All Courses, Retreats & Events
Eight Step Recovery: Exploring Addiction and Recovery Through the Lens of Buddhism
Exploring addiction and recovery through the lens of Buddhism.
Waves of Stillness: An Online Buddhafield Retreat (International Event)
Join us for a weekend to mark the transition through to the deep winter. We will meditate together, reflect on teachings, and share the experience of ritual while setting intentions to incorporate waves of stillness into our busy lives.
House with No Roof: A Day of Dharma and Reflection on Grief with Yashobodhi (International Event)
Join Yashobodhi for a day of dharma, reflection, and inquiry into the nature of grief. Together we will explore different metaphors for grief, meditate, and create space for each other. Through Dharma, gentle practices, and conversation, we will reflect on the ways grief shapes our lives.
Sangha Night With Fay & Michael (Online)
Our November 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Creative Life: Acting & Movement as Practice.”
Triratna Earth Sangha Conference 2026: For Love of the Earth(International Event)
What does it mean to care for the Earth as a practice of love? What might the Bodhisattva ideal look like in a time of climate and ecological breakdown? And how can we cultivate the courage, wisdom and compassion needed to meet the suffering of our world without turning away?
This year’s Triratna Earth Sangha conference brings people together to explore these questions.
Across the weekend there will be inspiring talks, workshops, guided meditations, pujas, music, poetry and visual arts, creating space not only to learn and reflect, but also to connect with others who care deeply about the future of our planet.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: The Perfection of Generosity
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and November’s theme is The Perfection of Generosity. Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
BIPOC Monthly Event: “Welcoming Liberation” (Online)
On the last Sunday of every month, we’ll be holding an online BIPOC gathering for people at any stage of practicing the Dharma.
Sangha Night with Silasiddhi & Maxo (Online)
Our December 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Creative Life: The Visual Arts as Practice.”
Compassionate Awakening: Cultivating the Confidence to Let Go (Winter Retreat)
Inspired by Amitabha, the red Buddha of the western quarter, this retreat will explore how meditation, confidence, and receptivity can support a deepening response of compassion towards ourselves and others.
Through guided and silent meditation, we will explore loving-kindness and compassion in an embodied way, becoming more aware of how we respond to suffering and what helps us meet it with warmth, steadiness, and care.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: Celebration of Dr. Ambedkar and Sangha Day
Our Triratna NY-NJ Sangha hosts monthly New Jersey in-person practice days, and the theme of October’s practice day is the Celebration of Dr. Ambedkar and Sangha Day.
Sangha Night With Gary, Fran, and Karunamala (Online)
Our October 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Creative Life: Singing as Practice.”
Dhyāna and the Wings to Awakening: Meditation Weekend Retreat with Tejananda (International Event)
In this three day retreat, we’ll explore how awareness, discrimination, and energy can support the conditions to enter into the dhyānas. And how wellbeing, serenity, samādhi (full integration), and equanimity successively come to fulfillment. However far we get with this, the exploration and play with possibilities on this retreat will enrich your meditation practice.
Cultivating a Healing & Generous Abundance (Triratna Fall Retreat)
Our Fall 2026 retreat will engage with the theme of the Wisdom Buddha Figure associated with the element earth and the Wisdom of Equality, Ratnasambhava, through imagination and creativity, meditation, warm-heartedness, connection with community and the natural world, embodied practice, music, rituals and movement. There will be periods of silence as well as space for mindful conversation.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Entering the Lotus-Born Realm — Padmasambhava Day
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and September’s theme is “Entering the Lotus-Born Realm: Padmasambhava Day.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
Dhyāna Made Easy: A Meditation Intensive Home Retreat with Bodhipaksa (International Event)
On this seven-day retreat we’ll learn that these three foundations, and the traditional dhyāna factors they correspond to, are not things that we make happen, but are instead experiences that arise naturally as we let go of striving to focus, and instead let the mind come into a state of complete rest and openness. We’ll also experience more clearly how the three dhyāna foundations provide an ideal basis for exploring insight.
Sangha Night With Srisara (Online)
Our September 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “Therapy, Insight, and Cultivation of Wisdom as Dharma Practice.”
The Ten Buddha Mandala: A Home Retreat with Karunadevi, Shraddhavani, Viriyalila & Friends (International Event)
In this home retreat, Karunadevi, and team, will lead us in meeting the five Buddha pairs in meditation and visualization. The symbolism of each pair of Buddhas is vast, comprehensive, and multifaceted. We will explore how these symbols relate to our human qualities and tendencies through meditations, talks, readings, discussions, and devotional practices.
