Dharma
The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Thursdays, March 5 – July 23, 8:00 am – 9:30 am (No class on April 16) Online Only Part of FPMT's Basic Program, this course continues with the ongoing exploration of the Middle Length Lam Rim, or Stages of the Path, with Venerable Steve Carlier. The sessions begin where we left off last year […]
In-Depth Meditation Training
With Venerable Losang Gendun
Year 3, Term 3: The Radiant Ground: Emptiness and Buddha Nature 10 Saturdays, May 2 – July 4, 2026 6:30 am – 9:00 am Pacific Time Online Only via Zoom In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) We are excited to partner with the Buddha Project and many other FPMT centers worldwide to offer this wonderful, ongoing course […]
North American Community Practice
With Venerable Angie Muir
Every Thursday Online via Zoom 8:00 am – 8:45 am PST Weekly on Thursdays—We join the Global Mani Mantra Retreat from May 17 – November 1! Join us each Thursday morning through November 1 as the North American Region participates in the FPMT Global Mani Retreat with a short, powerful 45-minute collective practice. […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Medicine Buddha Festival
Saturday, June 27 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Join us for a joyous day of offerings and community! The festival returns this year with a day of offerings honoring Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche's guidance and the display of our 24' Medicine Buddhas thangka and the Eight Great Bodhisattva thangkas. Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche has encouraged […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Discovering Buddhism, Module 1 Mind and Its Potential
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
Discovering Buddhism Join a new cycle of Discovering Buddhism — a fresh opportunity for students of all backgrounds to explore the foundations of the Buddhist path together. The two-year FPMT foundational-level program is offered in a hybrid format taught by our resident teacher, Geshe Tenzin Legtsok and our beloved teacher, Venerable Angie Muir. Explore an […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Cittamani Tara Weekend — Teachings and Initiation
With Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa
This weekend offers a rare opportunity to receive the Cittamani Tara initiation, a profound highest yoga tantra initiation associated with the enlightened activity of Green Tara, the embodiment of compassion in action. Under the guidance of Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa and translated by Geshe Tenzin Legtsok, participants will receive the Cittamani Tara initiation, along […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Wednesday, July 8 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 […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
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 Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Introduction to Buddhism: Foundations and Practice
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
Saturday, July 18 9:30 am – 3:00 pm In Person and Online via Zoom This introductory day-long course explores the basic principles of the Buddha’s teachings. Designed to inspire and guide participants in their spiritual journey, it offers an authentic introduction to Tibetan Buddhism, guided by Buddhist scholar Geshe Tenzin Legtsok. Participants will learn […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
7:00 am – 8:30 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 […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Lama Chopa Puja
With Venerable Yangchen
Friday, July 24 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Lama Chopa, also called Guru Puja, is a beautiful, profound practice where we make offerings to and request blessings and inspiration from the Three Jewels and the Spiritual Teacher (whether or not the teacher is physically present). Lama Chopa with Tsog Offering is an excellent practice for […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 explain how the […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Ancient Psychology for Modern Times
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok and Karuna Cayton
Saturday, August 1 9:30 am – 3:00 pm In Person and Online via Zoom Regular bathing is essential to prevent various ailments from arising. Similarly, if we don’t cleanse our minds regularly, they become polluted, anxious, confused, and unhappy. Join psychotherapist Karuna Cayton and Buddhist scholar Geshe Tenzin Legtsok for this day-long teaching on […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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 answer; doing purification is […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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
Wednesday, August 12 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 […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly thanks to the wisdom, […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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
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 […]
Wise Paths to the Heart
With Hans Burghardt
Is warmheartedness a source of well-being? Are human beings kind by nature? How can we activate a sense of connection with oneself and others? How can we make it a source of true happiness? How far can our inner qualities of love, compassion, joy, and so on be developed? This retreat focuses on cultivating warmheartedness […]
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
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 […]
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
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
7:00 am – 8:30 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 […]
A Sacred Pause
Coming Home to Stillness, Belonging & Soulful Expression Most of us live in doing mode. We work hard. We manage family. We respond to it all. We hold everything together. And somewhere beneath all that motion, something quieter begins to stir — a longing for stillness, connection and a deeper sense of belonging. This retreat […]
Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Wednesday, September 9 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 […]
Living Stillness Retreat
We invite you to gather in a beautiful communal setting as we care for our bodies, minds, and hearts within the shared container of retreat. Whatever is true for you—whatever is unfolding in your life and inner world—come as you are. This retreat is open to new and experienced practitioners of meditation and mindfulness. Retreat […]
Clearing the Ground: Karma, Mind, and the Art of Dying Well
With Venerable Losang Gendun
We carry more burden than we know. The habits of the mind, the weight of past actions, the fears that surface when we sit in stillness — most of us spend a lifetime working around them. This retreat invites us to work with them instead. This weekend retreat offers a rare opportunity to look […]
Annual Namgyalma Retreat
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Online Only via Zoom November 13 – 20 Lama Zopa Rinpoche asked us to hold a 1,000 long mantra retreat each year, open to all. As he explained, the Namgyalma practice dispels life obstacles, purifies, and protects against birth in the lower realms. He said it is especially beneficial for the sick, including those with […]