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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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

In-Depth Meditation Training: Year 4, The Vajra Ground: Mahāmudrā and Kriyā Tantra September 5 – November 28 In this culminating fourth year of our journey, our path turns inward to the mind itself—its empty, luminous nature—and outward to the transformative methods of tantra, where the naturally pure nature of our perception is recognized as the […]

Ngondro Lamrim Training (NLRT) A Two-Year Journey in the Common and Uncommon Preliminary Practices, an excellent preparation for the FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) Introduction The Lamrim — "Stages of the Path" in Tibetan — is a systematic presentation of the entire Buddhist path to Awakening, written by the great Tibetan master Je Tsongkhapa in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]