Experience the incredible friendship between the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Tutu in this laugh-out-loud film. Despite difficult journeys, they made happiness a habit – finding joy in adversity and fighting for a better world. Open door, open heart. Donations are always optional
Dates: Sep 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 6 Registration Required, please register here. Experience a deeply immersive, full-body sound journey designed to calm the mind, relax the nervous system, and awaken inner awareness. Using instruments like crystal singing bowls, chimes, and gongs, this meditation anchors your focus with sound, allowing your body to unwind and your energy to flow freely. Benefits include: • Reduced stress • Improved mood • Deep relaxation • Better sleep • Immune support • Energetic clearing Chairs will be available as well as a small area for those who want to lie down.
Dates: Thursdays, Nov. 6 - Dec. 11 Kindness is something we all recognize. Whether it’s a warm smile, a word of encouragement, or a simple gesture that reminds us we’re not alone. These small acts can lift our spirits, soften our hearts, and ease the burdens we quietly carry. They speak to something deep within us: the wish to feel seen, supported, and cared for. And just as we appreciate other people being kind to us, others appreciate it when we are kind to them. Ven. Sangye Khadro, the author of the book inspiring this course, Awakening the Kind Heart, will guide us in cultivating kindness as a way of life. Kindness isn't just something that exists in us by chance, it's a capacity we can actively nurture and strengthen. Through guided meditations, discussion, and teachings on the four immeasurable thoughts—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—we’ll explore how to open our hearts more fully, how to respond to ourselves and others with kindness, and how to bring more patience and compassion into everyday interactions.. Whether you’re new to Buddhist practice or simply looking for a way to reconnect with your natural capacity for goodness, this course offers a welcoming space to […]
Sundays, Nov 9, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025, Zoom Only Discover the power of patience: this is not about gritting your teeth when things get tough or just restraining from retaliating to harsh words—it’s a practice that can transform the way you live and bring calmness and openness to the mind. In this course, inspired by the teachings of the great 11th century Tibetan Kadampa master Geshe Chengawa, we’ll explore four unique dimensions of patience, learning how to evict ill will from the mind and draw in the power of loving kindness. Through guided reflections, discussions, and real-life applications, this course offers tools for replacing frustration with calm, transforming challenges into opportunities, and turning everyday moments into pathways for peace. Ideal for anyone seeking a calmer mind and a more compassionate way of engaging with the world, this journey into patience opens the door to deeper peace and steadiness of heart. Open door, open heart. Donations are always optional.
Dates: Tuesdays, Nov 11 - 25 These open-ended 60-minute discussions are an easy-going introduction to the Buddhist approach to the mind. Participants learn how to pay attention to, identify and then unpack the thoughts that inform our emotions in day-to-day life and learn how to reconfigure them, rather than focusing on the event or person that triggered them. This is the key to success in Buddhist practice. As Lama Zopa Rinpoche says, “We can mold our mind into any shape we like.” Open door, open heart. Donations are always optional.
Most modern societies do an excellent job of hiding away the reality of death. When on top of this we lead a busy life, we may not give much thought to death until we actually encounter it face to face. We then find ourselves overwhelmed and traumatized by the diagnosis of a terminal illness or the loss of someone close to us. We may also fear that thinking about death will make it happen or else take the joy out of living. But, in reality, when we actively think about death and prepare for it, we find more peace, happiness, and fulfillment in our lives and our fear of death disappears. This course sets out Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s essential advice for the time of death and for making life meaningful. It also provides practical ways for thinking about and preparing for one’s own and others’ deaths. Students will gain confidence in facing their own death and will also be able to provide help and support to others before, during, and even after their death. This course is suitable for anyone, Buddhist or not, who is interested in learning more about death and dying from a Buddhist perspective. It consists of […]
This one-of-a-kind documentary narrated by Academy Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley is a profoundly cinematic portrait of the renowned Mongolian Buddhist leader, Khama Lama Natsagdorj. Faith and science are elegantly reconciled as we’re immersed in the Lama’s eclectic, relentless humanitarian efforts. Open door, open heart. Donations are always optional
Dates: Tuesdays, Dec 2 - 23 The verb we translate as “to meditate” in Tibetan, gom, literally means “to familiarize.” First we listen to the teachings, then think about their meaning, and, finally thoroughly familiarize our mind with them in meditation, gaining direct experiential knowledge of their reality. This module introduces the student to various simple techniques, including concentration, analytical meditation, and visualization, which is a specialty of Tibetan Buddhism.
Dates, Sep 6, Oct 4, Nov 1, Dec 6 Registration Required, please register here. Experience a deeply immersive, full-body sound journey designed to calm the mind, relax the nervous system, and awaken inner awareness. Using instruments like crystal singing bowls, chimes, and gongs, this meditation anchors your focus with sound, allowing your body to unwind and your energy to flow freely. Benefits include: • Reduced stress • Improved mood • Deep relaxation • Better sleep • Immune support • Energetic clearing Chairs will be available as well as a small area for those who want to lie down.
When her family moves across the country, tween Riley Anderson’s animated emotions get carried away – quite literally – on a fantastical journey through her mind. This Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature offers one of the clearest, yet whimsical, depictions of the mind. Open door, open heart. Donations are always optional