This event occurs in the past. See below for our upcoming courses, retreats and special events.
Summer Festival 2026
The Supreme Path to Enlightenment
Week 1 Teachings on Kadam Lamrim – The Stages of the Path to Enlightenment with Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Sangden
The Lamrim instructions form the main body of Buddha’s teachings. By integrating these instructions into our daily life, we can learn how to control our mind and always keep a good motivation in our heart. This will make all our daily actions pure and meaningful and, as we experience increasingly more peaceful states of mind, we will discover the supreme happiness of enlightenment. This week will also be a perfect preparation for receiving Highest Yoga Tantra empowerments.
Week 2: Heruka Body Mandala & Vajrayogini Empowerments with General Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa
Highest Yoga Tantra is a special method for attaining enlightenment in this one short life. The very essence of Highest Yoga Tantra can be found in the practices of Heruka and Vajrayogini.
Gen-la Kelsang Jampa will grant the Heruka and Vajrayogini empowerments that bestow upon us the special blessings of these Buddhas. He will then give clear and practical teachings on how to enter and make progress on this blissful, quick path to enlightenment – the ultimate goal of our human life.
UPCOMING COURSES, RETREAT AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Morning Meditation on the Waterfront (Queens Branch)
Saturday September 12
9:00am – 9:45pm
with Shuchie Jaggi
Open Air Meditation and Picnic (Central Park)
Saturday, September 26
3:00 – 5:00pm
with Kadam Morten
The Fundamentals of Buddhist Meditation
Saturday, September 26
10:00am – 1:30pm + Q&A
with Doug Cuomo