Wednesdays, May 11-July 27, 2022

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Derek Kolleeny & Tom Pantaleoni

This Spring/Summer we invite you to continue your exploration of the profound and vast tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. In this course we plan to focus on the cultivation of wisdom with an exploration of the famous yet extremely elusive notion of emptiness. We will primarily focus on a simple and straightforward presentation of the method for identifying the object that is negated when we understand emptiness in the book Introduction to Emptiness by Guy Newland with supplemental readings from Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Shenpen Hookham and additional selected readings from Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Sundays, Apr. 24 to July 24, 2022

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Meets in-person and virtually on Zoom.

With Jane Kolleeny & Charlie Olson

Please join us for the third and final semester of our Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha course, a foundational curriculum presenting the authentic path of mindfulness-awareness meditation and insight as originally described by the Buddha and expertly transmitted to the West by one of the great Tibetan masters of our time, Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche.

Virtual drop-ins welcome.

Wednesdays, January 12th – April 27th (Winter Session) & May 6th – July 27th (Spring/Summer Session)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Derek Kolleeny

Based upon the book The Practice of Lojong by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, supplemented with readings on shamatha-vipashyana from Buddhism with an Attitude by B. Alan Wallace.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Sundays, starting January 16, 2022

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Led by: Gene Bobker and Andrea Sherman

This intermediate course, The Profound Treasury Series, Semester 5, is a continuation of last year’s course, The Path of Individual Liberation. For the winter, participants are invited to complete volume two of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion. We are delighted to welcome back PTOD participants for the fifth semester.

Prerequisites apply

Starting January 16th, 2022—First Sunday of each month thereafter

3:30 to 4:45 PM ET (New time!)

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Andrea Sherman & Kevin Gormley

Please join us as we explore the journey of growing older from a Buddhist perspective.  For this fall, we will read the book No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering by renowned Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, as he guides us in finding happiness by transforming and acknowledging our suffering.  

No registration needed.

Sundays, Sept. 12 to Dec. 5, 2021

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

With Jane Kolleeny & Charlie Olson

Join us as we explore the authentic path of meditation and insight as originally described by the Buddha and skillfully transmitted to the West by one of the great Tibetan masters of our time, Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. We will explore such topics as the life of the Buddha, the birth of confusion and suffering, karma, and the path back to sanity, focusing on the techniques and stages of meditation and bringing practice into daily life. 

Virtual drop-ins welcome.

Sundays, starting September 12, 2021

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

Led by: Gene Bobker and Andrea Sherman

This intermediate course, The Profound Treasury Series, Semester 4, is a continuation of last year’s course, The Path of Individual Liberation. For the fall, participants are invited to complete volume one of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma (PTOD), The Path of Individual Liberation, and start volume two of The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, The Bodhisattva Path of Wisdom and Compassion. We are delighted to welcome back PTOD participants for the fourth semester.

Prerequisites apply

Wednesdays, Sept. 15 - Dec. 15

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Jane and Derek Kolleeny, Gene Bobker, and all the other WMC teachers.

This course explores the practical advice, wisdom, and inspiration of broad and diverse range of contemporary Buddhist teachers representative of its three major traditions—Theravadin, Zen and Tibetan.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Part Three: Great Eastern Sun, the Wisdom of Shambhala

Ten Wednesdays, May 19, to July 28, 2021

7 - 9 pm ET

Led by Derek Kolleeny & Warner Dick

Open to those who studied Shambhala, Sacred Path of the Warrior with us in Part Two of this series or an equivalent.

Sundays, April 25 - July 27, 2021

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

The Aligned Center & Online via Zoom

This meditation course is based on the book, Welcoming the Unwelcome, Wholehearted Living In A Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön

We will explore what it takes to strengthen our ability to communicate with candor, even when we disagree.

Led by Jane Kolleeny and Charles Olson

Drop-ins welcome

Sundays, March 28 - June 13, 2021

12:30 - 2:30 PM ET

• A thorough exploration of the vast Buddhist teachings presented by Chogyam Trungpa, focusing on The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Volume One.

• Led by Gene Bobker and Andrea Sherman.