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Tame your mind. Open your heart.
Serve the world.
Awaken.


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Join us and explore ancient Buddhist wisdom for contemporary life.
​We integrate both traditional Buddhist methods of meditation and mind-training with secular, empirically-based practices of mindfulness, altruism and self-compassion. 
Check out our practice schedule.
Everyone is welcome!
All that's required is your wise and open heart.


For as long as space endures, and for as long as living beings remain, may I too abide to dispel the miseries of the world.
—Shantideva

Join Us Online and for Occasional* In-Person
Practice and Teachings.


All our practices and teachings are offered on Zoom, and occasional practices are provided as a hybrid session at both at the Dharma Center and on Zoom. For the safety of our visitors, sangha members, and volunteers, we follow the current CDC guidelines for COVID safety protocols.

*Please see our weekly newsletter to stay updated on our practice and program schedules for Wednesday and Saturday practices and know when the Dharma Center will be open. There is currently no online calendar; you may sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page.


​For out-of-town Dharma friends, we do plan to maintain our Zoom practices in a hybrid format even when we fully re-open our Mediation Center.

When we fully re-open, as always, our practices, classes, and retreats welcome everyone into a safe, non-dogmatic, sacred space to explore the teachings of the Buddha and to experience the refuge within, our own awakened nature.

Everyone is welcome to attend our regular weekly practices, currently offered via Zoom and occasional* hybrid sessions!
  • ​Wednesday Evening,  Join by Zoom  (and occasional hybrid) 7:00p-8:15/8:45p. 
  • Saturday Morning,  Join by Zoom (and occasional hybrid)  10:00a-11:30a.
  • *See our newsletter for announcements on hybrid sessions. 
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Introduction to Dharma Refuge.
Our Practices and Buddhist Wisdom.


Enjoy this engaging and informative interview that Sue Kochan, our Spiritual Director and Teacher, had with Pastor Ann of Covenant United Methodist Church, home of Dharma Refuge (2nd Floor). 

​Thanks to our sangha photographers who have so generously contributed their time, talents and photographs to Dharma Refuge! Bowing to: Carole Diamond, Michael Guida, Dave King, Sue Kochan, Judy Lombard of Bits and Peaces Photography, Ivan Ramos, Deb Pierce, Julie Gelfand and Steve Piper of GelfandPiper Photography

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Our regular, weekly practices are held over Zoom due to COVID.
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Dharma Refuge is located at Covenant United Methodist Church (2nd Floor)
1124 Culver Rd, Rochester, NY 14609
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Copyright 2021 Dharma Refuge; Dharma Refuge is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit corporation.
  • Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Teachers
    • Board of Directors
    • Our Volunteers
  • Practices & Events
    • Calendar
    • Participating FAQs
    • Zoom Info & Link
  • Membership
    • Become a Member
    • Member Stories
    • Donor Account Management
    • Members' Dharma Library >
      • Video Library of Dharma Talks
      • Lineage & Bodhisattva Training Library >
        • Welcome, Overview, General Resources
        • 2016 Video Archive - The Three Vehicles
        • 2017 - Four Foundations of Mindfulness >
          • 2017 Video Archive
          • 2017 Reading and Guided Meditation >
            • Mindfulness of Body
            • Mindfulness of Feelings
            • Mindfulness of Mind
            • Mindfulness of Dharmas
        • 2018-2019 Video and Transcript Archive - 37 Bodhisattva Practices
  • Programs
    • Walking the Path: Members' Lineage Training
    • Bodhisattvas Everywhere Talks
    • Practice Circles
  • Giving
    • Practicing Generosity
    • Give a One-Time Gift
  • Resources
    • Books, Prayers, Documentaries and Links
    • The Fourteen Precepts of Engaged Buddhism
    • Mindfulness and Self-Compassion
    • Green Tara Practice
    • Racial Equity and Buddhist Practice
  • Contact
    • E-Newsletter Sign Up