Inspired by the 8s: Exploring Ourselves Through Tibetan Buddhism

With Richard Prinz

April 5 - May 3, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom 9:00 am – 10:30 am PST Saturdays: April 5- May 3rd *No Class on Saturday April 19th* About the Series: Join us for a transformative four-week series where we will explore key teachings from Tibetan Buddhism through the lens of "8." Tibetan Buddhism is rich…

Discovering Buddhism, Module 9: Samsara and Nirvana

With Venerable Sangye Khadro

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 *Please note that Venerable Angie Muir will be leading…

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

April 21 - 25, 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.…

Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification

With Venerable Katy Cole

April 21 - 25, 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?…

Group Recitation of the Golden Light Sutra

With Venerable Gyalten Chimé

April 23, 2025
Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
The Sutra of Golden Light In-Person at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz and Online via Zoom Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30pm PST A Mahayana Sutra emphasizing healing, world peace, & protection with Ven. Gyalten Chimé   Join our friends at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz for a recitation…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

April 23, 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…

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

April 23, 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…

Thriving Compassionately in the 21st Century: Animals, Planet and Us

With Alan Kornberg

April 25, 2025
Online Via Zoom
 Debunking Myths & Thriving on a Plant-Based Diet 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm PT Friday, April 25 Online Only Via Zoom Join us for part three of this three-part series hosted by Dharma Voices for Animals, the only global Buddhist animal advocacy organization, exploring how to live and thrive compassionately…

Yamantaka Jangwa Ceremony

With Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa

April 26, 2025
In-Person at the Wish Fulfilling Temple
10:00 am - 2:00 pm At The Wish Fulfilling Temple     We are honored to have Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa and Gyuto Foundation Monks preside over the annual Jangwa ceremony, making it exceptionally auspicious!                     About The Purification Puja…

Commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words

With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa

April 26, 2025
Online Only
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, April 26 Online only via zoom Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words, composed by the great Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa. This unique text, rarely taught in English, presents…

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

April 27, 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…

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…

Weekday Morning Express Meditation

April 28 - May 2, 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.…

Weeknight Evening Express Meditation: Purification

With Venerable Katy Cole

April 28 - May 2, 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?…

Group Recitation of the Golden Light Sutra

With Venerable Gyalten Chimé

April 30, 2025
Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
The Sutra of Golden Light In-Person at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz and Online via Zoom Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30pm PST A Mahayana Sutra emphasizing healing, world peace, & protection with Ven. Gyalten Chimé   Join our friends at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz for a recitation…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

April 30, 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

May 4, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
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…

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

May 4, 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…

Monthly Prayers for our Gurus

With Venerable Yangchen

May 4, 2025
Online via Zoom
Sunday, May 4 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Online only   May the glorious lamas live long. May happiness and well-being arise for all sentient beings, present throughout space. May I and all beings without exception, having gathered the two accumulations and purified the two obscurations, be swiftly established in…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

May 7, 2025
Online Via Zoom
Wednesday, May 7th 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online Only Due to Construction Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). 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…

Group Recitation of the Golden Light Sutra

With Venerable Gyalten Chimé

May 7, 2025
Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
The Sutra of Golden Light In-Person at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz and Online via Zoom Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30pm PST A Mahayana Sutra emphasizing healing, world peace, & protection with Ven. Gyalten Chimé   Join our friends at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz for a recitation…

Sound Journey

With Kalden Kho

May 7, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa
Wednesday, May 7th 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 in the…

Annual Kunrig Retreat

With Venerable Steve Carlier

May 9 - 11, 2025
Online Only via Zoom
Friday May 9th - Sunday May 11th Online Only Via Zoom About Kunrig: Kunrig—Sarvavid, in Sanskrit, is a Yoga Tantra deity. He is known as “the king of deities who  purify the lower realms.” We can understand why from the story of a deva who died and was born in…

Commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words

With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa

May 10, 2025
Online Only
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, May 10 Online only via zoom Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words, composed by the great Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa. This unique text, rarely taught in English, presents…

“Are We Communicating, Dear?”: Learning from the Wisdom of Lama Yeshe

With Karuna Cayton

May 11 - June 29, 2025
In-Person in the Gompa and Online via Zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom  10:30 am - 12:00 pm PST Sundays: May 11th - June 29th *No Class Sunday June 8th* About the Course: Join Karuna Cayton for a warm and engaging 7 part series based on the teachings of Lama Thubten Yeshe, one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most beloved…

