Weekly & Monthly Offerings

Each Sunday from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, our sangha gathers for a morning of meditation, discussion, and Dharma study. Sundays at Samye offer a welcoming space to deepen practice and explore the Buddhist path together.   About the Current Course: The Practical Bodhisattva   Guided by Lama Michael Friedman, this course explores the Bodhisattva path through meditation, engagement with essential texts, and group dialogue. The atmosphere is informal, and the meditation is simple and accessible. While some familiarity with the Dharma can be helpful, it is not required — a sincere practitioner always cultivates beginner’s mind.   This cycle…

The Trinley Nyingpo Online Practice Group offers a space for committed sangha members to come together in the heart practice of Guru Rinpoche. This gathering is student-led, with the liturgy chanted in English, allowing participants to engage the sādhanā in a way that is accessible while preserving its depth and lineage integrity.   Participation in this group requires having received the Dispeller of All Obstacles (Tukdrup Barché Kunsel) empowerment. Within that commitment, all are warmly welcome to join this online sangha via Zoom — a supportive environment for deepening connection to Guru Rinpoche’s blessings and to one another.

We warmly welcome you to Cultivating Awareness, a weekly meditation group grounded in the teachings on Awakening Dignity as presented by Phakchok Rinpoche. This course offers a supportive space for both beginners and experienced practitioners to establish, refresh, and sustain a living meditation practice.   Drawing on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, our focus is on calm-abiding (shamatha) meditation as a foundation for clarity, presence, and confidence in everyday life. Awakening Dignity emphasizes meditation not as a technique to perfect, but as a way of reconnecting with our innate human goodness, embodied awareness, and natural capacity for care.   Each session…

The Buddhist Studies Circle is a weekly, discussion-based group for anyone interested in exploring how Buddhist teachings function both in their historical depth and in the context of modern life. The Circle offers a welcoming space for shared inquiry, thoughtful reading, and conversation, open to practitioners and non-practitioners alike. Meetings are offered in person at Samye Hermitage New York and online via Zoom.     Spring 2026 Theme: Shravakayana — The Foundation of the Buddhist Path   January 15–May 14Weekly · Thursdays, 6:00–7:30 pm   The Spring 2026 cycle begins with an open orientation session on January 15, offering an…

Each month on Guru Rinpoche Day, the Samye NY community gathers to honor Guru Padmasambhava and the masters of our lineage through The Concise Daily Practice, followed by protector offerings and a short tsok feast using The Cloud-Banks of the Two Accumulations.   Tsok offerings are among the most sacred practices in the Vajrayana tradition—a profound way to restore samaya, purify obscurations, and accumulate vast merit and wisdom. This essential feast offering reaffirms our connection to Guru Rinpoche’s blessing, harmonizes outer and inner environments, and nourishes the mandala of practitioners and unseen beings alike.   Participation in this practice is…