All Courses, Retreats & Events
Eight Step Recovery: Exploring Addiction and Recovery Through the Lens of Buddhism
Exploring addiction and recovery through the lens of Buddhism.
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.
Sangha Hike
Our first Sangha Hike of the season with be out in New Jersey on the Flagg Kirkland Trail Loop at Horseshoe Bend. An easy, hilly trail for about 6 miles.
These hikes are open to all Sangha members, their family and friends. Proper footwear, snacks and hydration is recommended. Dress according to temperature and strongly recommend pants due to deer ticks. Also, bring bug repellent and/or head nets.
If you’re coming from NYC, please plan for most of the day. You’ll be picked up from NJ Transit station, about 1.5 hrs from Penn Station, and dropped off for a return in the evening. If the groups agrees, we can go out to eat after we’re done.
Please RSVP below along with any additional questions. Plan for a 10am start, although a more specific time is based on if anyone is coming from NYC on the train.
The hike will be led by Srisara
STEP 1 - please register for the day:
STEP 2 - please make a donation towards the organization of the day:
Love in a Time of Chaos
“Not by hatred are hatreds ever pacified here (in the world). They are pacified by love. This is the eternal law.” Buddha, Dhammapada
Join us for a long weekend celebrating and cultivating that one thing we just can’t get enough of - love, sweet love.
The practice of ‘love’ is one of the great stands of meditation practice. Known as the Brahmaviharas, or ‘divine abodes’, these practices supports us to look kindly at ourselves and the world. See and be the joy we seek. Be compassionate to sorrows and suffering. And be fearless in the face of life’s inevitable challenges and difficulties.
Led by Ananta, this 3-day residential retreat is offered in the context of our 2022 theme on ‘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.
SAFETY AND COVID-19
We will be following our Covid-19 protocols here.
DATES AND SCHEDULE
This retreat starts on Friday evening June 10th, and ends on Monday noon June 13th, 2022. Participants can arrive on Friday between 3 and 6pm. Dinner will be at 6pm and the retreat program will begin at 7pm. On the last day (Monday), the retreat will end at noon.
LEVEL / SUITABILITY
Meditation: This retreat will be most suitable for people with experience of meditation. Beginner instruction will not be offered during the retreat, but Order Members will be available for individual support as needed.
Mindful Movement: no experience needed, very accessible.
Whether recently developed or longstanding, attendees are asked to have some prior connection to Triratna Buddhist Community.
LOCATION AND TRANSPORTATION
The retreat is held at the beautiful Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing, in the Hudson Valley. Information about transportation can be found here.
Closer to the time, the Triratna NY team will coordinate shared transportation from NYC and NJ.
ACCOMMODATION & COSTS
All rooms are single occupancy with a queen bed. Fees include all meals, which are vegetarian with vegan options.
Sliding scale: $690 (benefactor) / $495 (standard)
Scholarships from the Council are available for sangha members, please inquire.
These fees only cover costs of the retreat and do not include transportation or (optional) dana. Please chose an amount that works for you, bearing in mind than any contribution about the base fee allows to more easily support those in need of scholarships.
Some rooms have private bathrooms; these will be allocated on a need basis.
*Discounts for couples willing to share a room may be available.
REGISTRATION
To Register and secure your spot, please follow the 2 steps below:
STEP 1 - register below with all needed information (no payment)
STEP 2 - complete payment according to your level of contribution.
It’s a Love Thing: Intro to the Brahmaviharas
Teachers: Samayasri, Padmadharini & Ananta
Tuesday Evenings
6:30 PM - 8:15 PM EDT
June 7 - July 26 2022
skips July 12th
Online via Zoom
Love is the answer
Love is a many slendor thing
Crazy in love
All you need is love…
That’s easy to say or sing, but how do you do it? How do you cultivate love in its many forms so that it brings about happiness for oneself and others?
For centuries, the set of meditation practices called the Brahmavihāras (loosely translated as ‘divine abidings’ or ‘the immeasurables’) have been used to cultivate peace, presence and an open heart. They are the practices of loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity.
They lead to sublime mental states, and there is no limit to how far you can take them.
This seven-week journey will be guided by three experienced teachers as an introduction to these practices.
Each class will include periods of meditation practice, dialogue, Dharma teaching and discussion. You will learn each of the practices, be guided in how to work with each practice in meditation and daily life, and given materials to support practice between classes.
STEP 1
STEP 2
Regional Buddha Day Celebration
Teachers: Northeast Order Members
Tuesday Evening
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDT
May 17th 2022
Online via Zoom
“How long he sat there we do not know,” wrote Sangharakshita. “It may have been days; it may have been weeks; it may even have been months. As he sat there he controlled and concentrated his mind, purified his mind, suppressed the mental hindrances, the defilements. And on Wesak night, the night of the full moon in May, just as the morning star was rising — just as he fixed his mind on that star glittering near the horizon — full illumination, full Enlightenment, arose.”
Buddha Day is the annual celebration of the Enlightenment of the Buddha, taking place on or near the full moon in May. This year, Triratna NYC, Triratna Boston, Portsmouth Buddhist Center and Aryaloka are co-hosting a hybrid in-person/online celebration on Tuesday evening May 17th, 6:30-8:30pm ET. We’ll meditate, hear stories and engage in celebratory ritual as we turn our hearts and minds to the deep and liberative significance of this day! All are welcome!
Buddhist Life Hacks for your 20s
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.
Join us every first Saturday of the month over zoom, 11am-12:30pm. Our classes start with meditation and are followed by a talk from an experienced Buddhist and breakout groups to foster conversation and friendship building.
Sign up here. Next classes are: Jun 4.
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