This meditation intensive is designed to deepen your understanding of the Paramitas specifically and of the enlightened state generally. The understandings that can emerge from these meditative processes have the potential to inform your everyday practice in powerful ways. You will be able to expand your capacity to hold a stable, sustainable connection to higher […]

The Applied Buddhist Psychology 2 workshop will train you in practices that will help you generate positive emotions more consistently and neutralize emotional reactivity. Counseling professionals will find this course useful for working with their clients. Tuesday, February 12 at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Pacific Tuesday, February 26 at 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm […]

In this class, Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin, assisted by Isa Gucciardi, PhD, breaks down the nature of the self by defining each of the five aggregates – Form, Feeling, Perception, Mental concepts, and Consciousness. Form begins with understanding the physical body. Feeling begins with exploring the nature of emotional response. Perception begins with exploring how […]

This class is for students who have taken Applied Buddhist Psychology 1: Entering the Stream, Applied Buddhist Psychology 2: The Enlightened Mind, The Psychology of the Bodhisattva, The Alchemy of Enlightenment: The Five Wisdoms, and Advanced Meditations with the Paramitas. It offers them the opportunity to review all the lectures and meditations for those classes […]

The Applied Buddhist Psychology 1 workshop provides an introduction to Buddhist concepts and practices to help foster a sense of self-acceptance, inner peace, and belonging. Counseling professionals will find this course useful for working with their clients. Wednesdays, September 18 & October 2 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Pacific (8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Eastern) […]

Join Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. for the annual New Year’s Meditation Retreat. In this retreat, you will focus on the past year, learn how to better discern the main teachings that have emerged out of your experiences and incorporate those teachings to set your course for the coming year with clarity and intention. Each meditation retreat […]

In these complex and volatile times, many of us are finding it difficult to steady ourselves and stay positive. Anxiety and depression are on the rise, globally, and there is a collective angst rippling through societies due to increased worldwide conflicts, economic fears, and environmental decline. In this talk, respected author, Buddhist scholar, and former […]

The Applied Buddhist Psychology 2 workshop will train you in practices that will help you generate positive emotions more consistently and neutralize emotional reactivity. Counseling professionals will find this course useful for working with their clients. Saturday, February 8 at 9:00 am – 11:00 am Pacific Saturday, March 1 at 9:00 am – 11:00 am […]

In The Wisdom of Emotions, Khensur Rinpoche Thupten Tenzin will explore the anatomy of emotions, revealing how mental states will shape emotional responses. Drawing from Shantideva’s A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life, he will share profound insights into working with our emotional experiences to foster a balanced and stable response to life’s challenges. […]

The Applied Buddhist Psychology 1 workshop provides an introduction to Buddhist concepts and practices to help foster a sense of self-acceptance, inner peace, and belonging. Counseling professionals will find this course useful for working with their clients. Wednesdays, September 10 & 24, 2025 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Pacific Time (8:00 pm – 10:00 pm […]