Thursdays, September 14, 2023 - December 7, 2023

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Classes meet virtually on Zoom

Please join us in an exploration of the rich world of Dharma art inspired by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s book True Perception, the Path of Dharma Art. Through readings, discussion, and hands-on activities we will explore the creative process and awakened mind characterized by directness, unselfconsciousness, and nonaggression. Trungpa Rinpoche emphasized the importance of "art in everyday life" - bringing out the goodness and dignity of any situation, attending to detail, and working with the senses to appreciate things as they are.

Sundays, April 16th - July 30th, 2023

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Classes meet virtually on Zoom

This course is based upon the book, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma by Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche studying the core teachings of Buddhism. We explore the four noble truths, karma, meditation practice, refuge vows, ego and egolessness, and the practice of meditation. This semester will focus on insight, wisdom, and the path.

Tuesdays, January 9, 2024 - April 2, 2024 (excluding Jan. 23rd)

Meeting times: 7:00 – 8:30pm

Location: Main Hall, Bedford Hills Community House, 74 Main Street, Bedford Hills, NY 10507

Drop-ins welcome!

Community Meditation is designed for those who want to experience connection, encouragement, and/or support around the shared interest of developing and maintaining a meditation practice. This program welcomes new and experienced meditators!

Meets once a month on Sundays from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Please join us for an outdoor meditation followed by a (highly recommended) social time. We’ll meet at 4:00 pm one Sunday each month, initially in Pleasantville but potentially moving to various parks in the future.

Register via Donation

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