What we say matters. At a moment when we urgently need to work together, we are more divided than ever. Get the skills you need to listen deeply, speak clearly, and make a difference.
A companion to the best selling book, this online course provides step-by-step guidance to transform your conversations. Oren Jay Sofer’s integrated approach to communication training draws from decades of training in Buddhist meditation, Nonviolent Communication, and somatic trauma healing.
Bi-weekly on Tuesdays from February 11 - May 20, 2025. This group offers a unique opportunity to read and explore with author and meditation teacher Rebecca Bradshaw from her newly released book, Down to Earth Dharma.
May 12-18 | 7:00 pm CT | Online and 4803 San Felipe St. Houston Tx 77056
Not long after founding his monastery in Rege, Rinpoche had a vision of Amitabha dancing in space above the sacred land he was reopening. Amitabha sang out:
May I and my companions, everyone
In all times be born in the Pure Land (of Amitabha).
That inspired him to begin the Amitabha festivals, and he put that prayer in our Powa practice text as well. Rinpoche’s connection with Amitabha is powerful, and with his blessings we are conducting a Powa retreat in his tradition. We sing sacred
May 23, 2025 / 3:00 PM PDT to May 26, 2025/ 1:30 PM PDT | Sravasti Abbey
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues a series of teachings over Memorial Day weekend based on her book, Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on “The Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
With practical advice and plenty of humor, Venerable Chodron brings this 9th century mind-training text to life. It teaches how to eliminate the causes of anxiety, fear, and depression, and to create the causes of joyful liberation.
Please join us on Saturday, May 24, 2025 from 7am to 8am MT USA for the OQ Live Conversation: “The Perfection of Wisdom” with Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel and Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. Making an early entrance into Vajrayana Buddhism as a nun, Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo has paved the way for modern Western yoginis and yogins alike. As a teacher, she encourages us, both through her example and teachings, that if we engage dharma training full-heartedly, accomplishment is sure to take hold in us. $35
June 6, 2025 | 18:00 CET | Buddhistisches Zentrum für Frieden und Verständigung Kinzigstr. 25-29 Friedrichshain 10247 Berlin
English with live oral translation into German
Tashi Deleg! We are delighted that you are interested in joining us for this wonderful meditation practice!
This program is open to all practitioners interested in Dzogchen. It is helpful to have at least some experience with Tibetan Buddhism and some experience with Meditation in general. Advanced practitioners will certainly not be bored and will be able to dive deep immediately. However, we try to cater for everyone who is interested.
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT: Meditation and Teaching / 2:00 to 3:30 PM PDT: Discussion Groups | Sravasti Abbey | 692 Country Lane | Newport WA 99156 USA
Sharing the Dharma Day is a chance for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in community fellowship. The day includes a guided meditation (no experience necessary!), a Dharma talk, vegetarian potluck lunch (no garlic or onions, please), and facilitated group discussion. All are welcomed. Topics are drawn from the book, Working With Anger, by Abbey founder and abbess Venerable Thubten Chodron.
June 10, 2025 | 18:00 CET | Ganden Chökhor Pradaschier 20 Churwalden, 7075 Schweiz
Der Große Mitfühlende: Essenzielle Texte zur Befreiung aller Lebewesen Englisch mit deutscher Übersetzung (Claudia Webinger) Diese Praxis, die zum ersten Mal in Europa angeboten wird, stammt aus Adzom Rinpoches Lotus-Herzessenz(Pema Nying Thig), die er als die vollständigen Dzogchen-Lehren von Avalokiteshvara bezeichnete. Er sagte dies, nachdem er sie während des vierten Sagadawa-Tages 2012 erhalten hatte. Dieser Schatz begann sich für ihn zu offenbaren, sobald er den Kuan-Yin-Tempel.
June 18th – September 15th, 2025 | Online via Zoom
A guided 90-day practice period designed to empower you on your Zen meditation journey with a supportive community led by renowned teachers in the US and Japan.
