Shantideva Center

09/07/2026

🌸 Women in Buddhism: A Conversation with Cindy Rasicot & Ven. Gendun 🌸

In 2024, at Tibet House, author Cindy Rasicot, author of This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda, joined Ven. Gendun for a thoughtful conversation about women in Buddhism and the inspiring life and teachings of Bhikkhuni Dhammananda.

🎥 Watch the conversation here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC3Hu2z-Gqs&list=PL9hMpiBTECFeRtdiyPj9jk_lnS3anhhm6

📖 The book they discuss is available at the Shantideva Center bookstore! This Fresh Existence: Heart Teachings from Bhikkhuni Dhammananda Paperback by Cindy Rasicot
Published by Windhorse Publications

💛 Special price at Shantideva Center: $9 — regularly $18!

Ven. Gendun will be teaching at Shantideva Center Sep 8-Oct 5. https://shantidevanyc.org/gendun-sep-oct26/
Stop by the Shantideva Center bookstore to pick up your copy and enjoy this inspiring conversation.

09/07/2026

This Labor Day, we honor work in all its forms—the hands that build, the feet that journey, and the effort that shapes our lives.

This sculpture of the Buddha, from the Khasa Malla kingdom of western Nepal, shows him with characteristic lotus wheel marks on his hands and feet, wearing monastic dress, and performing the gesture of touching the earth, a reference to the moment of his enlightenment.

Happy Labor Day!

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Buddha Shakyamuni, Karnali Basin, Khasa Malla Kingdom, Northwestern Nepal, 13th-14th century, sculpture, Gilt copper alloy with inlay, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2006.24.1.

09/07/2026

His Eminence Jhado Rinpoche in London, Sep 9-13
📿 For dates, details, and registration, please visit the event page:

His Eminence Jhado Rinpoche will be hosted here at Jamyang London, in collaboration with Land of Joy and Jamyang Leeds. Over five days, Rinpoche will confer a series of precious teachings and initiations.

09/06/2026

Join Neil Carlson for a weekly hour of vipassana (insight) meditation—a simple space to pause, look honestly at what’s happening in our minds and lives, and explore what matters
📅 Tuesdays, September 15–October 27
🕐 1–2 PM
📍 In-person & online
💙 Free

Come sit, practice, and explore together.

09/05/2026

🌟 September Teachings with Ven. Robina Courtin 🌟

Join us in NYC for two inspiring Buddhist teachings with Ven. Robina Courtin this September:

🪷 September 9: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TA**RA
📍 Tibet House US – NYC
Cohosted with Shantideva Center
🔗 https://shop.thus.org/products/monthly-buddhist-teachings-with-venerable-robina-courtin-thus

🪷 September 16: The Guru as Buddha
📍 Shantideva Center
🔗 https://shantidevanyc.org/courtin-jan25/

Come explore these profound teachings and deepen your understanding of the Buddhist path with Ven. Robina Courtin. 🙏
Photo by Donna Svennevik

09/03/2026

Sat Sep 5- Sun Sep 6, Nalanda Monastery, FPMT

“To care for the environment is to care for all living beings and the future generations yet to come.”
H.H. the 14. Dalai Lama

A European Hybrid event to bring awareness toward the climate change.

09/03/2026

⭐️ Quote from Samsara Is Only in the Nature of Suffering by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.

Join Gus Cutz for Discovering Buddhism: Samsara and Nirvana, a five-week teaching series in NYC. Come learn, explore, and deepen your understanding of Buddhist teachings.

📅 Wednesdays, September 9, 16, 23, 30 & October 7
🕖 7–9 PM EDT
👉 Learn more & register: https://shantidevanyc.org/.../study/db/samsara-and-nirvana/

09/03/2026

The Buddhist Cure for Chronic Procrastination - https://mailchi.mp/studybuddhism/the-buddhist-cure-for-chronic-procrastination

09/03/2026

His Holiness the Dalai Lama enjoying the sunshine outside his residence, Shewatsel Phodrang, on the final full day of his two-and-a-half-month stay in Leh, Ladakh, India, on September 3, 2026. (Photo by Ven Tenzin Jamphel)