Pranayama & Restorative Yoga
With Isabella Wesner
December 22, 2024
In the Pine Room
Sunday, December 22 In the Pine Room 9:00 am – 10:00 am Come join us Sunday morning for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
December 23 - 27, 2024
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
December 23 - 27, 2024
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Lama Tsongkapa Day Celebrations at the Stupa Project
December 24, 2024
In-Person at the Stupa Project
In-Person Only 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Please join us for the annual Lama Tsongkapa Day Celebrations at the Stupa Project. We are so fortunate to have been able to offer this event annually since 2020. Please feel free to drop in any time between 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
December 30, 2024 - January 3, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
December 30, 2024 - January 3, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 5, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Pranayama & Restorative Yoga
With Isabella Wesner
January 6, 2025
In the Pine Room
Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
January 6 - 10, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
January 6 - 10, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Discovering Buddhism, Module 7: Refuge in the Three Jewels
With Venerable Angie Muir
January 7 - February 8, 2025
Online only
Online Only Via Zoom Register for this Program This program is offered in collaboration with Ocean of Compassion. The centers will alternate handling registrations. For Module 7, please register using this current page through Land of Medicine Buddha. Four Tuesday Sessions January 7 – 28, 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30…
Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
January 8, 2025
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche explained the meaning of "Kalachakra" during a teaching at Maitripa College in Portland. "Kala" means time. At no time does the primordial clear light mind ever change; it has always been pure, is pure,…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 8, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Introduction to Buddhism
With Richard Prinz
January 11 - February 1, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturdays, January 11 – February 1 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST In-Person and Online via Zoom This four-week course provides a comprehensive introduction to core Buddhist principles and practices, designed to inspire and guide participants in their spiritual journey. Week 1 begins with an exploration of the Buddha’s…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 12, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
January 12, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Pranayama & Restorative Yoga
With Isabella Wesner
January 13, 2025
In the Pine Room
Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
January 13 - 17, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
January 13 - 17, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
January 15, 2025
Online Only Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kunrig (Skt. Sarvavid) is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the King of Deities for purifying the lower realms.” Even if someone has already been born in the lower realms, if you do Kunrig practice…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 15, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Sound Journey
With Kalden Kho
January 17, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Friday, January 17 In-Person Only in the Gompa 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm* Sound healing is a sacred and powerful meditative practice. Different vibrational frequencies are said to resonate with different facets of the human energy field helping to clear blockages, soothe our overtaxed nervous systems, and aid in…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 19, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
January 19, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Pranayama & Restorative Yoga
With Isabella Wesner
January 20, 2025
In the Pine Room
Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
January 20 - 24, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
January 20 - 24, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
January 22, 2025
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice session will be held online via zoom* Namgyalma is one of the three main long-life deities and belongs to the tathagata family of practices. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that the Namgyalma practice not only dispels life obstacles; it also purifies negativities and downfalls…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 22, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Special Vajrayogini Self Initiation
With Paula Chichester
January 24, 2025
Online via Zoom
Friday, January 24, 2025 6:00 am – 12:00 pm Online only via Zoom Paula Chichester will lead the Vajrayogini Self Initiation on this special Vajrayogini Day. This will be done in chantable English. Please feel free to make offerings on your personal alter at home. “The Tibetan 11th month (Gyal…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 26, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
January 26, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Pranayama & Restorative Yoga
With Isabella Wesner
January 27, 2025
In the Pine Room
Mondays In the Pine Room 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Come join us Monday Night for Pranayama and Restorative Yoga. Start your day by awakening the body and mind through deep breathing, gentle stretching, and restorative movement. Learn and practice Pranayama (Breath Work) from the traditional Hatha Yoga Lineage. Techniques…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
January 27 - 31, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
January 27 - 31, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
January 29, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 2, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
February 2, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
February 3 - 7, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
February 3 - 7, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
How Buddhism Helps
With Miffi Maxmillion
February 5 - 19, 2025
Online Only via Zoom
