Buddhism for Beginners

Curious about Buddhism? This weekly class presents basic teachings that you can immediately use to improve your work and relationships, cultivate inner peace and increase your enjoyment of daily life. Each hour-long class includes a meditation, a teaching, and time for discussion. 

Everyone is welcome!

Free for members / $10 non-members

Eight Super-Cool Benefits of Relying Upon a

Spiritual Guide

In Mahayana Buddhism, relying upon a Spiritual Guide is considered essential for spiritual progress.

Sakya Pandita said, “If we practice the six perfections, such as giving and so forth, for a thousand eons, we can accumulate a great amount of merit; but if we rely completely upon our Spiritual Guide we can accumulate the same amount of merit in just one moment.”

In this five-week course we’ll explore how trusting in the kindness of our Spiritual Guide can help us attain our spiritual goals.

This online-only class is available only to members. Please join using the Center’s member link. Zoom link will be sent to all members via email. Attendance is free and no registration is required. If you don’t get the email by the first of the month, please contact epc@brooklynmeditation.org

Meditate in Community

When we meditate and look inward, we paradoxically discover a natural feeling of warmth toward others. This is because the deeper we go within, the more interconnected we are. This indicates that our meditation practice isn't meant to be a solitary journey.

By meditating with others, we can experience the inspirational energy that arises from practicing in a group, deepen our understanding of the dharma through discussion, and cultivate a community based on deep and meaningful commonalities that will help you sustain your practice.

Each class will include two meditations, a dharma talk, and a facilitated discussion designed to deepen our understanding of the teachings and foster connection with others.

This month, we will learn how to use meditation to increase our patience and understanding when dealing with difficult people in our lives.

Free for members / $12 non-members / Optional Discussion after class 8:15-845pm!

Meditation Toolkit

Meditation gives rise to peace of mind, and when our minds are peaceful, we are happy. We will find relief from stress, anxiety and difficult relationships.

This program has been carefully designed to support those who wish to develop and sustain an enduring meditation practice. In particular, we will study the “Lamrim,” a time-tested system of 21 meditations that help you, step-by-step, become a wiser, more compassionate person. Discover the joy of meditation, and become a life-long meditator.

Free for members / $10 non-members

Enter a New World of Meditation

Meditation can be a stabilizing force in our lives. It lifts us up when we’re low and grounds us when we feel high. Meditation is not escapist or self-indulgent—it’s about cultivating the inner resources to respond to our life, our challenges and our world with perspective and wisdom.

Through this four-week course, we will learn how to develop a meditation practice, use it to relate to life with wisdom and create an unshakeable inner strength.

Everyone is welcome!

Free for members / $15 non-members