| May 20, 2013 | to | June 3, 2013 |
New York City
6 Monday nights; see event page
Join Shastri Ethan Nichtern for a six-week course that introduces the Tantric Path and practices. The course will cover the view of Vajrayana in relationship to the meditation Read More
| May 23, 2013 | to | May 26, 2013 |
At Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
Saka Dawa is the most sacred Buddhist day, commemorating Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana, or death. The effects of virtuous actions like fasting are multiplied.
Teachings are given on the 23rd. The fast begins Read More
| May 24, 2013 | to | June 2, 2013 |
Dharma Drum Retreat Center, NY
“Silently and serenely, forgetting all words,
clearly and vividly, it appears before you.”
The above verse comes from “The Inscription on Silent Illumination,” a poem composed by Read More
| May 31, 2013 | to | June 5, 2013 |
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At Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
If done with sincerity and devotion, the White Tara Practice can lead to the experience of perfect awakening. White Tara is associated with longevity. Lama Lodro Lhamo teaches on the text, ritual, chanting, music, and tormas for the practice Friday through Sunday, and leads practice sessions Read More
| June 4, 2013 | to | June 9, 2013 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
The Monastery’s Born as the Earth programs, started 20 years ago by Daido Roshi, approach the wilderness as a generous and remarkable teacher, one that constantly points to the Read More
| June 7, 2013 | to | June 9, 2013 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
Is a thought necessary to make a mark on a piece of paper? Put another way: What effect does our thinking mind — the mind that judges, measures, compares, analyzes, and plans — Read More
| June 7, 2013 | to | June 9, 2013 |
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At Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
One of the world’s greatest living Tibetan masters, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, teaches on Shantideva’s Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life and bestows the Bodhisattva Vow. Rinpoche will give Lay Vows Friday night.
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| June 7, 2013 | to | June 12, 2013 |
Tsegyalgar East
Join us in June 2013 for the following events:
| June 8, 2013 | to | June 9, 2013 |
A Modern-Day Bodhisattva (or MDB) is someone who trains in the development of uncommon happiness, born from looking inward with honest self-reflection and looking outward with a deep care for others. This uncommon happiness is much more stable than the outer forms of happiness that we in the modern world often pursue. In the Modern-Day Bodhisattva Seminar, Read More
| June 10, 2013 | to | July 29, 2013 |
New York City
Monday nights, 7 to 9 pm
Join Dr. Jeffrey Rubin for the Interdependence Project’s newest Monday-night course. Integrating practice into the way we relate to other people and care for ourselves — or don’t — is Read More
| June 14, 2013 | to | June 16, 2013 |
Dharma Drum Retreat Center, NY
The Chan school is well known for being a lineage of Buddhism based upon “a transmission outside of the scriptures,” where the lineage masters did “not establish [teachings based on] words or language.” As such, one may think that Chan teachers and practitioners do away with sutras, study, and Read More
| June 14, 2013 | to | June 16, 2013 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
We will begin by exploring the 1,700-year-old wisdom of East Asian calligraphy as we look at ancient Chinese masterpieces. Then we will engage the heart of the learning and Read More
| June 14, 2013 | to | June 16, 2013 |
Zen Mountain Monastery
Asana is a Sanskrit word meaning “seat.” It is defined as a steady posture done with ease, joy, and completion. In zazen, creating the ease and stability of the body is often as difficult Read More
