Classes & Retreats

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: A Lighthearted and Playful Approach to Life

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Offering Our Faith: Teaching & Retreat
To celebrate the very special occasions of Venerable Geshe-la’s birthday and Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day, we are offering a teaching and two sessions of retreat.

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: A Lighthearted and Playful Approach to Life

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: A Lighthearted and Playful Approach to Life

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: A Lighthearted and Playful Approach to Life

Meditation Class in Canton
This class is in the Canton neighborhood, and will include guided meditations and teachings based on Buddha’s wisdom that can help us to stay peaceful even in the most challenging times.

Solving Our Daily Problems with Loving Kindness: Weekend Retreat with Guest Teacher Kadam Michelle Gauthier
Meditations on loving-kindness are powerful, accessible, and deeply transformative. In this retreat, we will explore and practice guided meditations designed to open the heart, dissolve barriers to authentic love, and cultivate deeper connections.
Special emphasis will be placed on integrating these meditations into daily life—empowering participants to carry the warmth of loving-kindness into their relationships with family, friends, and colleagues.

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Fun of Creativity

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Fun of Creativity

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Fun of Creativity

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Fun of Creativity

Garden Cherishing Day
Please join in to help us keep the World Peace Gardens maintained and beautiful!

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: Supercharging our Joy

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: Supercharging our Joy

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: Supercharging our Joy

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: Supercharging our Joy

Meditation Class in Canton
This class is in the Canton neighborhood, and will include guided meditations and teachings based on Buddha’s wisdom that can help us to stay peaceful even in the most challenging times.

All About Meditation: Start or Strengthen Your Meditation Practice
This class is designed to help you start a meditation practice, or improve your daily practice. Learn to meditate in an authentic way that has been used for centuries to reduce mental and physical suffering and increase the power of the mind, resulting in greater peace and happiness.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Freedom from Painful Emotions: How to Deal Skillfully with Painful Emotions

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Community Potluck Lunch
Please join us for a vegetarian potluck to celebrate the holiday! This is a great opportunity to get to know more people who are a part of our spiritual community, and to bring family or friends.

Saturday Retreat: Clarity of Mind
Take a break from the hustle-and-bustle of your busy daily life without leaving the city. During this one-day meditation retreat, you will be guided in meditations on the nature of your own mind. By training in these meditations, your mind will become progressively more subtle and peaceful causing you to experience a profound inner stillness and tranquility.

Garden Cherishing Day
Please join in to help us keep the World Peace Gardens maintained and beautiful!

Temple Beautification Day
Join the volunteer team as we clean up the temple today in preparation for next weekend’s retreat with our Guest Teacher. What a great opportunity to cherish your world peace temple!

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: Happy Thoughts Make a Happy Day

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life with Joy: Happy Thoughts Make a Happy Day

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: Happy Thoughts Make a Happy Day

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: Happy Thoughts Make a Happy Day

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life With Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Infusing Our Life With Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Infusing Our Life with Joy: The Joy of Meditation

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: What Can Provide Ultimate Protection

Saturday Retreat: Conquering Depression & Anxiety
This retreat teaches us how to lessen the sense of helplessness and hopelessness that accompanies depression and the sense of fear and urgency that accompanies anxiety.
Buddha taught very gentle, yet effective, methods for working with the mind so that we make psychological and spiritual progress and can more effectively help others who are suffering. We will learn how to transform our pain so that we can find true happiness and peace. This retreat is ideal for those suffering from depression and anxiety as well as their family and friends.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

Meditation Class with Prayers for World Peace
We can all do something to contribute to world peace! This class includes guided meditations, teachings on creating inner and outer peace, and chanted prayers for world peace.

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

Meditation Classes in Columbia
This class is in Columbia, MD, and will include guided meditations and talk on the series topic: Strengthening Our Mind…Protection through Compassion

Children’s Meditation Class
This class is for children ages 6-12, and is held at the same time as Meditations for Modern Life.

Meditations for Modern Life, followed by Sunday Social
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Protection through Compassion

All About Meditation: Start or Strengthen Your Meditation Practice
This class is designed to help you start a meditation practice, or improve your daily practice. Learn to meditate in an authentic way that has been used for centuries to reduce mental and physical suffering and increase the power of the mind, resulting in greater peace and happiness.

Garden Cherishing Day
Please join in to help us keep the World Peace Gardens maintained and beautiful!

Meditations for Modern Life
This week’s topic is: Strengthening Our Mind: Put It in Perspective