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Meditation is exercise for your mind. 🧘

Just as physical strength develops gradually through exercise, our ability to work with the mind develops through practice. Maitripa College President Namdrol Miranda Adams reminds us that we don’t have to do it perfectly—we just have to keep practicing.

🌿 Join Namdrol for Meeting the Mind: An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, Sundays from Sep 27–Nov 8 at Maitripa College.

Learn more and register:
https://maitripa.org/events/fall-meditation-namdrol-2/2026-09-27/

What does it mean to practice Dharma “purely”?

Venerable Lozang Yönten asks us to look honestly at our motivation. Are we practicing Dharma simply to make this life easier—or to transform harmful patterns, address the deeper causes of suffering, and develop the potential of our minds?

Sometimes the most important question isn’t just what we practice, but why we practice.

🌿 Continue exploring the mind and Buddhist practice with Venerable Yönten in Mind and Its Potential, the first module of the 14-part Discovering Buddhism program at Maitripa College.

Join us Thursdays, 6–7:30 pm PT, in person in Portland or online.

Learn more and register:
https://maitripa.org/events/db_mind-and-its-potential-2/2026-09-17/

How do you know if your Dharma practice is working?

Venerable Ani Choyang reminds us that the benefits of practice may not always be obvious right away. Sometimes we see them most clearly when challenges arise—when we’re able to pause instead of immediately reacting, and find another way to respond.

Looking for opportunities to study, practice, and connect with others? Explore Maitripa College’s community programs, with offerings both online and in person.

🔗 maitripa.org/community-events/

What if quieting the mind could actually bring us happiness?

Maitripa College President Namdrol Miranda Adams reflects on how much of our lives we spend thinking—and what we may discover when we allow the mind to become quiet and still.

🌿 Join Namdrol for Meeting the Mind: An Introduction to Buddhist Meditation, a teaching series exploring calm abiding meditation through practical instruction and practice.

Whether you’re new to meditation or looking to strengthen your practice, you’re welcome to join us.

🔗 Learn more and register: https://maitripa.org/events/fall-meditation-namdrol-2/2026-09-27/

Death will not wait for you to get organized.

Venerable Lozang Yönten reminds us how easily Dharma practice can become something we plan to do later: I’ll get around to it. I’ll get around to transformation. I’ll get around to study.

But there is no end to plans and procrastination. The conclusion is simple and urgent: “Therefore, I must practice Dharma. I must take the medicine.”

🌿 Want to explore the mind—and how Buddhist practice can transform the way we relate to our lives?

Join Venerable Lozang Yönten for Mind and Its Potential, the first module in the Discovering Buddhism teaching series.

📅 Begins Thursday, September 17
🕕 6–8 pm PT
📍 In person at Maitripa College + online

Learn more and register: https://maitripa.org/events/db_mind-and-its-potential-2/2026-09-17/

Before you speak, ask yourself one question: Is it necessary?

Venerable Ani Choyang shares a simple practice: before talking about someone or something, pause and ask whether it really needs to be said. If the answer is no, we can stop right there.

✨ Meet Ani Choyang in Portland and online this week during The Hidden Happiness Tour.

Join her at Maitripa College for conversations exploring women’s monastic wisdom, the potential of the mind, and Buddhist approaches to anger, anxiety, and death.

📍 Maitripa College, Portland + online
📅 September 16–20
🔗 Learn more and register at https://maitripa.org/community-events/

What’s the upside to being disliked?

Venerable Lozang Yönten offers a surprising way to work with the fear of what we don’t want to happen: ask what the benefit might be.

If everyone disliked you, you’d have more time. And the people who stayed around? You’d know they really love you.

Sometimes looking directly at what we fear can help take some of the sting out of it.