Buddhist Studies
Online: Sunday Meditation and Study Group
Open Dates
Online
These Sunday morning programs begin with a discussion of a Tibetan Buddhist text, followed by sitting meditation and compassion practice, which help participants nurture their inner strength and grow spiritually. This free program is open to the public and suitable for all; you may join for one or both sessions.
Personal Retreat
Flexible Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
Personal Retreat Package
Flexible Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Turn off your phone. Log off the internet. And join us for a restorative retreat—a time to relax, refresh, and deepen your practice.
Tuesday Night Group Meditation
Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for group meditation from 7:00-8:00 PM every Tuesday, with monthly Q&A sessions. Free and open to all.
Work Practice
Flexible Dates
Full Moon Meditation
Package Dates
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa Hall is open for a guided group meditation practice from 7:00-8:00 PM on the full moon. Free and open to all.
Cultivating Serenity in Difficult Times
With Ramananda John E. Welshons
August 8 - 10, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $70.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 19, 2025.
How do we learn to experience Joy when we live in a world filled with uncertainty, impermanence, and disappointment? How do we work with anxiety and fear? How do we heal from the losses we have experienced? Discover how we find the path to our own “True Nature” - and learn to “live beautifully” - in the sacred sanctuary of Love, Compassion, and Peace that rests in the core of our Being.
Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
August 22 - 24, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Before launching into the chaos of fall, pause for a weekend of communal silence; it provides the opportunity to be present with yourself and the opening to mindfully observe and release the thoughts and emotions that arise.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE: Find Freedom Through Connection
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
August 29 - September 3, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In Discovering the Dharma II, H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche offers key Buddhist teachings on meditation, karma, dependent origination, death and rebirth, and emptiness over five days of engaged learning and guided practice. With guided meditation, Tibetan yoga, Q&A.
The Power of Silence: A Silent Retreat for Body, Mind, and Spirit
With John Henderson
October 13 - 17, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Feeling besieged by noise and clatter? Travel through the doorway of silence, to the peace of present moment awareness, when you spend four days in peaceful meditation and self-reflection surrounded by the peak foliage in the beautiful Hudson Valley.
Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
November 7 - 9, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 22, 2025.
As the possibility of spring brings a desire for renewal, a weekend of communal silence sets the plate for inner transformation; it provides the opportunity to be present with yourself and the opening to mindfully observe and release the thoughts and emotions that arise.
Triratna Fall Retreat
With Samayasri and Suryapala
November 21 - 24, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This weekend retreat is offered in the context of our 2025 theme on the blue Buddha: Akshobhya, the Buddha of joy, groundedness and confidence. We will focus on cultivating all these qualities through meditation, ritual, discussion and living in community.
Just Be: A Thanksgiving Personal Retreat
November 26 - 30, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 26, 2025.
In this season of giving thanks and expressing gratitude, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending five nights on personal retreat under the guidance of a retreat master, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat
December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Nov 25, 2025.
Ring in the New Year from a calm, centered place, by leaving the pressures of your normal life and immersing yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center for a 6-night Personal Retreat. This is a time to focus on yourself and your practice.