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“Are We Communicating, Dear?”: Learning from the Wisdom of Lama Yeshe
With Karuna Cayton
In-Person and Online via Zoom Schedule: Sundays 10:30 am - 12:00 pm PST May 11th, 18th, 25th June 1st, 22nd (online only), 29th July 20th About the Course: Join Karuna Cayton for a warm and engaging 7 part series based on the teachings of Lama Thubten Yeshe, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most beloved and accessible […]
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 […]
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub, Venerable Katy Cole and Jeff Highfill
Monday – Friday 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 explain how the mind functions […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 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 answer; doing purification is the […]
Commentary on: All the Important Points of the Lam Rim
With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, June 21st Online only via zoom On May 10, 2025, Tse Chen Ling and Land of Medicine Buddha will begin a new series of teachings with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa. In this new series, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on All the Important Points of the Lam Rim, […]
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, Venerable Katy Cole and Jeff Highfill
Monday – Friday 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 explain how the mind functions […]
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
Monday – Friday 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 answer; doing purification is the […]
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
8:30 am – 9:30 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 […]
The Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Thursdays, June 26 – September 11 (No class on August 21) 8:00 am - 9:30 am Online Only This course continues the ongoing exploration of the Middle Lam Rim with Venerable Steve. The sessions will focus on the six perfections- sacred tools to help us live out the teachings in our daily lives. All are […]
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 […]
Buddhist Practice to Lighten the Heart
With Richard Prinz
In-Person and Online via Zoom 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST Saturdays: June 28, July 12, August 2 Both Buddhist and Western psychology emphasize the importance of gratitude for mental, physical, and spiritual health. In times of stress, heaviness, or self-doubt, celebration is a powerful tool to lighten the heart and reconnect with a sense […]
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 […]
Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Wednesday, July 9th 8:30 am – 9:30 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 […]
Commentary on: All the Important Points of the Lam Rim
With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, July 12th Online only via zoom On May 10, 2025, Tse Chen Ling and Land of Medicine Buddha will begin a new series of teachings with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa. In this new series, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on All the Important Points of the Lam Rim, […]
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 […]
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
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 […]
Commentary on: All the Important Points of the Lam Rim
With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, July 26th Online only via zoom On May 10, 2025, Tse Chen Ling and Land of Medicine Buddha will begin a new series of teachings with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa. In this new series, Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on All the Important Points of the Lam Rim, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Annual Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga Retreat for World Peace
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Online only via Zoom September 26th - October 2nd About Kalachakra: 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. What […]
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 […]
Namgyalma Retreat
With Venerable Steve Carlier
Online only via Zoom October 17 - 23 "This mantra is so powerful. Reciting it can even cure illnesses that doctors who are experts in conventional medicine say are incurable, particularly if it is recited 1,000 times or more. After each set of recitations, you can bless the cream by blowing on it, and then […]