All Courses, Retreats & Events
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Dharma Day
Join us on Saturday, July 6th, 2024, for one of our NYC In-Person Practice Days, followed by lunch and a cultural excursion. We’ll be celebrating Dharma Day — all are welcome, no experience necessary.
The Human Buddha: A Residential Retreat
During this weekend, we’ll explore how our experience as fellow human travelers can meet the huge challenges we’re presented with — personal, cultural, and political — and how the Buddha’s message of practical hope, radical responsibility, and deep kindness can help us make a difference in society and build a better America for those to come.
Led by Candradasa and Ananta, this 3-day residential retreat is offered in the context of meditation, reflection, and community as key aspects of practice to support transcendence, freedom, and awakening.
The Heart of Compassion: A Residential Retreat
On this Triratna NY-NJ retreat, led by Viveka, we will practice and play with living with the pressures of our times and explore how to respond with mindfulness, metta (loving kindness), and compassion.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: Boundless Heart
The theme of this New Jersey in-person practice day is Boundless Heart, where the focus will be the cultivation of contentment by inquiry into the ‘bonds’ that cause suffering and meditations that encourage us to cultivate and rest in a simple contentment.
Buddhist Council of New York's Vesak Celebration
Join the Buddhist Council of New York for their cherished annual Vesak celebration under the theme “Peace in Action: Living the Teachings of the Buddha.” Vesak is a revered Buddhist holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and pari-nirvana. This significant gathering is set for May 18th, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, at the esteemed Rubin Museum, which, in a bittersweet note, will be closing its doors this fall.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Mindful Presence
Our next NYC In-Person Practice Day will be held at the Lucid Body House on April 28, 2024. The theme of the practice day will be Mindful Presence.
The Inconceivable Emancipation — Themes from the Vimalakīrti Nirdeśa | Order/Mitra Day Retreats
Join participants at Aryaloka in NH in the new year for four day retreats exploring the Vimalakirti Nirdesa! The day retreats will include meditation, discussion groups, dramatic readings of the text, and creative ritual. A vegetarian lunch will be provided.
Life with Full Attention: Body, Feelings, Mind | Day Retreat
This day retreat from Triratna NY-NJ complements the 8-week, Monday evening course, and is accompanied by another day retreat in April. It can be attended in conjunction with the course, or as a stand-alone event.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Parinirvana Day
This in-person practice day in NYC is brought to you by Triratna NY-NJ. We’ll be celebrating Parinirvana Day at Lucid Body House in Manhattan — we hope you can join!
Exploring a Deeper Harmony of Body and Mind | A Retreat with Padmadharini
This retreat is for experienced practitioners wishing to go deeper in their practice of meditation and insight. Participants should have at least a year’s regular practice of Buddhist meditation and be familiar with Triratna’s approach to meditation.
Young Adults Sangha
This is a new initiative led by young Triratna Buddhists! We offer classes by young people for young people. Beginners are welcome!
If you're in your 20s or early 30s, this is a great way to discover meditation and find out more about the teaching of the Buddha in a way that's relevant to your life, right here and now.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Winter Stillness
This Triratna NY-NJ In-Person Practice Day is a Community Practice Morning with meditation, check-ins, and group practice.
The Balance of the Dharma Life: Tuning in with The Five Spiritual Faculties | Regional Retreat 2024
This retreat is open to all sangha members from Aryaloka, Boston, Lubec, Portland, Portsmouth, New York and New Jersey. Born from a desire to bring our east coast sanghas together, the Regional Retreat has been running for 15 years! This is a wonderful opportunity to meet Buddhists from across the region and make new friends.
There is a Zoom option for some sessions of the retreat if you would prefer to attend from home.
New Jersey In-Person Practice Days
Triratna New York and New Jersey will come together on the second Saturday of every month to practice in New Jersey. Beginners are welcome. Join us for meditation, ritual, and group discussion every month.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: Practicing With the Bramaviharas
At this in-person practice day in Trenton, New Jersey, the Triratna community will discuss what it means to practice with the Brama-viharas, the sublime attitudes, the four faces of love. We will discuss the experience of cultivating metta (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy), and upekkha (equanimity).
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Sangha Day
This Triratna NY-NJ in-person practice day will be held at Manhattan’s Lucid Body House on December 3. Join us for meditation, group discussion, and ritual, followed by a lunch and cultural excursion nearby.