Wednesdays, February 5 – 19 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PST Online only (recordings available for all sessions) How to achieve authentic happiness, how to effectively help the ones we love, and how to become part of the solution to global problems: Discover Buddhist answers to real-world dilemmas for…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 5, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 9, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
About the Medicine Buddha Puja Medicine Buddha is the manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened beings. Prayers to the Medicine Buddhas are especially powerful because of the extensive prayers they took to benefit sentient beings. They strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of all sentient beings;…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
February 9, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
February 10 - 14, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
February 10 - 14, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
February 12, 2025
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kyabje Jhado Rinpoche explained the meaning of "Kalachakra" during a teaching at Maitripa College in Portland. "Kala" means time. At no time does the primordial clear light mind ever change; it has always been pure, is pure,…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 12, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
February 15, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification
With Venerable Katy Cole
February 17 - 21, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Night of the Week 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Zoom Only End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers. Please try to join this class no later than 8:00 pm. “There are so many problems in the world—what should we do?…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
February 17 - 21, 2025
Online Only
Monday – Friday: Every Day of the Week 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Zoom Only Start the day at 6:30 am Pacific Time with guided meditations every weekday. "Meditation is the way we realize the nature of the mind. Therefore it’s something that we absolutely have to do.…
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
February 19, 2025
Online Only Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice will be held online via zoom* Kunrig (Skt. Sarvavid) is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the King of Deities for purifying the lower realms.” Even if someone has already been born in the lower realms, if you do Kunrig practice…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 19, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
Deepening the Path
With Richard Prinz
February 22 - March 15, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturdays, February 22 – March 15 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST In-Person and Online via Zoom This four-week series is designed for those wishing to deepen their understanding and practice of the Buddhist path, focusing on foundational and advanced teachings. Week 1 explores the true meaning of refuge and…
How to Train a Happy Mind—February Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
February 23, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, February 23 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
February 23, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am Join us as Venerable Yangchen leads Sunday Drop-In Meditations weekly in-person only in the Gompa. Venerable’s guided meditations bring together a refreshing and precious combination of simplicity, depth, and accessibility. These weekly, hour-long sessions are of great relevance and value to long-term Buddhist practitioners…
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
February 26, 2025
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am - 8:00 am *This practice session will be held online via zoom* Namgyalma is one of the three main long-life deities and belongs to the tathagata family of practices. Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that the Namgyalma practice not only dispels life obstacles; it also purifies negativities and downfalls…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
February 26, 2025
In-Person at the Gompa
Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). This practice is done in-person only. The puja, preceded by some preliminary prayers, will be done in the following sequence: Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha Ganden Lhagyama (Hundred Deities of Tushita), aka Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara…
What’s Merit Got to Do with It?
With Don Handrick
February 28, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Friday, February 28 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In-Person and Online via Zoom It is taught that the path to enlightenment encompasses the accumulation of the two factors of merit and wisdom, with both being essential components for the attainment of Buddhahood. In this session, we will examine the…
Making Friends with Ourselves
With Don Handrick
March 3, 2025
In-Person and Online via Zoom
Monday, March 3 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In-Person and Online Via Zoom One factor that can be troublesome in our practice of Buddhism is our own negative view of ourselves, the fault-finding and self-demeaning attitude that makes us into our own worst enemy, impeding our progress and dampening our…
How to Train a Happy Mind—March Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
March 30, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, March 30 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen…
Discovering Buddhism, Module 9: Samsara and Nirvana
With Venerable Sangye Khandro
April 8 - May 18, 2025
Online only
Online Only Via Zoom Register for this Program Five Tuesday Sessions April 8 – May 6 , 2025; 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm PT Online Only Practice Day Sunday, May 18, 2025; 10:30 am – 1:30 pm PT In-Person and Online About Investigate what samsara is and how we are…
How to Train a Happy Mind—April Daylong
With Scott Snibbe
April 27, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
In-Person and Online Via Zoom Sunday, April 27 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Based on his popular book, How to Train a Happy Mind, this series of three separate daylong Sunday retreats with Scott Snibbe offers a relaxed tour of transformative meditations that help bring out your best qualities, deepen…
