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…
Calm Abiding: From Distraction to Deep Concentration
With Venerable Steve Carlier
August 6 - September 3, 2026
Online Only Via Zoom
Thursdays, August 6 – September 3, 8:00 am – 9:30 am Online Only After completing Lama Tsongkhapa's explanation of the six perfections in his Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Middle Lamrim), we now turn to two topics that he explores in exceptional depth: concentration…
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…
Discovering Buddhism, Module 2: How to Meditate
With Geshe Tenzin Legtsok
August 11 - September 6, 2026
Four Teaching Sessions Tuesdays, August 11 – September 1 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at Land of Medicine Buddha Practice Session Sunday, September 6 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Ocean of Compassion Discovering Buddhism Join a new cycle of Discovering Buddhism — a fresh opportunity for students of all…
Kunrig Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
August 19, 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…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
August 19, 2026
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…
Lama Chopa Puja
With Venerable Yangchen
August 21, 2026
In Person in the Gompa
Friday, August 21 3:00 pm – 4:30 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…
Wise Paths to the Heart
With Hans Burghardt
August 21 - 23, 2026
In Person and Online via Zoom
Is warmheartedness a source of well-being? Are human beings kind by nature? How can we activate a sense of connection with oneself and others? How can we make it a source of true happiness? How far can our inner qualities of love, compassion, joy, and so on be developed? This…
Commentary on the 6th Chapter of A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa
August 22, 2026
Online Only Via Zoom
Saturday, August 22 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Online Only via Zoom We continue our ongoing series of teachings with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa in collaboration with our sister center, Tse Chen Ling. We are happy to share that we will be starting with a new topic! Geshe-la will give a…
Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja
With Venerable Samten
August 23, 2026
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;…
Namgyalma Sadhana Practice
With Venerable Steve Carlier
August 26, 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…
Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja
With Venerable Samten
August 26, 2026
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…
2026 Ksitigarbha Festival with 100 Torma Offering
August 30, 2026
In Person Only at Ksitigarbha Pureland at Land of Medicine Buddha
Sunday, August 30, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Ksitigarbha Pure Land, Land of Medicine Buddha Join us to make offerings to Ksitigarbha, to the transcendental guests, and to make prayers for all beings. Monks from the Gyuto Tantric College will lead a special puja to make offerings and requests…
Rare Teachings with Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 5 - 27, 2026
In Person Only
This September, Land of Medicine Buddha is deeply honored to welcome Khen Rinpoche back to the centre. During this extraordinary three-week teaching series, Rinpoche will offer an exceptional program of retreats and evening teachings spanning the complete Buddhist path—Lamrim, emptiness, bodhichitta, mind training, and culminating in a White Tara Long…
The Foundation of All Good Qualities
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 5 - 6, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturday, September 5 – Sunday, September 6 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm – 4:00pm In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Weekend Retreat Join us for a weekend retreat exploring The Foundation of All Qualities, Lama Tsongkhapa's concise and inspiring prayer that presents the entire graduated…
In-Depth Meditation Training
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…
Jangwa & Ru Chog Puja for the Deceased
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 7, 2026
In Person Only
Monday, September 7 Time: to be determined In Person at the Wish-Fulfilling Temple Led by Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu We warmly invite you to participate in the Medicine Buddha Jangwa, a powerful Vajrayana purification ritual performed for the benefit of those who have passed away. Led by Segyü…
Buddha Nature
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 8, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Tuesday, September 8 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom According to the Buddha, every living being—from the smallest insect to every human being—possesses the potential to attain full enlightenment. This innate capacity, known as buddha nature, is the foundation of the…
Bodhichitta and Anger Management
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 9, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Wednesday, September 9 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Anger is one of the greatest obstacles to a peaceful life. It damages our relationships, it disturbs our minds, and it prevents us from responding wisely to life's challenges. Most important of…
A Sacred Pause
September 9 - 13, 2026
This retreat is presented by Brave Directions, an outside conference rental group, not managed by Land of Medicine Buddha.
Coming Home to Stillness, Belonging & Soulful Expression Most of us live in doing mode. We work hard. We manage family. We respond to it all. We hold everything together. And somewhere beneath all that motion, something quieter begins to stir — a longing for stillness, connection and a deeper…
The Sixteen Human Dharmas of King Songtsen Gampo
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 12 - 13, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturday, September 12 – Sunday, September 13 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm – 4:00pm In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Weekend Retreat Join us for a rare opportunity to receive teachings on The Sixteen Human Dharmas, the classic text attributed to the great Tibetan king…
The Three Principal Paths
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 16 - 23, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
We warmly invite you to join us for this precious opportunity to receive teachings from the highly respected Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdü on The Three Principal Aspects of the Path, one of Lama Tsongkhapa’s most celebrated and essential teachings. The Three Principal Aspects of the Path distills the entire…
White Tara Retreat with Long Life Empowerment and The Three Principal Paths
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu
September 16 - 23, 2026
In Person Only
We warmly invite you to join us for this rare and precious opportunity to receive teachings on White Tara and Lama Tsong Khapa’s Three Principal Paths. The retreat will begin with a White Tara Long Life Empowerment from the highly respected Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdü, and will included teachings…
Ngondro Lamrim Training
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…
Lama Tsongkhapa’s Mind Training Poem
With Segyü Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Wangdu and Venerable Steve Carlier
September 26 - 27, 2026
In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
Saturday, September 26 – Sunday, September 27 10:30 am – 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm – 4:00pm In Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom Weekend Retreat Join us for a transformative weekend retreat exploring Lama Tsongkhapa's timeless teachings on mind training (Lojong), a practical path for developing greater peace,…
Sound Journey
With Kalden Kho
September 30, 2026
In Person in the Meadow
Wednesday, September 30 In Person Only in the Meadow 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…
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…
