Show Me Dharma

02/08/2026

Here is the link to join....https://www.facebook.com/walkforpeaceusa

📌 Join with Us - Global Loving-Kindness Meditation - Feb 11, 2026

We warmly invite everyone from across the nation and the world to join us for a special loving-kindness meditation session with the venerable monks and Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara.

📅 Wednesday, February 11, 2026 (Our Day 109)
⏰ 4:30–7:30 PM EST
📍 George Washington University Smith Center
🔴 Online Livestream

This meditation session will be livestreamed on our page and website so everyone can join us at the same time, no matter where you are in the world.

With the collective loving-kindness meditation from everyone in the whole world, it will make a significant effect on our world. When thousands of hearts meditate together in the same moment, our loving-kindness ripples outward, touching hearts, healing wounds, and planting seeds of peace everywhere.

Whether you join us in person or online from your home—your presence matters. Your meditation matters. Your loving-kindness matters.

Please mark your calendars and invite your friends, family, and community to join. Together, we will join in meditation and send loving-kindness to all beings everywhere.

Livestream available on:
Facebook: Walk for Peace
Website: in the comment section of this post and always pinned at top of our page.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

02/07/2026

February 11th. Shall we join the metta meditation?

A Buddhist monk shares a powerful invitation as the Walk for Peace heads to Washington DC. On the night of the 11th, 10,000 people are expected to join a Lov...

02/04/2026

A New Offering at Show Me Dharma over the next 6 weeks! Everyone is welcome. Some previous meditation is helpful.

Insight Dialogue:
An Interpersonal Path to Freedom
Wednesdays 7:00 - 8:30 pm
February 11 - March 18th

“Admirable friendship, admirable companionship, admirable camaraderie is actually the whole of the holy life. When a monk has admirable people as friends, companions, & comrades, he can be expected to develop & pursue the noble eightfold path.” (SN 45.2)

Insight Dialogue is a deeply heart-opening relational meditation practice with the same intention as silent meditation practice: to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, and insight. As in silent meditation practice, we bring mindfulness to bear on what is happening, moment to moment, but with attention to what arises as we listen and speak to others. A set of simple yet profound guidelines support this practice. In this class, you will learn these guidelines one at a time as we together contemplate our in-the-moment experience of the Dhamma.

Each session will include silent meditation, instruction, and in-depth practice of Insight Dialogue in pairs and larger groups. Everyone is welcome. Some previous meditation is helpful. To register, please email Donna Strickland at stricklanddonnag@gmail.com

Six-week class, Wednesday evenings 7:00-8:30
Beginning February 11 and ending March 18
At Show Me Dharma center
Taught by Donna Strickland and Terry Furstenau

About Donna Strickland:
Donna has practiced Insight Meditation since 2004, when she joined Show Me Dharma. She feels deep appreciation for the many teachers she has learned from over the years, especially Phil Jones, Ginny Morgan, Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia, and Shaila Catherine. She began teaching, under the mentorship of Phil Jones, in 2011, first at Phil’s Silent Mind-Open Heart sangha, and later at Show Me Dharma. She has also practiced Insight Dialogue since 2006, and has facilitated a number of Insight Dialogue classes since 2011. She was formally recognized by the Insight Dialogue community as a teacher in 2024. Gregory Kramer, Gary Steinberg, and Mary Burns have been important ID mentors and teachers. Donna is also a former English professor and a current therapist, and she understands relationality and care to be key tools in awakening.

About Terry Furstenau:
Terry has practiced Insight Meditation since joining Show Me Dharma in 2000. He began teaching in 2005 and has taught Introduction to Meditation and Eight Fold Path classes. He also facilitates the Thursday night committed practice class. He has practiced Insight Dialogue since 2006 and has co-facilitated Insight Dialogue groups since that time.

01/25/2026

Hi friends!
We still need salads and desserts if you might be able to help out this coming Wednesday:

Loaves and Fishes Dinner - WEDNESDAY, January 28, 2026. 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Dear Friends, Show-me Dharma is sponsoring a meal on the fourth Wednesday of every other month to serve approximately 100 to 130 homeless or near-homeless people at "Loaves and Fishes," in its new location at the Ashley Stre...

12/31/2025

A Beautiful example of Buddhist activism....

Walk for PEACE with 19 Buddhist monks and Aloka the DogJoin 19 Buddhist monks and their loyal dog Aloka on a 2,300-mile ‘Walk for Peace’ across America. Fro...

11/13/2025

How can we be part of the lessening of suffering in the U.S. and around the world? Join in this event to find out and bring this wisdom back to our local sangha.

This event brings together Dharma teachers, Buddhists grassroots activists, and a legal expert to explore the intersection of Buddhist teachings, human rights and immigrant justice.

11/13/2025

Perspectives and meditations on how we can bring our practice into the social sphere.

Join renowned writers Terry Tempest Williams and Rebecca Solnit, lawyer and Buddhist teacher Valerie Brown, beloved Zen teacher and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax, and climate activist Christiana Figueres…

10/22/2025

10/22/2025

Beautiful and powerful article from Buddhist Teacher Deborah Eden Tull about our eco-crises and how the dharma can help us respond.

In this one-on-one interview with One Earth Sangha, Debra Eden Tull invites us into her multi-dimensional awakening, catalyzed by a near-death experience in Hurricane Helene. 🌏

10/22/2025

Last minute request for help. We still have several slots to fill!

Loaves and Fishes Dinner - WEDNESDAY, October 22, 2025. 3:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Dear Friends, Show-me Dharma is sponsoring a meal on the fourth Wednesday of every other month to serve approximately 100 to 130 homeless or near-homeless people at "Loaves and Fishes," in its new location at the Ashley Stre...

10/22/2025

Join us this weekend for "Dimensions of the Dharma" with Kim Allen

Dates & Times: Friday, October 24: Free Public Talk from 7–9 p.m. CT Saturday, October 25: All Day Session from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. CT Sunday, October 26: Morning Session from 9 a.m.–12 p.m. CT Location: Show Me Dharma, 1600 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO 65203 & Online Via Zoom Learn More About Kim Alle...

09/22/2025

Living our practice to meet what's happening in our world... an opportunity to be with and learn from one of the world's foremost Buddhist activists.

Soon after you register, you will receive an email with a link to the Resource Page, which is where all of the recordings and readings are listed. It may take a few minutes to reach you.