Sundays, September 11 – December 18, 2022

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Meets in person at the Aligned Center

Please join us on Sunday mornings for a community gathering involving meditation practice, readings, and discussion. The theme of this season of Open House is Embracing this Present Life, inspired by the book Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron, published by Shambhala Publications.

Drop-ins welcome

Sundays, September 11 – December 18, 2022

Class starts at 12:30 PM ET

Meets in person & virtually on Zoom weekly.

Please join us on The Path of Individual Liberation, a year-long course based upon the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche exploring the foundation of the Buddhist spiritual path with an emphasis on personal development through meditation and study. This first semester will focus on the reality of suffering, the nature of mind, ego, and the possibility of liberation through a meaningful commitment to meditation practice and study.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Wednesdays, September 14 – December 14, 2022

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom with monthly in-person discussion groups.

Please join us as we explore the Path of Natural Wakefulness through the advanced teachings of the Vajrayana. With this final and culminating segment, our Foundation Curriculum now presents all three “yanas” or levels of 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.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

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