The Road to Freedom: A Residential Retreat
Join us for a long weekend exploring the road or roads to freedom. What does freedom look like? How is it different for different people? What steps can I take to become free?
Led by Samayasri and Ananta, this 3-day residential retreat at Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing is offered in the context of meditation, reflection and community as key aspects of practice to support freedom and awakening.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: Finding Balance & Peace in Challenging Times
At this in-person retreat in Central New Jersey, the Triratna NY-NJ community will explore how we can cultivate more balance, equanimity, and peace in our lives. We will examine the assumptions and perspectives that underlie our views and experience of the world through meditation and teaching.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Buddhism and the Arts
During this November in-person practice day in NYC, we will explore how the creative arts can help inspire and support our practice as Buddhists. This event is put on by Triratna NY-NJ at Lucid Body House in Manhattan and will be followed by lunch nearby.
NJ In-Person Practice Day: A Deep Dive into Metta
During this practice day in collaboration with the Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County, we’ll explore together the all-inclusive heart energy of love that can be available even when we feel emotions such as sadness, grief, and loneliness.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Padmasambhava Day Festival
Triratna NY-NJ’s monthly in-person practice day in NYC. September’s is a celebration of Padmasambhava, along with an optional lunch and cultural excursion to the Met.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Buddhism and Art
Triratna NY-NJ’s monthly practice day in July will be all about Buddhism and Art. Starting with meditation practice, we’ll focus on art or images that inspire our practice. Everyone is invited to bring one or two small images or pieces to discuss.
Dharma Day (In-Person Celebration)
Join Triratna NY-NJ as we celebrate Dharma Day! This holiday celebrates the first teaching of the Buddha after his enlightenment, which was given on the full moon day in July over 2500 years ago.
NJ In-Person Retreat: An Exploration of the Madhupindika or "Honey Ball" Sutta
Triratna NY-NJ presents this day retreat, given alongside the Buddhist Sangha of Bucks County. The theme of the retreat will be Madhupindika or “Honey Ball” Sutta - the discourse of how mental proliferation and views arise, lead to conflict, and how being present and mindful can reduce inner and outer conflict.
NYC In-Person Practice Evening: The Foundations of Ritual
Join Triratna NY-NJ for a practice evening exploring the foundations of ritual and reverence. This evening, we’ll explore what moves and inspires us and how we can make more use of this in our lives. We’ll be practicing at Manhattan’s Lucid Body House.
The Buddha in the Dark: A Summer Residential Retreat with Candradasa & Padmadaka
The Buddha in the Dark is Triratna NY NJ’s summer sangha residential retreat. Join us for a long weekend offered in the context of meditation as a key practice to support our growth and awakening. The emphasis of the retreat will be on silent meditation, offering a chance to sink deeper into our experience. At Dharmakaya Retreat Center.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: Cultivating Spiritual Fortitude
Triratna NY NJ has been organizing monthly weekend practice days in NYC as a chance to come together and practice in community. For this May NYC practice day, the theme will be CREATING SPIRITUAL FORTITUDE. Come practice with us at New York Zendo Shobo-ji, then join us for lunch and a cultural excursion.
New Jersey In-Person Retreat | Meditation for Beginners: Heart-Based Practices to Cultivate Joy, Peace, and Harmony within Ourselves and the World
Join Triratna NY-NJ for an in-person New Jersey retreat focused on meditation for beginners. We’ll practice sitting meditation, discussion, small group sharing, and more.
NYC In-Person Practice Evening: Celebration of Vajramati
Triratna NY NJ’s monthly NYC meetup, this time for an evening at Lucid Body House in Manhattan. Come meditate and connect with community on April 14.
NJ In-Person Retreat: "Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving Kindness" | Day of Mindfulness & Practice
Join Triratna NY NJ for our April 2023 New Jersey in-person meditation retreat. This day of mindfulness and practice is open to both beginners and experienced meditators.
NYC In-Person Practice Day: The Six Perfections
Triratna NY-NJ’s monthly in-person practice day. The March theme will be The Six Perfections. Join us at Zendo Shobo-ji in NYC for meditation, ritual, and connection in community.
New Jersey In-Person Retreat | Meditation for Beginners: Breathing, Embodied, Present and Connected
Join Triratna NY•NJ’s March 2023 in-person retreat in New Jersey/PA—Meditation for Beginners: Breathing, Embodied, Present and Connected. Padmadharini will lead a morning of meditation and breathwork open to all.
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