Meditation Training for all levels (beginners and advanced)

Tibetan Buddhism offers progressive meditation training, renowned for its efficacy and range of methods—allowing practitioners to find their way into a rich and transformative practice life. Tibetan and Western teachers have masterfully adapted traditional practices of the Vajrayana and Mahayana to make them relevant and culturally appropriate for contemporary life.
This eight-month series, with beloved guest teacher Paul Condon, will focus on offering a collection of these adapted methods to support our ongoing Bodhisattva Training: Becoming Beings of Wisdom and Love.

Who Should Attend?
Both this meditation training and the Bodhisattva training series are appropriate for both beginning and experienced meditators.

What? When? Where?
  • Paul will visit Dharma Refuge live via Zoom on the second Wednesday of each month beginning in September 2023, 7:00-8:30 EST. 2024 dates are:
    • January 10
    • February 14
    • March 13
    • April 10
  • We encourage participants to join us at our Dharma Center (address in the footer), although these sessions will also be available for Zoom participation. Join by Zoom.
  • Together, we will explore Mahayana Buddhist perspectives on Buddha Nature, which refers to the underlying nature of all of our minds. Buddha Nature is our source of healing, well-being, joy, compassion, and wisdom. This exploration will be supported by practices of sustainable compassion and wisdom, a series of meditations that help us experience ourselves within a field of love and care, which helps open the mind to advanced meditative practices of deep relaxation, calm, insight, and non-dual awareness. These inner resources can support our efforts to care for others and the world.

Registration and Tuition
These sessions will not require registration and we will not be charging tuition. We ask that you consider supporting our center and Paul by donating to Dharma Refuge. Paul's teaching is being offered generously, and underwritten by the Dharma Refuge sangha. Dharma Refuge is a NYS nonprofit organization.


Can I join anytime? Is the program progressive?
The series will build during the eight months series; however. previous attendance is not required. You may drop in as your schedule allows. Viewing recordings of past sessions may be possible if we have sufficient AV support from volunteers. Senior practitioners are always available to guide and answer questions.

Join us at our center to practice and learn in the warm presence of our sangha. (Our center's address is in the footer below.)

Or join by ZOOM :
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86875356946?pwd=MkUyNWk4YjNMQnlwaFFkeFpmZTVpUT09
Paul Condon

Read his most recent article in Lion's Roar.

Paul Condon is an associate professor of psychology at Southern Oregon University, a visiting lecturer for the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute, and a fellow of the Mind & Life Institute. His research examines the ways that psychological science can inform the adaptation of meditation practices in dialogue with contemplative traditions, with an emphasis on compassion training. His research and writing also examine the constructed nature of emotion and concepts, attachment theory, and the impact of meditation on compassion and prosocial behavior.

Paul also teaches meditation practices adapted from the Tibetan Nyingma tradition. He has studied and collaborated with John Makransky to develop and teach Sustainable Compassion Training.