Beginner Friendly
How Buddhism Helps
With Miffi Maxmillion
Wednesdays, February 5 – 19 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm PST Online only (recordings available for all sessions) How to achieve authentic happiness, how to effectively help the ones we love, and how to become part of the solution to global problems: Discover Buddhist answers to real-world dilemmas for an authentic and safe direction […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Discovering Buddhism, Module 8: Establishing a Daily Practice
With Venerable Angie Muir
Online Only Via Zoom Register for this Program This program is offered in collaboration with Ocean of Compassion. The centers will alternate handling registrations. For Module 8, registrations will occur through Ocean of Compassions website. Four Tuesday Sessions February 11 – March 4, 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT (Pacific Time) Online Only Practice […]
Compassionate Action: Spirituality and Social Change
With Charok Lama
Thursday, February 13th 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PT (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm MT) Zoom Only or In-Person at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, NM This program is offered in collaboration with our Sister Center — Thubten Norbu Ling. You can see all their amazing offerings using this link. The balance between […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners as well as to complete […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Digital Mindfulness
With Charok Lama
Tuesday, February 18th 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PT (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm MT) Zoom Only or In-Person at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, NM This program is offered in collaboration with our Sister Center — Thubten Norbu Ling. You can see all their amazing offerings using this link. Technology plays an […]
Thriving Compassionately in the 21st Century: Animals, Planets and Us
Climate Change & the Environmental Impact of our Food Systems Friday, February 21 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm PT In-Person and Online Via Zoom Join us in this three-part series hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals, the only global Buddhist animal advocacy organization, exploring how to live and thrive compassionately and mindfully in today's food […]
Deepening the Path
With Richard Prinz
Saturdays, February 22 – March 15 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST In-Person and Online via Zoom This four-week series is designed for those wishing to deepen their understanding and practice of the Buddhist path, focusing on foundational and advanced teachings. Week 1 explores the true meaning of refuge and renunciation, emphasizing liberation from the […]
From Emptiness to Empathy: Cultivating Universal Love and Compassion
With Charok Lama
Saturday, February 22 9:00 am – 2:30 pm PT (10:00 am - 3:30 pm MT) Zoom Only or In-Person at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, NM This program is offered in collaboration with our Sister Center — Thubten Norbu Ling. You can see all their amazing offerings using this link. Join us for […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners as well as to complete […]
How to Train a Happy Mind—February Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, February 23 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen your relationships, and build a […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
The Power of Silence: The Value of Retreat and How to Prepare
With Charok Lama
Tuesday, February 25th 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PT (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm MT) Zoom Only or In-Person at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, NM This program is offered in collaboration with our Sister Center — Thubten Norbu Ling. You can see all their amazing offerings using this link. In a world […]
Drawing Inspiration From the Lives of Buddhist Masters
With Charok Lama
Thursday, February 27th 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm PT (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm MT) Zoom Only or In-Person at Thubten Norbu Ling in Santa Fe, NM This program is offered in collaboration with our Sister Center — Thubten Norbu Ling. You can see all their amazing offerings using this link. This class invites […]
What’s Merit Got to Do with It?
With Don Handrick
Friday, February 28 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In-Person and Online via Zoom It is taught that the path to enlightenment encompasses the accumulation of the two factors of merit and wisdom, with both being essential components for the attainment of Buddhahood. In this session, we will examine the concept of merit or positive […]
Tibetan New Year Celebrations
With Venerable Samten
Friday, 10:30 am - 1:30 pm PT In-Person Only in the Gompa Losarla Tashi Delek - Happy New Year! Join us in ushering in the auspicious Tibetan New Year, Losar, with a traditional puja aimed at clearing obstacles for the upcoming year of the wood snake. Venerable Samten will lead a Palden Lhamo puja followed […]
Eight Verses Loop Guided Walk and Meditation
With Don Handrick
Saturday, March 1 st 1:00 - 3:00 pm In-Person Only - Meet at the Mahabodhi Stupa Join Don Handrick for a guided walking meditation of our beautiful 8 verses of thought transformation. The trail is approximately one mile and relatively flat, winding through the Redwood forest, with benches along the way at each of the […]
Tibetan New Year Prayer Flag Hanging
With Venerable Samten
Saturday, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm PT In-Person Only at the Stupa Project Come join us to bring in the Tibetan New Year as we hang new prayer flags up at the 100,000 Stupa Project site. All are welcome to join in this fun activity. Tibetans hang new prayer flags for Tibetan New Year to […]
Simplifying Emptiness: Ways to Develop Deep Wisdom Without Your Head Exploding
With Don Handrick
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, March 2 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Realizing the concept of sunyata, or emptiness, is essential on the Buddhist path but it can be quite difficult to get our heads around it, particularly in the light of the number of detailed and somewhat complicated analyses that the Buddha set out. In […]
Making Friends with Ourselves
With Don Handrick
Monday, March 3 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In-Person and Online Via Zoom One factor that can be troublesome in our practice of Buddhism is our own negative view of ourselves, the fault-finding and self-demeaning attitude that makes us into our own worst enemy, impeding our progress and dampening our joy. In this session, we’ll […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Staying Sane In Trying Times
With Don Handrick
Wednesday, March 5 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm In-Person and Online Via Zoom It’s pretty clear that we are living in quite challenging times, and it is important to have some perspective on things in order to maintain our sanity. The Buddha’s eternal advice is to work with our minds in the midst of whatever […]
Sound Journey
With Kalden Kho
Friday, March 7 In-Person Only in the Gompa 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm* Sound healing is a sacred and powerful meditative practice. Different vibrational frequencies are said to resonate with different facets of the human energy field helping to clear blockages, soothe our overtaxed nervous systems, and aid in the release and expression of […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Thriving Compassionately in the 21st Century: Animals, Planets and Us
Animal Welfare & the Foods We Eat Friday, March 28 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm PT In-Person and Online Via Zoom Join us in this three-part series hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals, the only global Buddhist animal advocacy organization, exploring how to live and thrive compassionately and mindfully in today's food systems. Join us […]
How to Train a Happy Mind—March Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, March 30 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen your relationships, and build a […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do. Since Western education does not […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do? Doing Vajrasattva practice is the […]
Discovering Buddhism, Module 9: Samsara and Nirvana
With Venerable Sangye Khandro
Online Only Via Zoom Register for this Program Five Tuesday Sessions April 8 – May 6 , 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT Online Only Practice Day Sunday, May 18, 2025; 10:30 am – 1:30 pm PT In-Person and Online About Investigate what samsara is and how we are stuck in it. Find out […]
Thriving Compassionately in the 21st Century: Animals, Planets and Us
Debunking Myths & Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm PT Friday, April 25 Online Only Via Zoom Join us in this three-part series hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals, the only global Buddhist animal advocacy organization, exploring how to live and thrive compassionately and mindfully in today's food systems. Join us […]
How to Train a Happy Mind—April Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, April 27 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen your relationships, and build a […]