Calendar of Programs
Sunday, June 3, 2012
In the Eye of the Storm: Buddhist Practices for Taking Adversity as a Path
When we encounter difficult outer circumstances, our tendency is to want to avoid or fix them. When we meet challenging emotions, we want to suppress them or find a way to escape from what we are feeling. more …
Friday, August 17, 2012
The Joy of Living Meditation Retreat, Level 1
Created by the brilliant Tibetan meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche, the Joy of Living Meditation Retreat shows you how meditation can help create a peaceful mind and a joyful heart. more …
Sunday, August 19, 2012
A Buddhist Healing Ritual: Dakini's Heart-Essence Chöd
Healing Chöd is an ancient Buddhist ritual known for its power to heal physical, emotional, and mental illness and suffering. There are no instructions to follow or techniques to learn. more …
Friday, August 24, 2012
Awakening Kindness: Finding Joy Through Compassion for Others
One of the marvels of being human is that we can choose to nurture and cultivate kindness, compassion, and love. The Dalai Lama wrote in his foreword to Nawang Khechog’s book, Awakening Kindness, “I commend Nawang for his efforts to awaken others to the understanding that, as a source of lasting happiness and joy, kindness and compassion are among the principal things that make our lives meaningful. more …
Thursday, September 20, 2012
One Breath at a Time: Buddhism and the Twelve Steps
The Buddha said that craving is the cause of suffering. Twelve-Step programs work with the deepest forms of craving—our addictions. How can these two traditions work together? more …
Friday, October 19, 2012
The Practice of Loving-Kindness: A Meditation and Yoga Weekend
The Buddhist and yoga traditions both hold that it is possible to systematically cultivate feelings of loving-kindness, or what yoga philosophy refers to as “friendliness toward all beings. more …
Friday, November 16, 2012
Breathe, Sweat, Sit, Rest: OM Yoga for Body and Mind
For practitioners with min. 1 year yoga experience. Yoga offers many paths toward becoming more healthy, aware, loving, and relaxed. This weekend, Cyndi Lee presents an integrated experience of the yogic and Buddhist methods for developing strength, stability, and clarity of body and mind. more …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
A Buddhist Healing Ritual: Dakini's Heart-Essence Chöd
Healing Chöd is an ancient Buddhist ritual known for its power to heal physical, emotional, and mental illness and suffering. There are no instructions to follow or techniques to learn. more …
Friday, November 30, 2012
All the Time in the World: Awakening to Buddha Standard Time
Lama Surya Das invites you to directly experience the spacious dimension he calls “Buddha Standard Time.” Translating Buddhist principles to their most practical form, Surya Das shows you how to transform your relationship with time, allowing you to become more effective, productive, and happy as you become less preoccupied with schedules and deadlines. more …
