In-Person
Discovering Buddhism, Module 4: The Spiritual Teacher
With Venerable Angie Muir
Four Tuesday Sessions May 27 – June 17 , 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT Online Only Practice Day Sunday, June 22, 2025; 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm PT In Person at Ocean of Compassion and Online The registration for this module is managed by Ocean of Compassion. REGISTER HERE. About Take the time […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water Bowl Offerings: An Explanation and Training
With Venerable Yangchen
In-Person in the Gompa Friday, June 27 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Would you like to learn how to help perform the daily water bowl offerings at LMB? Or just curious about the meaning and significance of this offering practice? Join us on Friday, June 27, at 2:00 pm. Water bowl offerings are a beautiful […]
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 […]
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 […]
Discovering Buddhism, Module 10: How to Develop Bodhichitta
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
In-Person at Land of Medicine Buddha and Online Via Zoom Register for this Program Six Tuesday Sessions July 1 – August 5 , 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT In-Person and Online Via Zoom Practice Day Sunday, August 24 , 2025; 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm PT In-Person and Online Via Zoom About […]
Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion Through Non-Harming
With Bob Stahl
In-Person and Online via Zoom July 4th – 6th This weekend mindfulness meditation retreat will offer a time to pause and reset in our beautiful redwood forest. The retreat will be devoted to experiencing the first Buddhist precept of non-harming, which is the foundation for all peace. The heart of the Buddha's teachings is cultivating wisdom […]
Lama Chopa Puja
With Venerable Yangchen
In-Person Only in the Gompa Friday, July 4th 1:30 pm - 3:30 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 […]
Compassion Day: 90th Birthday Celebrations for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
With Venerable Yangchen
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Sunday, July 6 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm The wish-granting Wish-Fulfilling Jewel, Source of every single benefit and happiness in this world, To the incomparably kind Tenzin Gyatso, I beseech: May all your holy wishes be spontaneously fulfilled. – Prayer of the Long Life of His Holiness […]
Path to True Freedom
With Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II
In-Person and Online via Zoom August 18th - August 24th What To Expect Join us for a week-long retreat with the revered Lama, Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II, who will offer teachings on the Special Insight Chapter of the Lam Rim Chenmo by Lama Tsongkhapa. This chapter focuses on how to develop the wisdom of […]
Evening Teachings with Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II
With Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II
August 18 - 23 In-Person or Online Via Zoom 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm For students with busy schedules who can't join the full retreat (Path to True Freedom Retreat) but are eager to deepen their understanding, Rinpoche has made an "evenings only" option available. This allows participants to attend just the evening teaching […]
Ksitigarbha Festival with 100 Torma Offering
Ksitigarbha Festival with 100 Torma Offering with Monks from the Gyuto Tantric College 2025 Ksitigarbha Festival 2025 南無大願地藏王菩薩超渡法會 In-Person only at Ksitigarbha Pureland 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Monks from the Gyuto Tantric College will lead a special puja, 100 Torma Offering Ritual (Torma Gyatsa), to make offerings and requests to the enlightened beings and […]
From Resistance to Renunciation: Living the Teachings
With Venerable René Feusi
Tuesday, September 9 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm In-Person in the Gompa and Online Via Zoom We are delighted to invite you to an evening of teachings with revered teacher and author, Venerable René Feusi. Venerable René will begin by exploring moments of resistance to renunciation—when the sense of “self” pushes back and emotions intensify. […]
How to Face Death Without Fear Retreat
With Venerable Robina Courtin
How to Face Death Without Fear September 19- 21 In-Person and Online Via Zoom Death is a natural part of existence, but because of our intense attachment to this life, this body, and our own sense of self, we live in denial of it. As Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains in his book, How to Face […]
Heart Essence of Buddha Nature Retreat
With Venerable Losang Gendun
In-Person and Online via Zoom “To be empty of self is to be full of others” - Venerable Gendun In this weekend retreat, we will explore the profound connection between Buddha Nature and compassionate activity, uncovering how the wisdom of emptiness naturally gives rise to boundless compassion. Guided by the esteemed Venerable Gendun, we have […]
