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.
Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat
December 26, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
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.
Anniversary Pujas for Khenchen Rinpoche's Parinirvana
January 16 - 18, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
On the fourth anniversary of Khenchen Rinpoche Drupon Trinley Paljor's parinirvana, the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing will hold a special weekend of commemoration. Kagyu masters will perform pujas beginning Friday afternoon, throughout the day on Saturday, and on Sunday morning. Open to all.
Winter Pause: A Silent Retreat for Body, Mind, and Spirit
With John Henderson
January 23 - 28, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In the deep of winter, with the holidays safely behind you, join us for a week of deep quiet. You’ll return to your life more grounded, more centered, more wise—filled with an inner ease that is unshaken by outer circumstances.
Bodhidharma's Teaching: Intro to Zen and QiGong
With Charles Ryoshin Kalmanek and Bob Blanton
January 30 - February 1, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Dec 30, 2025.
Let go of your day-to-day concerns—come walk with us on Bodhidharma’s path of awakening at this powerful weekend retreat. We will learn and practice zazen, or seated meditation, and kinhin or walking meditation, as well as the QiGong practices of Yi Jin Jing and Xi Sui Jing.
Resting in the Warm Heart of Compassion
With Ramananda John E. Welshons
February 6 - 8, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get $70.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 17, 2026.
A Winter Retreat For Going Within: Accept Winter’s invitation to settle into stillness and peace, to go within to restore your body and spirit as you immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom of the Four Noble Truths, and their application to the unique sources of suffering in our modern world. You will leave feeling inspired, uplifted, and supported, equipped with new tools for living in peace.
Just Be: A Winter Personal Retreat
February 13 - 16, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 3, 2026.
Over the long holiday weekend, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat, enjoying the solitude of the Center, our beautiful woods trails—and our delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Awakening Through the Body: A Somatic & Energy-Based Meditation Retreat
With Padmadharini and Jayasuri
February 20 - 23, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This weekend retreat is offered in the context of our 2026 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.
Buddhist Meditation: The Core Teachings and Practices
With John Henderson
March 6 - 8, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 4, 2026.
What is the best way to meditate? Is it the same thing as mindfulness? What are the practical benefits? In an easy-to-digest approach we will discuss the many concepts and meditation practices in Buddhism and how they form an interlocking and cohesive spiritual path toward greater awareness.
Just Be: A Springtime Personal Retreat
With John Henderson
May 22 - 25, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 22, 2026.
At the cusp of summer, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat, enjoying the solitude of the Center, our beautiful woods, the library—and the mouthwatering cuisine. Just be.
100,000 Songs of Milarepa
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
May 29 - 31, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.
Online: 100,000 Songs of Milarepa
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
May 29 - 31, 2026
Streaming Live from the Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Offered Online: Milarepa, Tibet’s renowned and beloved enlightened master, was known for teaching through the medium of song and poetry. This weekend program will trace the story of his life, accompanied by many of his songs and additional commentary by Rinpoche, who is considered an emanation of Milarepa.
Buddhist Meditation: Cultivate Wellbeing through the Skills of Awareness
With John Henderson
June 19 - 21, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 4, 2026.
What is the best way to meditate? Is it the same thing as mindfulness? What are the practical benefits? In an easy-to-digest approach we will discuss the many concepts and meditation practices in Buddhism and how they form an interlocking and cohesive spiritual path toward greater awareness.
Just Be: A July 4 Personal Retreat
July 2 - 5, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 1, 2026.
Over the long holiday weekend, leave the pressures of your normal life and immerse yourself in the tranquil environment of our Center. Focus on yourself and your practice, spending a long weekend on personal retreat, enjoying the solitude of the Center, the cool breezes on our beautiful woods trails—and our delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
August 28 - 30, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jun 28, 2026.
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.
ACCOMPLISHMENT: Unveil Your Awakened Nature
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
September 4 - 9, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In Discovering the Dharma III, H.E. Trungram Gyaltrul Rinpoche outlines the entire Tibetan Buddhist path using teachings from Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation. He discusses the mind of ignorance and insight, the path of practice and the teacher-student connection, all over five days of engaged learning and guided practice.
ONLINE: ACCOMPLISHMENT: Unveil Your Awakened Nature
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
September 4 - 9, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Discovering the Dharma III. H.E. Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche sets the foundation for Buddhist study over five days of engaged learning and guided practice. With guided meditation, Tibetan yoga, Q&A.
Awakening Amidst the World's Turbulence: An Insight Dialogue Retreat
With Phyllis K. Hicks and Bart van Melik
September 11 - 17, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Cultivate the stillness of concentration and the brightness of mindfulness directly in contemplation with others, allowing the heart and mind to become clear and radically present. Through a blend of silent meditation, small group dialogue, mindful movement, and time in nature, all within the container of noble silence, you'll discover a path of awakening in the midst of the world’s turbulence.
The Power of Silence: A Silent Retreat for Body, Mind, and Spirit
With John Henderson
October 12 - 16, 2026
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 20 - 22, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Oct 5, 2026.
At the cusp of the holiday season, 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.
Just Be: A Thanksgiving Personal Retreat
November 25 - 29, 2026
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Sep 25, 2026.
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, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Just Be: A Year-End Personal Retreat
December 26, 2026 - January 1, 2027
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Nov 25, 2026.
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.