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 Mid-Winter Personal Retreat
February 14 - 17, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
In the solitude of winter, 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 peace of the Center—and our delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Do: A Buddhist Silent Retreat
With Gary Wheaton
March 7 - 9, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
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.
100,000 Songs of Milarepa
With Trungram Gyalwa Rinpoche
May 16 - 18, 2025
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 16 - 18, 2025
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.
Just Be: A Springtime Personal Retreat
With John Henderson
May 23 - 26, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Mar 23, 2025.
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 under the guidance of a retreat master, enjoying the solitude of the Center—and delicious vegetarian cuisine. Just be.
Sadhana Practice: Expanding Our Compassion for All Beings
With Tulku Sherdor
June 4 - 8, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
This intensive retreat will be an exceptional opportunity to deepen your understanding and experience of development-stage sadhana practice, and includes teachings on a range of relevant topics, as well as an empowerment.
18th Annual Rimay Monlam
With Tulku Sherdor
June 8 - 11, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Monlam means a way to give voice to and realize our highest aspirations. We will gather over these four days to harness, focus, and direct the natural power of our own minds, and invoke the power of the reality of interdependence, concluding with a Saga Dawa celebration.
Buddhist Meditation: Cultivate Wellbeing through the Skills of Awareness
With John Henderson
June 20 - 22, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 5, 2025.
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 3 - 6, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until May 3, 2025.
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 22 - 24, 2025
Dharmakaya Center for Wellbeing
Book now and get 10% off listed prices. Offer valid until Jul 7, 2025.
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.
Overcoming Grief: Buddhist teachings and meditations to deal with despair
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.
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.