Passing the Torch: An Afternoon with Dharma Gates
At a moment when so many young people are searching for meaning, community, and tools to navigate an uncertain world, the need to bring Buddhist practice to the next generation has never been more urgent.
Please join us for an invitation-only event hosted by Dharma Gates, gathering a small group of practitioners, supporters, and friends for conversation and connection. Dharma Gates' Executive Director Aaron Stryker and Director of Development Benjamin Haynes will share their learnings about bridging the Dharma to the younger generation, opportunities to support their work, and offer open space for dialogue about what it means to pass the Dharma forward. We invite you to join us in supporting this movement.
Since 2019, Dharma Gates has offered 39 multi-day meditation retreats and impacted over 1500 young people. Your generosity makes it possible for them to encounter these teachings at a formative moment in their lives.
Participant Experiences:
“The people behind Dharma Gates display an inspiring amount of concentrated and compassionate effort to this cause. Dharma Gates is helping people, and thus the world, right at their roots. They bring together beautiful environments and excellent teachers that in turn offer truly awesome opportunities for people like me to reflect on our conditions at the deepest level. My time at Dharma Gates retreats has had major impacts on my wellbeing. And it further helps people around me.” - Ryan, Age 33
"Incredible. It cracked my heart open. I can't afford most meditation retreats and I would not have gotten this opportunity otherwise. I feel a fresh sense of determination and a deeper understanding of why I want meditation to be a central part of my time in this body on earth."
Nomi, Age 29
"I feel like I've been hearing bits of a song wandering through different rooms of a house all my life, but I didn't know the song was Dharma. I'm finally starting to hear it. I am so grateful."
Em, Age 27
Watch a short film about our retreats and hear from participants in their own words: