The Essence of the Three Yanas is the second module of the This Life course. It presents the key teachings and insights from the Buddha via the Three Vehicles: Peace, Compassion & […]
The Deathless Unending Nature of Mind We have been taught to spend our lives chasing our thoughts and projections. Even when "mind" is talked about, what is referred to is […]
Join us in person at our National Center in Newtown on Saturday mornings for a guided meditation session 9-10 am. Sessions are led by experienced meditation instructors for 1 hour, […]
Fear and anxiety disempower us. In this session we’ll present a short teaching by Sogyal Rinpoche that will help us look into the underlying source of our fears so that […]
We meet on the third Tuesday of each month, 10:30am - 12:30pm. We read and discuss an eclectic range of Buddhist books and books of wider interest. We warmly invite […]
This five-day retreat will present the Mahayana Seven Points of Mind Training, to lay out a path of formal meditation practice, accompanied by guidelines for extending that practice into everyday life. […]
Bringing the Mind Home Take a deep dive into a rich variety of meditation techniques to transform your moods and emotions. And discover how the whole purpose of meditation is […]
Many of us experience dissatisfaction or feeling that something is missing in our lives, even when on the surface things seem quite good. This session presents teachings by Dzogchen Ponlop […]
The Buddha compared the universe to a vast interdependent net woven of a countless variety of brilliant jewels. Each jewel reflects every other jewel in the net. If we are […]
The Buddhist path offers many tools for turning our mind away from depression and inspiring ourselves to take on a more positive, uplifting frame of mind. In this session we’ll work […]
Negative emotions such as anger cause us and others so much unnecessary suffering. In this session, supported by teachings by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche and Sharon Salzberg, we’ll investigate how, through […]
These days many of us feel overstretched and stressed. This session presents some short teachings by Sogyal Rinpoche offering simple ways that we can bring meditation and the compassionate Buddhist […]
