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NYC In-Person Practice Day: Parinirvana Day
Our February NYC in-person practice day will celebrate Parinirvana Day at Manhattan’s Lucid Body House. Join us for meditation, discussion, and community!

Eight Step Recovery: Exploring Addiction and Recovery Through the Lens of Buddhism
Exploring addiction and recovery through the lens of Buddhism.

NJ In-Person Practice Day: Joy and Blessings
Our Triratna NY-NJ Sangha hosts monthly New Jersey in-person practice days, and the theme of March’s practice day is Joy and Blessings. We will focus on the quality of “joy” in relation to our year’s theme of the Buddha Akshobhya and his Pure Land Abhirati “The Joyous.”

NYC In-Person Practice Day: Dr. Ambedkar and Celebration of Dalit History Month
The Triratna NY-NJ Sangha holds monthly in-person practice days in New York City, and April’s theme is '“Dr. Ambedkar and Celebration of Dalit History Month.” Join us at NY Zendo Shobo-ji for a morning of practice and community.

NYC In-Person Practice Day: The Blue Buddha — Akshobhya
Throughout 2025,our sangha will have a focus on Akshobhya, the Blue Buddha of the East.
Ananta will lead a practice morning introducing the figure and his significance in the context of our everyday practice. Who is Akshobhya? Why is he blue? What is that thing he holds in his hand? How is he relevant to my life?
Join us at the New York Zendo for meditation, discussion, ritual, and connecting with community, followed by lunch.

NYC In-Person Practice Day — Just Being: The Joy and Beauty of Being Totally Present in Our Lives
Join the Triratna NY NJ community for our December In-Person Practice Day at NY Zendo Shobo-ji. We’ll be practicing in community and celebrating the joy and beauty of being totally present in our lives. Join us for lunch after!

NYC In-Person Practice Day: The Healing Power of Lovingkindness
Come join Triratna NY NJ for our October 2024 In-Person Practice Day in NYC! We’ll be meeting at Lucid Body House from 12:30 to 5:30 pm to gather in community and discuss the healing power of loving kindness.

NYC In-Person Practice Day: Padmasambhava Day
Join Triratna NY | NJ for an in-person practice day: a celebration of Padmasambhava, an important figure in the Buddhist tradition and in the Triratna Buddhist Community.

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.

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.

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!

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.

(white) Awareness is Revolutionary Course
When as Dharma practitioners we work together to explore our racial conditioning, it can deepen our practice and open new ways of connecting with ourselves and with others. With greater awareness and understanding, we can co-create sanghas that have higher levels of racial fluency, cultural competency, and the ability to name and heal from harm caused by the racial construct.
This particular program, “(white) Awareness is Revolutionary” is designed for people who present as white, and who seek to explore the work of undoing racism within a Buddhist framework. Does that word “white” make you cringe? We get it! We will unpack that together, along with how it might connect with other ways we have been conditioned, such as class, gender, sexuality and more. Let’s move from horrified anxiety to compassion, and from fear to wise action. We are in it together.
Ananta and Padmadharini plan to facilitate a NY/NJ (w)AIR group in 2024, meeting once a month on-line, likely starting early February. The schedule will be determined based on finding a regular time that works for everyone who signs up -- so please do signal your interest by applying and we will get in touch with you.
Below you can listen to three testimonials from former participants who are now part of the team. Upayadhi has also offered a video overview of the course.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Deeper Harmony (Online Course)
In this Triratna NY NJ online course, you will be guided through somatic and energy-based meditations and inquiry that draw on your deepest capacity to be open and receptive. The course will be highly experiential.

NYC In-Person Practice Day: Sit, Walk, Love
Our monthly day of practice will be held in person in NYC. This month’s practice day will be themed SIT, WALK, LOVE and will focus on mindfulness and loving presence.

New Jersey In-Person Retreat | Meditation for Beginners: Cultivating Positive Emotion
Join us at Triratna NY-NJ for an in-person retreat exploring & nurturing positive emotion, led by Joy—accessible and open to all!

Breathing, Embodied, Present and Connected
Join us for a this 3-day residential retreat, led by Viveka, exploring the technique and insights contained in the early Buddhist Satipatthana and Anapanasati instructions of mindfulness of breathing and body and resonances in the yogic meditation teaching of Mahamudra.

Regional Padmasambhava Celebration — Facing and Transforming our Demons
Join us from 7-8:30pm for an East Coast Regional Padmasambhava Celebration — Facing and Transforming our Demons
Historical figure, legend, archetype — Padmasambhava is one of our more mysterious and challenging Buddhist ancestors.
Join us to find out what we can learn from the stories of his struggle and transformation and the transformation of Tibet, and how they apply to our own struggles, internal and external.

NJ Day Retreat
Join us for a morning of practice on the theme of Spiritual Friendship in NJ.

Road Trip to Six Flags Great Adventure
It can be tough navigating life’s ups and downs, and practice helps. But what about spending some time riding REAL ROLLER COASTERS? Here’s your chance.
Srisara and Gary Baker are organizing a trip to Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ for Sunday, October 2.
If you haven’t experienced Kingda Ka, Nitro, Medusa, Superman, or the other exceptional coasters at Six Flags, or if it’s been a while, you’re in for a treat.

Mindfulness for Resilience: avoiding burnout while fighting for justice
This course will help participants relate differently to the stresses and underlying traumas in their lives and offers the opportunity to cultivate resilience and emotional intelligence. Applied by champions of social change and social justice, it will support their mental wellbeing and ability to stay nourished and resourced in the face of challenges.

Truth and Freedom: meditations on the Four Noble Truths to transform the heart and mind
The course will explore the Buddha’s fundamental teaching on the four Noble Truths through an exploration of direct and experiential approaches to meditation.
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