Buddhist Studies
Lunchtime Book Club - ONLINE - Hidden Mind of Freedom
With Renate Marx
October 1 - 29, 2025
If you are looking to continue your studies in meditation, mindfulness, and self-inquiry, this 5-week series is designed for you. Each session is one hour — just enough time to step away from the busyness of the day, feed the mind with new insights, and refresh the spirit before returning to work and life. Think of it as a “lunch for the mind”: light, digestible, and sustaining.
Becoming Less Attached: A 5-day Meditation Retreat
With Linda Copenhagen
December 17 - 21, 2025
Join the Director of Ratna Ling, Linda Copenhagen, for a year-end retreat to help you loosen and soften your attachments to outcome and your story. Do you find yourself attached to a vision, desire, or outcome? Are there things that you just need to go your way? And if they donʻt, you find yourself disappointed, […]
Four Noble Truths Seminar and Pilgrimage - India 2026
January 14 - 28, 2026
Ratna Ling's sister organization Sarnath International Nyingma Institute offers a unique travel and learning experience - the Four Noble Truths Seminar and Pilgrimage. It is a unique opportunity to connect with Tibetan Buddhist teachings at the most sacred sites of the Buddha’s life. Study alongside monastic teachers in the institute in Sarnath, visit historical places […]
Refuge & Renewal: an Insight Meditation Retreat
With Heidi Bourne
April 24 - 26, 2026
Book now and get $100.00 off listed prices. Offer valid until Jan 23, 2026.
Join us for a peaceful weekend retreat dedicated to nourishing the basic goodness that lives inside, the inherent life force that awakens into a life of clarity, kindness and courage. Drawing on the teachings of the Buddha, our practices include Insight and Metta Meditation, gentle movement, and daily dharma talks.