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

May 11, 2025
In-person at the Gompa and via Facebook live
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…

Weekly Drop-In Meditation

With Venerable Yangchen

May 11, 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…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

May 14, 2025
Online Via Zoom
Wednesday, May 14th 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online Only Due to Construction Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). 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…

Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

May 14, 2025
Online Via Zoom
Wednesday, May 14th 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…

Group Recitation of the Golden Light Sutra

With Venerable Gyalten Chimé

May 14, 2025
Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz
The Sutra of Golden Light In-Person at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz and Online via Zoom Every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30pm PST A Mahayana Sutra emphasizing healing, world peace, & protection with Ven. Gyalten Chimé   Join our friends at the Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz for a recitation…

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

May 18, 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

May 18, 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…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja Copy

With Venerable Samten

May 21, 2025
Online Via Zoom
Wednesday, May 21st 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online Only Due to Construction Venerable Samten will performing the Cittamani Tara Puja (in Tibetan). 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…

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

May 21, 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…

Commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words

With Geshe Ngawang Dakpa

May 24, 2025
Online Only
**Presented via Zoom. Registration required.*** Saturday, May 24 Online only via zoom Geshe Ngawang Dakpa will be giving a commentary on The Mind Training Induced by Way of Poem, A Perfect Composition of Words, composed by the great Je Tsongkhapa Lobsang Drakpa. This unique text, rarely taught in English, presents…

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

May 25, 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

May 25, 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

May 28, 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 Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 1, 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

June 1, 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…

Annual Kalachakra Six Session Guru Yoga Retreat for World Peace

With Venerable Steve Carlier

June 4 - 11, 2025
Online Only via Zoom
Online only via Zoom June 4-June 11   About Kalachakra: 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, and will always…

Weekly Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 8, 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

June 8, 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…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 11, 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

June 15, 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

June 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…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 18, 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…

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

June 18, 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 Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 22, 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

June 22, 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…

Weekly Cittamani Tara Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 25, 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…

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

June 25, 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 Medicine Buddha Puja

With Venerable Samten

June 29, 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

June 29, 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…

Cultivating Wisdom and Compassion Through Non-Harming

With Bob Stahl

July 4 - 6, 2025
In-Person and online via zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom July 4th – 6th This weekend mindfulness meditation retreat will offer a time to pause and reset in our beautiful redwood forest. The retreat will be devoted to experiencing the first Buddhist precept of non-harming, which is the foundation for all peace.  The heart of the…

Kunrig Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

July 16, 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…

Namgyalma Sadhana Practice

With Venerable Steve Carlier

July 23, 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…

Evening Teachings with Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II

With Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II

August 18 - 23, 2025
In Person and Online Via Zoom
August 18 - 23 In-Person or Online Via Zoom 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm   For students with busy schedules who can't join the full retreat (Path to True Freedom Retreat) but are eager to deepen their understanding, Rinpoche has made an "evenings only" option available. This allows participants to…

Path to True Freedom

With Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II

August 18 - 24, 2025
In-Person and Online Via Zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom August 18th - August 24th   What To Expect Join us for a week-long retreat with the revered Lama, Serkong Tsenshap Rinpoche II, who will offer teachings on the Special Insight Chapter of the Lam Rim Chenmo by Lama Tsongkhapa. This chapter focuses on how…

How to Face Death Without Fear Retreat

With Venerable Robina Courtin

September 19 - 21, 2025
In-Person and online via zoom
How to Face Death Without Fear September 19- 21 In-Person and Online Via Zoom Death is a natural part of existence, but because of our intense attachment to this life, this body, and our own sense of self, we live in denial of it. As Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains in…

Heart Essence of Buddha Nature Retreat

With Venerable Losang Gendun

October 10 - 12, 2025
In-Person and online via zoom
In-Person and Online via Zoom “To be empty of self is to be full of others” - Venerable Gendun In this weekend retreat, we will explore the profound connection between Buddha Nature and compassionate activity, uncovering how the wisdom of emptiness naturally gives rise to boundless compassion.  Guided by the…