Nalandabodhi Toronto

04/08/2026

Greetings! We are in our last months of Saturday morning Shamatha, online and in person.
Check out our schedule below.

We look forward to seeing you ​b​efore our summer break. for our online and in-person Saturday meditation plus special events.

As always, If you are attending for the first time, in-person or online, please let us know by signing up below to receive the Zoom link and to be on our email list for all announcements:
https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca/connect/

Meditation is 10am to 11am. Chants & liturgies will be shared. Meditation support provided.

If attending in person for Sangha Gathering Days and Guru Rinpoche practice, be sure to bring your favourite tasty treats to enjoy afterwards.

In-Person arrival: Please plan to arrive at the centre by 9:40am at the latest so we can be settled and ready to begin at 10:00am. Doors will open at 9:30AM. Online Zoom: arrival: please arrive
by 9:50am.

SATURDAY MEDITATION SCHEDULE
APRIL
Apr 4, 11, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
Apr 25, Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

​*Special Event: APRIL 18-19 - DAKINI WISDOM PROGRAM, with
Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown. Online Only.
For registration visit:
https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca/events/dakini-wisdom-with-judith-simmer-brown/

MAY
May 2, 9, 16, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
*Sangha Retreat May 15-24 *contact your PI for eligibility
*Special Event: Sunday, May 31, Saka Dawa Day with Lama Rabten
​*no practice on Saturday, May 31st

JUNE
June 6, 13, 20, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
June 27, 27/26 Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

SUMMER BREAK...back in September. Stay tuned in late summer for our fall schedule.

02/04/2026

Dear Nalandabodhi Members & Friends, We are pleased to announce a special online event on the teachings of Dakini wisdom with Dr. Judith Simmer-Brown.

FOR INFORMATION DETAILS AND REGISTRATION, please click the link below.

Please also note: this workshop is OPEN TO THE PUBLIC so feel free to share this notice with friends, family and other interested people.

https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca/events/dakini-wisdom-with-judith-simmer-brown/

01/15/2026

01/15/2026

Wishing everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2026!!
We look forward to seeing you during the upcoming winter and spring for our online and in-person Saturday meditation plus special events.

As always, If you are attending for the first time, in-person or online, please let us know by signing up below to receive the Zoom link and to be on our email list for all announcements:
https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca/connect/

Meditation is 10am to 11am. Chants & liturgies will be shared. Meditation support provided.

If attending in person for Sangha Gathering Days and Guru Rinpoche practice, be sure to bring your favourite tasty treats to enjoy afterwards.

In-Person arrival: Please plan to arrive at the centre by 9:40am at the latest so we can be settled and ready to begin at 10:00am. Doors will open at 9:30AM. Online Zoom: arrival: please arrive
by 9:50am.

SATURDAY MEDITATION SCHEDULE

JANUARY
Jan 17, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
Jan 24, Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

FEBRURAY
Feb 7, 14, 21, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
Feb 28, Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid
*Special Event: LOSAR, Tibetan New Year,
Wednesday Feb 18, hybrid

MARCH
Mar 7, 14, 21, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
Mar 28, Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

APRIL
Apr 4, 11, 18, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
Apr 25, Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

MAY
May 2, 9, 16, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
*Sangha Retreat May 15-24 *contact your PI for eligibility
*Special Event: Sunday, May 31, Saka Dawa Day with Lama Rabten (more details coming)

JUNE
June 6, 13, 20, Shamatha meditation, Zoom only
June 27, 27/26 Guru Rinpoche & Sangha Gathering Day, hybrid

02/12/2025

Updates coming soon for "Creativity and the Essence of Kindness", with Mitra Mark Power. Hosted by Nalandabodhi Toronto, March 14-15, 2025. PUBLIC WELCOME!

Join our weekly email list for updates here:
https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca/connect/

07/25/2022

All you need is happiness. Full Stop.
– Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyaltsen

, quotes, inspiringquotes, buddism, meditation

02/23/2022

If we can pe*****te and see this reality of our mind in this very moment, then awakening is right here.
Mind is the agent of all your joys and sorrows.
– dpr

02/02/2022

https://fb.watch/aWvak3ciQ9/
Our teacher, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche - Losar message for 2022.

11/07/2021

Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness with Acharya Lama Tenpa
This Sunday Oct. 31 and Nov. 14 through Dec. 19
10 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)
Learn more at nalandabodhi.org
In his clear and insightful book, Progressive Stages of Meditation on Emptiness, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche teaches the main schools of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and their progressively more subtle and refined views of reality. In this series of eight Sunday classes, Lama Tenpa will discuss the different philosophical views described by Khenpo Rinpoche and present a means to realize these views through a series of meditation practices

08/04/2021

An invitation from Nalandabodhi International.
Please visit here for more information and registration:
https://nalandabodhi.org/events/mahamudra-online-retreat-en/

03/13/2021

Stay tuned for our Spring 2021 Zoom schedule!
Remember to check out our website calendar for up-to-date information. https://toronto.nalandabodhi.ca

Meanwhile, enjoy this wonderful article by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche:
https://dpr.info/articles/freaking-out-about-the-future-4-things-you-can-do/