The Buddha and the Goddess of the Earth: How Buddhist Practice Enriches Our Connection to the Natural World (International Event)
On this retreat, we will explore some of the mythic imagery and nature themes in the Buddha's story, looking at how these unfold both in his teaching and within the Buddhist tradition, and are deeply relevant to our lives today.
Through meditation, imaginative exploration, ritual, chanting, discussion and reflection (with time each day away from our devices!) we’ll hear how images and teachings rooted in nature can be deeply connecting, revealing a path we can travel to find our own ground.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Ratnasambhava’s Creative Force and the Four Gifts
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and July’s theme is '“Ratnasambhava’s Creative Force and the Four Gifts.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
Become a Compassionate Warrior: A Weekend Retreat with Vidyamala (International Event)
Drawing on an approach developed by Vidyamala over many years of teaching at Taraloka, this weekend retreat invites you to train as a compassionate warrior — courageous, tender, and open-hearted.
Deep Breath: Exploring the Anapanasati Sutta with Dhammarati (International Event)
Five days of meditation, soulful exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a safe space to go deeper into experience and practice.
A Meditation Home Retreat led by Dhammarati.
Sangha Night With Suddhayu (Online)
Our July 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Poison of Pride.”
The Lion’s Roar: A Home Retreat with Paramananda & Friends (International Event)
Seven days of meditation, soulful exploration, and strong, supportive friendship: a safe space to go deeper into experience and practice.
A Home Retreat led by Paramananda, in collaboration with Melbourne Buddhist Centre.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: The Dharma as Inspiration
Our Triratna NY-NJ Sangha hosts monthly New Jersey in-person practice days, and the theme of June’s practice day is the Dharma as Inspiration.
The Tiny Splash of a Raindrop: A Weekend Retreat with Singhashri & Balajit (International Event)
Join us in a collective exploration of our moment-by-moment embodied experience and the potential for freedom inherent there.
Mindfulness & Our Emotions — A Restorative Weekend with Padmadharini
Many people come to mindfulness seeking relief from stress, pain, or emotional overwhelm—only to find that simply “watching the mind” isn’t always enough. This weekend retreat offers a restorative and practical approach to mindfulness as an emotion regulation strategy, drawing on both contemplative wisdom and evidence-based, trauma-sensitive practices.
Sangha Night With Viradhamma (Online)
Our June 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Buddha’s Last Journey.”
Living with Ease: A Fresh Look at the Four Noble Truths with Vajradarshini (International Event)
The Four Noble Truths were the Buddha’s first teaching, yet they never grow old. Each time we return to them with fresh eyes, they meet us exactly where we are. Just as in the Buddha’s time, there is suffering in our lives—stress, fear, confusion —that we can do something about.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Buddha Day Celebration with Reflection on Generosity
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and May 2026’s theme is “Buddha Day Celebration with Reflection on Generosity.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
Awakening the Imagination: A Home Retreat with Vishvapani & Amitajyoti (International Event)
Connecting to creativity and the imagination through art, mindfulness and nature.
Discover the Imagination as a source of deep enrichment and how it can be a path of awakening into an expansive, loving and insightful awareness.
Sangha Night With Upayadhi (Online)
Our May 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Dharma of Star Wars.”
NYC In-Person Practice Day: The Heart that Can Hold — A Mettā Practice Day
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and April 2026’s theme is “The Heart that Can Hold: A Metta Practice Day.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
Sangha Night With Jnanadhara (Online)
Our April 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “The Four Gifts.”
NJ In-Person Practice Day: The Liberating Wisdom of Equality
Our Triratna NY-NJ Sangha hosts monthly New Jersey in-person practice days, and the theme of October’s practice day is The Liberating Wisdom of Equality.
Embodying Freedom: A Home Retreat with Balajit, Singhashri, and Viveka (International Event)
Balajit, Singhashri and Viveka joining forces to offer another wonderful embodied opportunity toward collective liberation.
Sangha Night With Vimalasara (Online)
Our March 2026 Sangha Night will be held online. Join us for an evening of community with the theme of “With Open-Handed Generosity, We Purify Our Hearts.”
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Parinirvana Day with Reflections on Ratnasambhava
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and February 2026’s theme is “Parinirvana Day with Reflections on Ratnasambhava.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.
Love and Insight: A Meditation Weekend Retreat with Bodhipaksa (International Event)
A meditation weekend retreat with Bodhipakṣa on the Brahma Viharas