga studies as a additional tool for stress reduction.

A Note on Buddhism and Stress Reduction

Stress is a modern phenomenon caused by the rapid pace at which the world is continually changing around us. We experience this rapid change both internally and externally, and it causes us to become tense, uncomfortable, and stressful. The result is, we all wind up suffering.

In today’s this materialistic world we experience stress more than ever. To live stress free life is not an easy task for many of us because stress as a phenomenon remains unrecognized. It is now discovered that stress leads to other complications such as heart diseases, substance abuse, marital discord, frustration, anger, violence, and even murder. Without proper training we are unable to observe things as they occur around us. But are still quick to react to what we experience without observing the repercussions. Such blind reactions create chaos in life. The stress that gets accumulated in the human body and mind in this way needs to be discharged. Often, it gets discharged in the form of hatred, violence and hostilities. Thus, on many occasions our easily avoidable problems unfortunately, end in human tragedy. This is a universal human problem that requires a universal approach to resolve it.

Though people work hard to secure happiness, they end up in unhappiness. Most of these people are longing for temporary sensual pleasures and experience misery instead of finding lasting happiness (sukha). If one wants to be free from misery, one has to make a conscious decision to achieve this freedom. The Buddha’s teachings offer a way to eradicate misery altogether from our lives. Though the techniques have been available to us for over 2500 years, we can not sell or by these techniques like a medication. If one wants the positive results, one has to learn and practice them seriously, ardently and patiently. This practice leads the student to the destination of mental purity and mental tranquility. Lasting happiness results from mental tranquility which is also the freedom of stress.

With the availability of the teaching of the Buddha in the world today, it is necessary to have a conducive environment to engage ourselves in serious practice. It is not easy to find an environment truly conducive to meditation (although there are many commercial ventures that sell so-called meditation at a high price, as if it were a medication to sell and administer). Many places do not seem to serve those who need this service the most, e.g. adolescents, the youth and the elderly.

Our intention is to provide a centre for all to learn and practice the Buddhist techniques of Bhavana (mental training) for mental serenity and mind purification. Through this program, our intention is to serve all regardless of religious, cultural or ethnic differences.