New Jersey has a monastery.
This is its weekly teaching, online.
Mahamevnawa has a monastery in New Jersey — one of only a handful of Theravada forest monasteries on the East Coast. Mindfulness in Buddha's Way is the weekly online extension of that same tradition: monks teaching the Buddha's original words on mindfulness, live on Zoom, every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern.
We study the Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta — the Great Discourse on Establishing Mindfulness — passage by passage. It is the text that gave rise to every mindfulness tradition that followed. Coming here is coming to the source. Free for everyone, always.
- Day
- Every Tuesday
- Time (ET)
- 8:30 PM ET
- Format
- Online only · Live on Zoom
- Cost
- Free — always
Hosted at 7:30 PM Winnipeg time · newcomers welcome at any session
A Theravada monastery in your backyard — now online every week.
The Mahamevnawa monastery in New Jersey draws practitioners from across the state and the greater New York metro area. For those who have visited the monastery, sat retreats there, or simply felt drawn to the Theravada tradition, Mindfulness in Buddha's Way is the natural midweek continuation — accessible from home, no travel required.
For those new to the tradition, it is an ideal entry point. Buddhist monks who have dedicated their lives to these teachings guide each session with patience, clarity, and no expectation of prior knowledge. The Mahā Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is a complete roadmap — body, feelings, mind, and mental qualities — and we read it slowly, week by week.
The 8:30 PM Eastern Tuesday session fits easily after a New Jersey workday. Whether you are in Middlesex County, Bergen, Essex, or anywhere across the state, the Zoom link opens the same door. The monastery is there when you want to sit in person. This program is there every week.
Study, reflect, practise.
Read the suttas
Working directly with the original discourses, translated and explained passage by passage. No prior knowledge required.
Discuss insights
Open conversation on how the teachings meet contemporary questions and everyday experience — from stress and grief to attention and joy.
Practise together
Guided mindfulness practice rooted in the suttas — not a separate technique, but the teachings themselves in motion.
Every Tuesday at 8:30 PM Eastern — join the New Jersey community online.
The session runs live on Zoom at 8:30 PM ET, year-round. No registration required. If you live near the Mahamevnawa monastery in New Jersey, this is the weekly practice that continues what begins on retreat.
- Your local time
- 8:30 PM ET
- Every Tuesday · ET
- Meeting ID
- 859 0486 9546
- Passcode
- 11175
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