North American Community Practice
With Venerable Angie Muir
May 17 - November 1, 2026
Online Via Zoom
Every Thursday Online via Zoom 8:00 am – 8:45 am PST Weekly on Thursdays—We join the Global Mani Mantra Retreat from May 17 – November 1! Join us each Thursday morning through November 1 as the North American Region participates in the FPMT Global Mani Retreat with a…
Weeknight Evening Express Meditation
With Venerable Katy Cole
August 10, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Online Only Via Zoom
Monday – Friday 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm PDT Online Only via Zoom 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? Doing Vajrasattva practice is…
Weekday Morning Express Meditation
With Venerable Losang Dondrub and Venerable Katy Cole
August 10, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Online Only Via Zoom
Monday – Friday 6:30 am – 7:00 am PDT Online Only via Zoom 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. Since Western education…
Weekly Drop-In Meditation
With Venerable Yangchen
August 16, 2026 - January 3, 2027
In Person in the Gompa
Sundays 9:00 am – 10:00 am These 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 as well as to complete newcomers to the Buddhist path. No doubt this is partly…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
August 26, 2026 - January 6, 2027
In Person in 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
August 30, 2026 - January 3, 2027
In Person Only in the Gompa
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;…
FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT)
With Venerable Losang Gendun
September 5 - November 28, 2026
Online Only Via Zoom
In-Depth Meditation Training: Year 4, The Vajra Ground: Mahāmudrā and Kriyā Tantra September 5 – November 28 In this culminating fourth year of our journey, our path turns inward to the mind itself—its empty, luminous nature—and outward to the transformative methods of tantra, where the naturally pure nature of our…
FPMT Ngondro Lamrim Training (NLRT)
With Venerable Losang Gendun
September 17 - November 26, 2026
Online Only Via Zoom
Ngondro Lamrim Training (NLRT) A Two-Year Journey in the Common and Uncommon Preliminary Practices, an excellent preparation for the FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) Introduction The Lamrim — "Stages of the Path" in Tibetan — is a systematic presentation of the entire Buddhist path to Awakening, written by the great…
Creating Compassionate Cultures Program for Children
October 10 - 31, 2026
In person at Tara Redwood School
Saturdays: October 10 - October 31 In-Person only at Tara Redwood School 10:30 am - 12:30 pm A unique opportunity for your children to attend a program that follows the same framework as your parenting classes, the 7 Steps to Knowledge, Strength, and Compassion. While you are in your class,…
Parenting with Compassion & Wisdom
With Pam Cayton
October 10 - 31, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturdays: October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31 In-Person and online via Zoom 10:30 am - 12:30 pm This series of 4 classes leads us along a journey of reflection, discussion, and practical application for our everyday lives as parents. We follow the framework developed over 35 years at…
Discovering Buddhism, Module 5: Death and Rebirth
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
October 20 - December 5, 2026
Six Teaching Sessions Tuesdays, October 20 – December 1 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Land of Medicine Buddha No class November 17 Practice Session Saturday, December 5 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Land of Medicine Buddha Discovering Buddhism Join a new cycle of Discovering Buddhism — a fresh…
Lama Chopa Puja
With Venerable Yangchen
October 21, 2026
In Person in the Gompa
Wednesday, October 21 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Lama Chopa, also called Guru Puja, is a beautiful, profound practice where we make offerings to and request blessings and inspiration from the Three Jewels and the Spiritual Teacher (whether or not the teacher is physically present). Lama Chopa with Tsog Offering…
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
October 21, 2026
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…
Sound Journey
With Kalden Kho
October 28, 2026
In Person Only in the Gompa
Wednesday, October 28 In Person Only in the Gompa 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm We will have Sound Healing indoors in the Gompa for this session. Sound healing is a sacred and powerful meditative practice. Different vibrational frequencies are said to resonate with different facets of the human energy field…
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
October 28, 2026
Online Via Zoom
7:00 am – 8:30 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…
Living Stillness Retreat
October 28 - November 1, 2026
This retreat is presented by One Mindful, an outside conference rental group, not managed by Land of Medicine Buddha.
We invite you to gather in a beautiful communal setting as we care for our bodies, minds, and hearts within the shared container of retreat. Whatever is true for you—whatever is unfolding in your life and inner world—come as you are. This retreat is open to new and experienced practitioners…
Clearing the Ground: Karma, Mind, and the Art of Dying Well
With Venerable Losang Gendun
November 6 - 8, 2026
In Person and Online via Zoom
We carry more burden than we know. The habits of the mind, the weight of past actions, the fears that surface when we sit in stillness — most of us spend a lifetime working around them. This retreat invites us to work with them instead. This weekend retreat offers…
Annual Namgyalma Retreat
With Venerable Steve Carlier
November 13 - 20, 2026
Online Only via Zoom
Online Only via Zoom November 13 – 20 Lama Zopa Rinpoche asked us to hold a 1,000 long mantra retreat each year, open to all. As he explained, the Namgyalma practice dispels life obstacles, purifies, and protects against birth in the lower realms. He said it is especially beneficial for…
The Nature of Reality: A Heart Sutra Retreat
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
November 27 - 29, 2026
In the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Led by Geshe Tenzin Legtsok Friday – Sunday, November 27 – 29 In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Join us for a weekend retreat exploring the Heart Sutra, one of Buddhism’s most profound and celebrated teachings on the nature of reality. “Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.” Emptiness…
