events

Field Trip: Tibetan Cultural Festival & Animal Blessing

A Celebration of Tibetan Culture, Community & Compassion Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 11:30 AM | Redding, CT |Free of Charge | Family Friendly | All Are Welcome | No RSVP Required Come join us for one of the most joyful, colorful, and spiritually uplifting events of the year — the 3rd Annual Tibetan Cultural…

Meditation and Talk Sundays

Join us on Sunday mornings for a warm, accessible, and supportive community gathering rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and everyday Buddhist wisdom. These meetings offer a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds—newcomers and long-time practitioners alike—to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Each session includes:• Quiet Sitting MeditationA simple, relaxed period of…

Meditation and Talk Sundays

Join us on Sunday mornings for a warm, accessible, and supportive community gathering rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and everyday Buddhist wisdom. These meetings offer a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds—newcomers and long-time practitioners alike—to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Each session includes:• Quiet Sitting MeditationA simple, relaxed period of…

Buddhism 101: Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels | Online Course

Did You Know That Without the Three Jewels There Is No Buddhist Path? The Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha — the Three Jewels — are not simply concepts to memorize or boxes to check on the way to meditation. They are the very heart of Buddhism itself. Every ceremony begins with them. Every meditation…

New England Peace Pagoda Field Trip

Come along for an informal field trip to the beautiful New England Peace Pagoda in Leverett, Massachusetts (off I-91) on Sunday, October 4, 2026, starting at 11:00 a.m. This special field trip will take place during 40+ years anniversary celebration of the pagoda and stupa. Includes ceremony, speakers and food. You don’t have to be…

Silent Simplicity Retreat – Autumn, Middletown, CT

Experience a morning of calm and renewal at our Silent Simplicity Retreat – Autumn on Sunday, October 11, 2026, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the beautiful Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies in Middletown, CT. This 2.5-hour retreat offers a peaceful escape into mindfulness, introspection, and gentle contemplation amidst the seasonal beauty of…

Waterfall Meditation & Mindful Trek at Wadsworth Falls | Autumn 2026 | Middlefield CT

What If Your Morning Meditation Included a Waterfall? There is something the cushion alone cannot give you — the sound of rushing water, the scent of autumn air, and the particular stillness that only nature can offer. This October join us at one of Connecticut’s most breathtaking natural settings for a morning of meditation, mindful…

Meditation and Talk Sundays

Join us on Sunday mornings for a warm, accessible, and supportive community gathering rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and everyday Buddhist wisdom. These meetings offer a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds—newcomers and long-time practitioners alike—to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Each session includes:• Quiet Sitting MeditationA simple, relaxed period of…

Buddhism 101: Walking the Bodhisattva Path |The Six Paramitas for Everyday Life | Fall 2026

What If Your Everyday Life Was Already the Path? The difficult conversation you’ve been avoiding. The impatience that rises before you can stop it. The exhaustion of giving and giving and wondering if it matters. The quiet longing for something more meaningful, more awake, more alive. What if none of that was separate from your…

Meditation and Talk Sundays

Join us on Sunday mornings for a warm, accessible, and supportive community gathering rooted in mindfulness, compassion, and everyday Buddhist wisdom. These meetings offer a welcoming space for people of all backgrounds—newcomers and long-time practitioners alike—to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with what truly matters. Each session includes:• Quiet Sitting MeditationA simple, relaxed period of…