Coming up at The Buddhist Center 

Monday, February 2, 2026

6:30 pm (MT)

In Person and Online

The Buddhist Center Website

Weekly Zoom Link

On Monday evening, we'll pick up the teaching that was planned for last week. We'll be exploring the meditation teaching from the 8th century meditation master, Guru Rinpoche, called "Pointing the Staff at the Old Man". These beautiful instructions epitomize the profound, yet elegant, style of the Great Perfection (Dzogchen) tradition of Tibet. Please join in!


LOCALS - We will be celebrating the end of the meditation challenge with a pizza party on Monday evening. All are welcome (regardless of participation) at 6 PM for pizza and connection time. Please join in!

Here is the recording of last week's teaching.

Members, please vote! If you are a member of The Buddhist Center, you should have received an email with google form to vote for Council, the bylaws and last year's annual meeting minutes. Please do so now, we need a majority of members to vote! Questions? Email Marchele

Upcoming learning opportunity - Befriending Your Beautiful Monsters: A Guide to Emotional Well-Being with Tsoknyi Rinpoche. February 7th - Here

The mind does seem to be and yet lacks real existence.

When searched for, it’s not found;

When looked for, it’s not seen.

No color does it have, no shape; it cannot be identified.

Not outside or within; throughout the triple time,

It is not born, it does not cease.

And it is not located anywhere on this side or on that.

Groundless, rootless, it is not a thing.

There is no pointing to it: mind is inconceivable.

Longchenpa

Contemplation of the Week - Living with Integrity

In the weeks to come, take a few minutes when you wake up, or at the beginning of your session of practice, to bring to mind the “four powers of confession.” Look over the past weeks or months and recall whatever you may have done or said that may have caused harm to yourself or to others, or wasn’t in line with your own aspirations. This is the first of the four powers, Recognition. Next, arouse a sense of healthy Regret for what we have done. Then determine a Remedial Action that will help you move forward and heal whatever needs to be healed. This could simply call you to apologize to whomever you may have harmed, or to commit to increasing your meditation practice and study. Finally, arouse a determination, or Resolve, to not fall into those patterns of behavior again and to be in the world in a way that is aligned with your most virtuous aspirations.