Shantideva Center

Continuing online Tuesday, June 23rd at 7pm ET:

The Magic of Masters: Walking the Three Principles of the Path Through Living Examples with Ven. Angie Muir

In this five-week course, discover the living path through the lives of Shakyamuni Buddha, Milarepa, the Dalai Lama lineage, and FPMT founders Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Through teachings, meditation, and reflection, explore renunciation, bodhicitta, and wisdom in a personal and inspiring way.

Read more/register: https://shantidevanyc.org/angie-jun26/

Continuing Tuesday, June 23rd at 1pm ET: The Real Work: A Weekly Sit for Working Stiffs with Neil Carlson

In-person & Online

For those curious about what's happening in your mind and willing to look: we sit in silence, each of us observing our own minds, and talk about whatever came up.

Read more/register at: https://shantidevanyc.org/vipassana-med/

Tonight (Monday June 22nd) at 7–8:30pm EDT: Cittamani Tara Puja

Online and In-Person (offsite; directions emailed upon registration)

Join in this powerful practice to quickly remove obstacles, generate positive potential, develop wisdom, progress on the path to enlightenment, and dedicate the merit to others in need.

Read more/register: https://shantidevanyc.org/programs/practice/cittamani-tara-puja/

Continuing online tonight (Monday, June 22nd) at 7:30pm ET: Meditation 101

Join us for a five-part introductory class where you will learn meditation techniques and put them into practice in a supportive learning environment. This is class #3 but all are welcome.

Read more/register: https://shantidevanyc.org/programs/meditate/med-101/

Rejoice! 🙏 A heartfelt thank you to Geshe Tenley for his inspiring teachings on the Avalokiteshvara Meditation & Recitation Practice: The Source of All Attainments: The Yoga of the Inseparability of the Guru and Avalokiteśvara (FPMT Foundation Store). May Geshe Tenley return to the center again to continue sharing these precious Dharma teachings.

We also thank everyone whose generosity, support, and participation made this retreat possible. Thank you for helping create the causes and conditions for the Dharma to flourish.

May the Avalokiteshvara Meditation & Recitation Practice retreat bring peace, compassion, and loving-kindness to all.😊

📸 Some photos by Donna Svennevik.

🎶 On World Music Day, we celebrate sounds that do more than entertain—they transform.

In the Buddhist tradition, sacred recitations have been passed from teacher to student for centuries. Sutras, mantras, prayers, and chants are powerful methods for cultivating compassion, wisdom, healing, and peace.

This special recording brings together some of Buddhism's most treasured recitations, including the Golden Light Sutra, Vajra Cutter Sutra, Medicine Buddha mantras, Om Mani Padme Hum, the Heart Sutra, Maitreya prayers, and many other practices dedicated to the welfare of all beings.

Whether you listen attentively, play it softly in your home, or share it with animals and loved ones, these sacred sounds carry blessings, inspiration, and the aspiration for a kinder world.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGZ4vT3V4hw&t=1s

On this World Music Day, may every note become a cause for wisdom, compassion, and peace. 🙏

Before the teaching, Geshe Tenley offers a khata to the Buddha statue. 📸 Photo by Donna Svennevik.
*Weekend Retreat* Avalokiteshvara Meditation & Recitation Practice with Geshe Tenley

Continuing online today, Sunday, June 21st at 1pm ET: Debate Club with Gus Cutz - Students Only Practice Session. *No teacher will be present.*

Debate club returns in a brand-new format, welcoming newcomers and veteran debaters. The rigorous system of applied logic known as Tibetan Debate allows us to arrive at incontrovertible knowledge.

Schedule Breakdown (Remaining Sessions):

Teaching Sessions with Gus Cutz: Online Sundays, June 28th, July 19th & August 2nd, 1–3pm EDT

Students Only Practice Sessions: Online Sundays, June 21st, July 12th & July 26th, 1–3pm EDT

Read more/register: https://shantidevanyc.org/debate-club/

Watch a short video about Tibetan Debate featuring Gus Cutz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8NGnCpSAaY

Concluding today!

Weekend Retreat: Avalokiteshvara Meditation and Recitation Practice with Geshe Tenley

In-Person and Online

Sunday, June 21, 10am–4:30pm EDT

This retreat is for anyone inspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his teachings on how to become wiser and more compassionate, with special emphasis on the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra.

Read more/register: https://shantidevanyc.org/tenley-jun26/

Photos from Friday night’s Avalokiteshvara Meditation and Recitation Practice with Geshe Tenley. Photos by Donna Svennevik.