Dharma

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

January 6 - 10, 2025
Online Only

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

January 6 - 10, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Pranayama & Restorative Yoga

With Isabella Wesner

January 6, 2025
In the Pine Room

Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques include Nadi Shodana, alternate nostril […]

Discovering Buddhism, Module 7: Refuge in the Three Jewels

With Venerable Angie Muir

January 7 - February 8, 2025
Online only

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 7, please register using this current page through Land of Medicine Buddha. Four Tuesday Sessions January 7 – 28, 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT (Pacific Time) Online […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 8, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

January 8, 2025
Online Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche explained the meaning of "Kalachakra" during a teaching at Maitripa College in Portland. "Kala" means time. At no time does the primordial clear light mind ever change; it has always been pure, is pure, and will always be pure. […]

Introduction to Buddhism

With Richard Prinz

January 11 - February 1, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

Saturdays, January 11 – February 1 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST In-Person and Online via Zoom   This four-week course provides a comprehensive introduction to core Buddhist principles and practices, designed to inspire and guide participants in their spiritual journey.  Week 1 begins with an exploration of the Buddha’s life and the foundational elements […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

January 12, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditation weekly in-person only in the Gompa (Meditation Hall). Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners as well as to […]

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 12, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live

About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they vowed that their prayers […]

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

January 13 - 17, 2025
Online Only

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

January 13 - 17, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Pranayama & Restorative Yoga

With Isabella Wesner

January 13, 2025
In the Pine Room

Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques include Nadi Shodana, alternate nostril […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 15, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

January 15, 2025
Online Only Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kunrig (Skt. Sarvavid) is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the King of Deities for purifying the lower realms.” Even if someone has already been born in the lower realms, if you do Kunrig practice or puja, they will be […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

January 19, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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 […]

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 19, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live

About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they vowed that their prayers […]

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

January 20 - 24, 2025
Online Only

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

January 20 - 24, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Pranayama & Restorative Yoga

With Isabella Wesner

January 20, 2025
In the Pine Room

Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques include Nadi Shodana, alternate nostril […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 22, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

January 22, 2025
Online Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice session will be held online via zoom* Namgyalma is one of the three main long-life deities and belongs to the tathagata family of practices. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that the Namgyalma practice not only dispels life obstacles; it also purifies negativities and downfalls and protects against birth in […]

Special Vajrayogini Self Initiation

With Paula Chichester

January 24, 2025
Online via Zoom

Friday, January 24, 2025 6:00 am – 12:00 pm Online only via Zoom Paula Chichester will lead the Vajrayogini Self Initiation on this special Vajrayogini Day. This will be done in chantable English. Please feel free to make offerings on your personal alter at home. “The Tibetan 11th month (Gyal Dawa) is a special time […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

January 26, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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 […]

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 26, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live

About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they vowed that their prayers […]

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

January 27 - 31, 2025
Online Only

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

January 27 - 31, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Pranayama & Restorative Yoga

With Isabella Wesner

January 27, 2025
In the Pine Room

Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques include Nadi Shodana, alternate nostril […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

January 29, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

February 2, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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 […]

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 2, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live

About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they vowed that their prayers […]

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

February 3 - 7, 2025
Online Only

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

February 3 - 7, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 5, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

How Buddhism Helps

With Miffi Maxmillion

February 5 - 19, 2025
Online Only via Zoom

Wednesdays, February 5 – 19 7:00 pm – 8:30 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 […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

February 9, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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 […]

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 9, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live

About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings; they vowed that their prayers […]

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

February 10 - 14, 2025
Online Only

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

February 10 - 14, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 12, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

February 12, 2025
Online Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche explained the meaning of "Kalachakra" during a teaching at Maitripa College in Portland. "Kala" means time. At no time does the primordial clear light mind ever change; it has always been pure, is pure, and will always be pure. […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

February 15, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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

February 17 - 21, 2025
Online Only

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

February 17 - 21, 2025
Online Only

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 […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 19, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

February 19, 2025
Online Only Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kunrig (Skt. Sarvavid) is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the King of Deities for purifying the lower realms.” Even if someone has already been born in the lower realms, if you do Kunrig practice or puja, they will be […]

Deepening the Path

With Richard Prinz

February 22 - March 15, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

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 […]

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

February 23, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa

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

February 23, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

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 […]

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

February 26, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa

Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara Protector Prayers (occasionally) We are doing […]

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

February 26, 2025
Online Via Zoom

7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice session will be held online via zoom* Namgyalma is one of the three main long-life deities and belongs to the tathagata family of practices. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that the Namgyalma practice not only dispels life obstacles; it also purifies negativities and downfalls and protects against birth in […]

What’s Merit Got to Do with It?

With Don Handrick

February 28, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

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 […]

Making Friends with Ourselves

With Don Handrick

March 3, 2025
In-Person and Online via Zoom

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 […]

How to Train a Happy Mind—March Daylong

With Scott Snibbe

March 30, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

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 […]

Discovering Buddhism, Module 9: Samsara and Nirvana

With Venerable Sangye Khandro

April 8 - May 18, 2025
Online only

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 […]

How to Train a Happy Mind—April Daylong

With Scott Snibbe

April 27, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom

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 […]