Yellow Springs Dharma Center

03/25/2026

A very valuable teaching by Erik Pema Kunsang on the Bardo. Please read about Erik's extensive Dharma training below in the comments.

03/22/2026

Our Spring Equinox Zazenkai....

"Without forms, without self, spring follows the rules. Unstopped, unhindered, the moon traverses the sky"

02/18/2026

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche Celebrates the New Year of the Fire Horse at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery in Kathmandu, Boudha, Nepal. Happy Lunar new Year Everybody.

02/18/2026

Happy Losar! Tashi delek! Today, February 18, marks the first day of the Tibetan New Year. We are happy to share Mingyur Rinpoche’s Losar message as follows.

Dear Friends, Students, and Practitioners,

As we welcome Losar, the Tibetan New Year, we are invited to reflect not only on the passing of time, but on the evolution of our minds and hearts.

In traditional culture, Losar is a time for cleaning homes, offering prayers, and gathering with loved ones. In modern life, it can also be a time to “clean” our inner habits — outdated narratives, unconscious reactions, and limiting beliefs. Just as we update our technology, we can update our mindset.

Buddhist education today is not meant to stay in monasteries alone. It belongs in classrooms, research, leadership, families, and everyday conversations. Awareness is not separate from modern psychology. Compassion is not separate from social responsibility. Wisdom is not separate from daily decision-making.

This New Year, may we commit to three simple intentions:

1. Awareness — Training attention in a distracted world.
2. Compassion — Responding instead of reacting.
3. Wisdom — Applying timeless insight to modern life.

Losar reminds us that renewal is always possible. Every breath is a new beginning. Every difficulty is a training ground. Every relationship is an opportunity to practice kindness.

May this year support deeper learning, stronger communities, and the integration of ancient wisdom with modern understanding.

With warm wishes for a meaningful and awakened New Year,
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

02/18/2026

02/11/2026

📌 Join with Us - Global Loving-Kindness Meditation - Feb 11, 2026

We warmly invite everyone from across the nation and the world to join us for a special loving-kindness meditation session with the venerable monks and Venerable Bhikkhu Pannakara.

📅 Wednesday, February 11, 2026 (Our Day 109)
⏰ 4:30–7:30 PM EST
📍 George Washington University Smith Center
🔴 Online Livestream

This meditation session will be livestreamed on our page and website so everyone can join us at the same time, no matter where you are in the world.

With the collective loving-kindness meditation from everyone in the whole world, it will make a significant effect on our world. When thousands of hearts meditate together in the same moment, our loving-kindness ripples outward, touching hearts, healing wounds, and planting seeds of peace everywhere.

Whether you join us in person or online from your home—your presence matters. Your meditation matters. Your loving-kindness matters.

Please mark your calendars and invite your friends, family, and community to join. Together, we will join in meditation and send loving-kindness to all beings everywhere.

Livestream available on:
Facebook: Walk for Peace
Website: in the comment section of this post and always pinned at top of our page.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

01/15/2026

We stand in peace and compassion with these Buddhist monks who are walking 2300 miles for Peace towards Washington DC. Their action is inspiring thousands along the way.

01/13/2026

Winter Meditation Course
Wednesday, January 21 to February 25, 2026
7:30 to 8:45 pm
At the Yellow Springs Dharma Center
Sessions will include short talks, opportunities to practice a variety of basic methods, and time for questions. Dianeah Wanicek, a practitioner of meditation for more than thirty-five years, will be the instructor. There is no fee for this course, but donations to the Yellow Springs Dharma Center are appreciated. Registration is necessary for this course.
To inquire and/or register, please email: dwanicek@gmail.com

12/08/2025

The Zen group gathered, as did other Zen practitioners around the world, to honor and celebrate Rohatsu - the time of the Buddha's awakening under the Bodhi Tree. Our two-day sesshin dropped into the question, "What is Buddha?" With deep gratitude to our YS Dharma Center, we offered all dana (donations) from our sesshin to Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield Ohio. May all beings be nourished and at ease!

11/21/2025

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December 27, 2025 | Join Mingyur Rinpoche for a special retreat exploring the profound practices of dream and sleep meditation. Rinpoche will guide us in recogn...

11/10/2025

Online Seminar with Chokyi Nyima RInpoche starts tomorrow, November 11! Registration closes soon, don't miss out this special opportunity!
https://dharmasun.org

10/18/2025

YSDC's Zen Sangha at the completion of our annual Fall Sesshin led by our teachers, Roshi Katie Egart and Roshi Daniel Terragno.