The offering will take place on Sunday, March 22, 2026, from 9AM - 3PM US Eastern Time.
Please plan to participate for the entire event, and have easy-to-prepare food on hand, for your nourishment needs.
Note: this program will not be recorded.
Building the Temple: A Day of Practice Focused on the Union of Aspiration and Compassion Guided by Saki SantorelliOnline (program will not be recorded)Sunday, March 22, 2026, 9AM-3PM (US Eastern Time)Please arrange to attend for the entire time
In the monastery of your heart and body, you have a temple where all Buddhas unite.
It is in this balance of inward depth and outward breadth, in this union of perpendicular aspiration and horizontal compassion, that the true purpose of life is fulfilled, leading to that peace and bliss which is the only object of manifestation.
Amidst the stillness, crystalline clarity, and deep solitude of Winter, I’m looking forward to being in your presence as we enter into a day of practice. Together we’ll offer our aspirations and attention to the building of the universal temple, the inner sanctuary that is none other than your heart. Through extended periods of guided and silent meditation from the Buddhist and Sufi traditions, illuminating poetry, and brief periods of sobhet – deep listening and spiritual conversation as referred to by the Sufis - we’ll take our seat at the feast. Learning to taste and savor directly this “monastery of your heart,” we’ll explore the universal call to dedicate ourselves to manifesting this inner temple in our everyday lives and actions.
All are welcome...
Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
Saki Santorelli
Saki F. Santorelli, EdD, MA is an educator, meditation guide, writer, gardener, and pioneer in integrating meditation and mindfulness into medicine, health care, and the broader society. In 2017, he retired as professor of medicine, executive director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (2000-2017) and director of the internationally acclaimed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Clinic (MBSR-C) (1996-2017) at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
His four-decades in medicine and healthcare have been oriented around the integration of mindfulness into public health fueled by an abiding trust in the innate brilliance and nobility of human beings. He has plumbed the nature of the healing relationship by working with thousands of medical patients, educating and mentoring generations of medical students, healthcare professionals, educators, and researchers of mindfulness and MBSR. Through his vision and leadership, the Center for Mindfulness transmitted the ethos, practice, teaching, and science of mindfulness to individuals and organizations around the world.
Saki has been a student in the universal Sufi lineage of Hazrat Inayat Khan for forty-nine years. In 1980, his teacher, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, suggested he also become a student in the Buddhist Insight Meditation tradition. Saki teaches, writes, presents workshops, seminars, and leads retreats internationally. He has written articles, papers, book chapters and monographs in the scientific and psychological literature as well as creating a wide range of educational materials and media. He is the author of Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine now translated into fourteen languages and founder/director of the website and online community, Guest House Awareness.
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