In-Person

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, warmth […]

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 […]

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 […]

Saturdays: October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31 In-Person and online via Zoom 10:30 am - 12:30 pm This series of 4 classes leads us along a journey of reflection, discussion, and practical application for our everyday lives as parents. We follow the framework developed over 35 years at Tara Redwood School, the model […]

Saturdays: October 10 - October 31 In-Person only at Tara Redwood School 10:30 am - 12:30 pm A unique opportunity for your children to attend a program that follows the same framework as your parenting classes, the 7 Steps to Knowledge, Strength, and Compassion. While you are in your class, our teachers will share stories, […]

Six Teaching Sessions Tuesdays, October 20 – December 1 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Land of Medicine Buddha No class November 17 Practice Session Saturday, December 5 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Land of Medicine Buddha Discovering Buddhism Join a new cycle of Discovering Buddhism — a fresh opportunity for students of all […]

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 […]

Wednesday, October 28 In Person Only in the Gompa 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm We will have Sound Healing indoors in the Gompa for this session. 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 […]

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 […]

Led by Geshe Tenzin Legtsok Friday – Sunday, November 27 – 29 In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Join us for a weekend retreat exploring the Heart Sutra, one of Buddhism’s most profound and celebrated teachings on the nature of reality. “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” Emptiness can sound abstract—or even like […]