Region: Northeast USA


Natural Dharma Annual Family Retreat

July 4, 2013toJuly 7, 2013

Wonderwell Mountain Refuge

Bring the kids! Join us for our first annual Family Retreat at Wonderwell.

Many parents of young children express that they sometimes need to slow down and relax in a supportive environment. These savvy parents are aware that Read More »

Coming to Life in Paint, with Ross Bleckner

July 5, 2013toJuly 7, 2013

Zen Mountain Monastery

When is the last time you picked up a paintbrush and let it move, unhindered, across a white expanse? Or dipped some bristles in a blot of crimson to explore what moves within you? Read More »

How to Discover Your Buddha Nature, with Khenpo Ugyen Tenzin

July 5, 2013toJuly 7, 2013

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Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

The basic nature of all beings — Buddha nature — is possessed not only by enlightened masters but by everyone.

A Treatise on Buddha Nature by Rangjung Dorje, the third Karmapa, is one of the Kagyu lineage’s oldest and most important texts, offering complete instructions Read More »

The Tibetan Sacred Arts: Tsa-Tsa Retreat, with Marianne Marstrand

July 5, 2013toJuly 7, 2013

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Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

Tsa-tsas are sacred art that helps deepen our understanding of Dharma, enhancing our relationship to life and practice. Learn from one of the tsa-tsa makers for the Tashi Gomang Stupa, in Crestone, Colorado, and take one home for your shrine.

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Grace Within Groundlessness: Living with Security in an Insecure World

July 10, 2013toAugust 28, 2013

HomeChange your mind to change the world

Wednesdays, 7 to 9 pm

Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one. – Voltaire

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Chokhor Duchen Nyungne, with Lama Karuna Tara

July 10, 2013toJuly 13, 2013

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Karma Triyana Dharmachakra

Chokhor Duchen is one of the four great occasions of the Buddha’s life. It represents the moment he first turned the wheel of Dharma by teaching on the Four Noble Truths.

Teachings are given on the 10th. The fast begins on the 11th and ends with breakfast on the 13th. Read More »

Faces of Compassion: Bringing the Bodhisattva Archetypes to Life, with Taigen Dan Leighton

July 10, 2013toJuly 14, 2013

Zen Mountain Monastery

This retreat explores the seven major bodhisattva figures of East Asian Mahayana Buddhism, and their spiritual practices and iconographic depictions. These archetypal figures Read More »

Tibet’s Time Machine and the Activism of Global Happiness

July 12, 2013toJuly 13, 2013

HomeChange your mind to change the world

Friday, 7-9 PM; Saturday, 10 AM-5 PM

This weekend workshop introduces the futuristic science and contemplative activism of the Kalachakra Tantra some call the Time Machine or Wheel of Time. While skills like mindfulness Read More »

Chado: The Way of Tea, with Andrew Hobai Pekarik

July 12, 2013toJuly 14, 2013

Zen Mountain Monastery

The Japanese tea ceremony is a unique form of Zen art, merging the sophisticated aesthetic of the Zen arts and careful attention to detail with the ordinary act of making a cup of tea. Read More »

Weekend Retreat: Tibet’s Time Machine and the Activism of Global Happiness

July 12, 2013toJuly 14, 2013

New York City

Friday, July 12, 7-9 PM
Saturday, July 13, 10 AM-5 PM

This practice-based weekend workshop with Joe Loizzo introduces the futuristic science and contemplative activism Read More »

Facing Fear: Illuminating and Moving through Anxiety, with Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Sensei

July 19, 2013toJuly 21, 2013

Zen Mountain Monastery

No hindrance in the mind, no hindrance therefore no fear. — Heart Sutra

We live in a time of anxiety. Within our ever-changing, ever-challenging world — from the close circle of our personal lives to national, global, and planetary Read More »

10-Day Intensive Chan Retreat: Huatou and Silent Illumination

July 19, 2013toJuly 28, 2013

Dharma Drum Retreat Center, NY

The purpose of Chan practice is to clarify our mind and see into our self-nature. To do this, we must clean up the impurities that make our minds muddled, cloudy, and opaque. These impurities are the illusory thoughts, or wrong perceptions, that we attach to, causing ourselves suffering and distress. Read More »

Awakening Retreat, with Anam Thubten

July 26, 2013toJuly 28, 2013

Anam Thubtan R 300 Wonderwell Mountain Refuge

Anam Thubten joins Natural Dharma Fellowship Sangha at Wonderwell! The focus of this retreat is to unburden ourselves from mental habits that cause unnecessary suffering and to realize our natural state, which is the inner dimension of peace, joy, and love.  Anam Thubten invites everyone to experience this spiritual transformation Read More »