Have you received empowerment from a teacher and asked to do a tantric practice, but you are unsure what it all means? Join Lama Matthew Palden Gocha for this 4 part course that will introduce you to the ground of the Vajrayana and the preliminary practices. Read more…

Join us as we learn to use skillful means in our daily life with energy and enthusiasm. Each week, there will be an exercise from the book to practice throughout the week. Weekly topics include Inner Freedom, Change, Self-Knowledge and Humility. The text is straightforward and easily accessible to any level of student. Read more…

Geshe Thinley will be leading a discussion on the Stages of the path. This is a step-by-step approach to the Buddha’s teachings originally set out by the great Atisha. Because it condenses all the exoteric sūtra scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the teachings. Read more…

Join us as Dr. Nora and Luis explorer the Heart Sutra, a short prayer sutra loved and revered in all Buddhist traditions. Serious practitioners memorize and recite the sutra as part of their meditation practice. This sacred text gives the student closer to understanding the concept of emptiness which he terms, no separate self, which is not easy to grasp. Read more…