Whether you’re brand new to meditation or have been practicing for years, this eight-week series offers an opportunity to establish, deepen, and sustain a meaningful practice in the midst of everyday life.
We’ll begin with foundational practices of mindfulness and compassion, including shamatha, lovingkindness, and tonglen, before exploring the six paramitas—generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and wisdom. Each session will include direct meditation practice, teaching, and small- and full-group discussion, with an emphasis on bringing the teachings into daily life.
Rather than simply learning about these qualities, we’ll experiment with living them—taking one practice into the week and returning to explore what we discover together. Short selections from Noel’s forthcoming book, Wake Up Sleepy Buddha, will accompany the course.
No previous meditation or Buddhist experience is necessary. Experienced practitioners are equally welcome to use the series as an opportunity to return to the foundations, practice in community, and bring fresh attention to familiar teachings.
DATES AND TIMES
Mondays 7:00 - 8:30 PM EST at JP Centre Yoga
September 21st - November 16th, 2026
All sessions are recorded for review throughout the duration of the course.
INVESTMENT
Standard Rate | $333 for 8 sessions
We offer tiered pricing which can be applied to this offering.
Supported Rate | 15% discount with code Supported
Supported+ Rate | 25% discount with code SupportedPlus
Optional BIPOC Discount | 50% discount for students who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (use promo code wellnessequity).
To learn about why we offer this discount, visit our rates page.
ABOUT LAMA TSERING NGODUP YODSAMPA
Nyigma Lama, Hospital Chaplain, Spiritual Counselor
Since 1983 Tsering Ngodup Yodsampa (he/him), under the spiritual direction of his root teacher the late 14th Kunzig Shamarpa, has devoted his life to sharing the Dharma in the world. Following Kunzig Shamarpa’s advice Tsering lived 17 years in Europe bridging East and West by translating for and interpreting Tibetan spiritual masters and scholars from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
Presently most of Tsering’s time is dedicated to Buddhist chaplaincy, meditation instructor for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a Supervisor to chaplaincy interns from the Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, Ma. Tsering provides support to patients and staff using a secular approach of the Indo-Tibetan tradition of mind training (lojong), a convergence of science and spirituality termed Cognitively Based Compassion Training. (CBCT).
ABOUT NOEL COAKLEY (he/him)
Noel (he/him) is a mental health counselor and former school teacher (special ed.), Meditation Facilitator, Director of the Boston Center for Contemplative Practice, and Assistant Director of Dharma Moon.
He has been practicing meditation since 1996, initially with Indo-Tibetan traditions and then Yundrung Bön. Noel has been fortunate to learn from over 100 teachers, including HH the Dalai Lama and HH the 34th Menri Trizin.