IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Steve McCurr y, New York City, NY, USA, 2005 Welcome to November! This is a tense time in the USA, and I had the good fortune to go to the first Wisdom Seat Retreat in October for 8 days of sitting meditation at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD) monastery in Woodstock, NY. There were about 20 of us practicing together, learning about each other, and enjoying mak

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching S teve McCurry, Burma / Myanmar, 2013 Practicing Dharma in Tibetan When I tell my friends and fellow Dharma practitioners that I do most of my Dharma practice in Tibetan they either look at me with puzzlement or concern - why torture yourself? I will try to answer that question by describing my own experience of learning Tibetan and how it became a source of in

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Passed Hands As Buddhist practitioners we are fortunate to live in an age when the authentic Buddhist teachings have “passed hands” from distant cultures through generous teachers directly into our lives. Buddhism has a storied history of such wisdom transmission from culture to culture, and we are indeed carrying on such a tradition in how we translate, pract

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching As many of you know, I am entering the 3 Year Retreat @ Sopa Choling in Nova Scotia, Canada. In fact, as you're reading this, I'm probably on the road. Firstly, I wanted to thank all who have donated so graciously to my endeavor. I have directly contacted many of you expressing my gratitude. Yet, I do not have direct contact information for some of you, so I'

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching The summer is here and many of us are busy tending the garden, putting in extra hours at work, or preparing for an adventure. It is also a time when we can wander through nature, find that welcoming rock beside a stream and take a well deserved seat. As we experience the activities of summer we can also be caught off guard by an unexpected circumstance. Perhap

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching “If you come to me and say ‘Rinpoche, I can’t meditate at all; my mind is going everywhere: here, there, past, present, future,’ I should give you a medal. Finally you are meditating. The whole purpose of this instruction is to make you realize you cannot concentrate.” – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche (from The Transforming Power of Meditation ) Often when someone

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching “Sitting lets us just, first of all, recognize that we are this massive collection of thoughts and experiences and sensations that are moving at the speed of light and that we never get a chance to just be still and pause and look at them, just for what they are, and then slowly to sort out our own voice from the rest of the thoughts, emotions, the interpretati

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching As we round the bend to springtime with its promise of growth and renewal, it's also a good time to reflect on that which we no longer need on any level of our being. Just as in nature, wild animals shed their fur, flowers sprout from the earth, birds migrate to nesting habitats, so we humans also have our cycles of emergence. As with any new cycle in our live

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching As the winter fades to spring, we find ourselves on the cusp of a transformative journey. This October, we invite you to join us at The Wisdom Seat Retreat at the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra monastery, nestled in the heart of the picturesque Catskill Mountains. This upcoming October retreat is an 8-day practice intensive designed to deepen your mindfulness-aware

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Being immersed in the heart of winter allows one to slow down and take a deep close look at our life. In the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism this period is known as the Dön Season which is characterized by an intensity of disruptions and ripening of karma. At the end of this period the celebration of the Tibetan New Year is known as Losar / Lunar New Year / Sham

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching Cheerful new year! We are happy to share there are many opportunities to study and practice together in 2024. Please read below and join us soon. In Dharma, The Wisdom Seat 21st Bodhi: Leading the joyful life of a Bodhisattva Taught by Michael Carroll and Matt DiRodio For centuries, millions of women and men have lived the life of a bodhisattva, traveling a spi

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • A Teaching Greetings at the end of 2023! The image above illustrates the diverse geographical locations from which our ever-expanding worldwide community joined us in 2023. And each of us in this Wisdom Seat community continues bridging the ancient Buddhist traditions into our modern world. We practice and study together, go on retreats together and befriend one another in living this marvelous an

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching The Buddhist tradition of the...

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching In October, many of us were...

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: • From The Wisdom Seat • The Wisdom Seat Events • Programs To Consider • A Teaching The summer of 2023 was a distinctive time for The Wisdom Seat: our Authentic Presence Retreat at the Drala Mountain Center in Colorado was fresh, rigorous and well attended; Anam Thubten’s retreat at Pawo Khandro Ling was sold out and celebrated by a joyful, elegant reception; our Nynthuns and Wednesday night practice sessions are enjoying growing attendance

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: From The Wisdom Seat TWS Events All Events Words of Inspiration Greetings to The Wisdom Seat Community, There are a few in-person spots left for our upcoming two events with Anam Thubten in September, and we are also offering these programs online. We also have many partner events to tell you about below. in Dharma, The Wisdom Seat Public talk on Compassion and Wisdom by Anam Thubten On Friday evening, September 22nd Anam Thubten will give a public talk

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