Sundays, September 11 – December 18, 2022

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Meets in person at the Aligned Center

Please join us on Sunday mornings for a community gathering involving meditation practice, readings, and discussion. The theme of this season of Open House is Embracing this Present Life, inspired by the book Wisdom of No Escape by Pema Chodron, published by Shambhala Publications.

Drop-ins welcome

Sundays, September 11 – December 18, 2022

Class starts at 12:30 PM ET

Meets in person & virtually on Zoom weekly.

Please join us on The Path of Individual Liberation, a year-long course based upon the teachings of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche exploring the foundation of the Buddhist spiritual path with an emphasis on personal development through meditation and study. This first semester will focus on the reality of suffering, the nature of mind, ego, and the possibility of liberation through a meaningful commitment to meditation practice and study.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Wednesdays, September 14 – December 14, 2022

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom with monthly in-person discussion groups.

Please join us as we explore the Path of Natural Wakefulness through the advanced teachings of the Vajrayana. With this final and culminating segment, our Foundation Curriculum now presents all three “yanas” or levels of the authentic path of mindfulness-awareness meditation and insight as originally described by the Buddha and expertly transmitted to the West by one of the great Tibetan masters of our time—Chogyam Trungpa.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Wednesdays, May 11-July 27, 2022

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Derek Kolleeny & Tom Pantaleoni

This Spring/Summer we invite you to continue your exploration of the profound and vast tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. In this course we plan to focus on the cultivation of wisdom with an exploration of the famous yet extremely elusive notion of emptiness. We will primarily focus on a simple and straightforward presentation of the method for identifying the object that is negated when we understand emptiness in the book Introduction to Emptiness by Guy Newland with supplemental readings from Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche and Shenpen Hookham and additional selected readings from Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Wednesdays, January 12th – April 27th (Winter Session) & May 6th – July 27th (Spring/Summer Session)

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Derek Kolleeny

Based upon the book The Practice of Lojong by Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, supplemented with readings on shamatha-vipashyana from Buddhism with an Attitude by B. Alan Wallace.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Wednesdays, Sept. 15 - Dec. 15

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET

Meets virtually on Zoom.

Led by: Jane and Derek Kolleeny, Gene Bobker, and all the other WMC teachers.

This course explores the practical advice, wisdom, and inspiration of broad and diverse range of contemporary Buddhist teachers representative of its three major traditions—Theravadin, Zen and Tibetan.

Virtual drop-ins welcome

Part Three: Great Eastern Sun, the Wisdom of Shambhala

Ten Wednesdays, May 19, to July 28, 2021

7 - 9 pm ET

Led by Derek Kolleeny & Warner Dick

Open to those who studied Shambhala, Sacred Path of the Warrior with us in Part Two of this series or an equivalent.

Part Two: Shambhala, Sacred Path of the Warrior

Eight Wednesdays. Starting February 24, 2021 (7 - 9 pm ET)

Led by Derek Kolleeny and Warner Dick

Jan. 21 - Feb. 17 classes at The Wisdom Seat

6:30-8:30 pm ET

Feb 24: WMC classes resume, registration coming soon

7-9 pm ET

• In this course we will explore Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings on the cultivation of compassion and the development of individual and societal enlightenment.

Wednesdays, Sept. 16 - Jan. 6

7-9 pm ET

Oct 7 - 28 at The Wisdom Seat

6:30-8:30 pm ET

• In this course we will explore Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s teachings on the cultivation of compassion and the development of individual and societal enlightenment.

• The focus will be on his books Smile at Fear, with Derek Kolleeny and Warner Dick, and Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior hosted by our sister organization The Wisdom Seat and featuring Judy Lief, Carolyn Gimian and many others!