For new and advanced Zen students alike, this unique practice period includes:
Weekly dharma talks and Q&A by our 13 Zen teachers Daily emails & video reflections Daily community meditation opportunities Opportunities for discussion with an online forum and more!
June 18, 2025 | 7:00–8:30 p.m. EST | Virtual Event
During this event, Buddhist chaplain Sharon Lukert will draw on her recently released book, Until My Memory Fails Me, to explore the intersection of Buddhist practice with real world concerns surrounding cognitive decline. This talk is meant for anyone who has experienced cognitive changes for themselves or their loved ones. We will explore how there can still be joy, faith, and humor, even in the later stages of neurodegenerative disease.
Saturday, July 13th / 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT: Meditation and Teachings / 2:00 to 3:30 PM PDT: Discussion Groups | Sravasti Abbey | 692 Country Lane | Newport WA 99156 USA
Sharing the Dharma Day is a chance for newcomers and old friends to explore the Buddha’s teachings and share in community fellowship. The day includes a guided meditation (no experience necessary!), a Dharma talk, vegetarian potluck lunch (no garlic or onions, please), and facilitated group discussion. All are welcomed. Topics are drawn from the book, Working With Anger, by Abbey founder and abbess Venerable Thubten Chodron. People from all faiths and backgrounds can apply the principles exp
Friday, July 18th - Sunday, July 20th from 10:00am - 4:00pm Pacific Time | Petaluma, CA
In this special retreat, Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche will present The 5 Dakinis of Green Tara meditation practice. Rinpoche will provide teachings and guided meditation and we will engage in this profound practice together as a group.
This practice frees your mind from ordinary thoughts, emotions, unhappiness, and stress, and transforms all five mental poisons into enlightened awareness. It creates a clear mind and life and ultimately leads to completely perfect enlightenment.
Friday August 8th, 2025 9:00-12:30 Pacific Time | Online and at Pema Osel Ling
On Friday, August 8th, in collaboration with the Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation and the Drangsong Foundation, Anam Thubten Rinpoche will offer a special root text oral transmission of the Do Gyud Dzod (The Complete Nyingma Tradition from Sutra to Tantra). Lama Tharchin Rinpoche was responsible for organizing the translation of this exceptional set of teachings, and so it is a fitting commemoration of the first twelve-year lunar cycle of Rinpoche's parinirvana.
The text was compiled by Choying Tobden Dorje, a 19th-century Buddhist yogi-scholar from Repkong who created a comprehensive view of the Buddhist path according to the early translation school of Tibetan Buddhism, from the foundational steps to the highest esoteric teachings of the Great Perfection. The reading transmission must be received in real-time in person or online.
On August 8, we will continue with lunch at the shrine meadow, and conclude with a special practice and tsok offering from the Red Saraswati Sādhana revealed by Repkong Terton Örgyen Chokyi Gocha, from 2 - 5 pm.
Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche will confer the complete transmissions of the Longchen Nyingtik, the Nyingtik Tsapö, ‘the core texts of the Heart Essence’. All the empowerments will be given, along with oral transmissions and teachings, and what will be really special is that everything will be transmitted with Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s own unique clarifications, and arrangement of the teachings.
MotherSHIFT is a 3-month program that supports women through matrescence, or the transition to motherhood. You’ll be supported to fully embody motherhood with intimate group coaching + mentorship, transformative practices, self-reflection tools + ritual, and an amazing community of likehearted mothers. If you feel like you've lost yourself in motherhood, MotherSHIFT is where you can find yourself again.
The Village is a 6-month matrescence apprenticeship program for perinatal professionals + others fiercely committed to maternal wellness. The Village will teach you the research-backed, practitioner-proven map to the as-yet-uncharted territory of matrescence. Through mentorship, coaching and Village circles interwoven with personal reflection and practice, this program will allow you to deepen your capacity as a guide and mentor for new mamas.
