Shantideva Center

https://shantidevanyc.org/cole-oct26/

#### Mon Nov 16, 7–8:30pm EST IN-PERSON & ONLINE

Note: This course was offered online, and the November 16 session will be available both online and in person. You are more than welcome to join this class, even if you did not attend the previous sessions.

This course is designed to introduce you to the definition, practices and techniques of mindfulness. Learn to quiet the mental chatter and physical tension that often cloud your day, replacing stress and scattered thoughts with clarity and calm. Through simple yet powerful techniques, you’ll develop the ability to recognize and reshape your thinking patterns, while cultivating inner qualities that enhance your well-being. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands or simply curious about mindfulness, this course offers practical tools you can weave into your daily routine – no prior experience needed. Join us to begin your journey toward a more centered, aware, and peaceful way of living.

Originally from Perth, Western Australia, Ven. Katy Cole (Tenzin Zomkyi) has been a Buddhist nun for over 18 years. She was ordained with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in 2004. Prior to meeting her teachers, Katy studied Vipassana meditation with practitioners from Myanmar. Katy is currently living north of San Francisco, leading meditations and pujas online over Zoom, studying, and engaging in Nyung Nay retreat. To learn more about Ven. Katy, please visit her website: https://www.katycolemeditation.com/

https://shantidevanyc.org/angie-nov26/

#### Fri Nov 20, 7–8:30pm EST

#### Sat–Sun, Nov 21–22, 10:30am–4:30pm EST

#### Pujas: Cittamani Tara Puja Tue Nov 17, 7–8:15pm EST

#### Guru Puja (Lama Chöpa) Thu Nov 19, 7–9pm EST

#### IN-PERSON & ONLINE

Fri: Ultimate Healing: Introduction to Retreat
Discover how the healing practice of Medicine Buddha and the Buddha’s profound teachings on the Four Seals of the Dharma work together to reveal the causes of suffering and the path to lasting peace. This introductory talk offers an accessible overview of the weekend retreat and includes guided meditation, reflection, and time for questions. Open to everyone—whether you are new to Buddhism or an experienced practitioner.

Sat-Sun: Ultimate Healing: Medicine Buddha Retreat
In this retreat, we unite the healing practice of Medicine Buddha with some contemplation on the Four Seals of the Dharma — the essential insights that define authentic Buddhist wisdom.
Medicine Buddha represents awakened healing: the purification of body, speech, and mind, and the compassionate wish that all beings be free from suffering. Yet true healing goes beyond temporary relief. It comes from seeing reality clearly.
The Four Seals — first taught by Shakyamuni Buddha — guide that vision:
All conditioned phenomena are impermanent.
All contaminated phenomena are unsatisfactory.
All phenomena are empty and selfless.
Nirvana is peace.
Just as a skilled physician diagnoses illness and prescribes the cure, the Buddha revealed the deeper causes of suffering and the path to lasting freedom. In this retreat, mantra recitation, visualization, and meditation on Medicine Buddha become a powerful support for realizing these truths in our own experience.
When wisdom and compassion unite, healing becomes complete.
This retreat invites you not only to seek relief from pain, but to awaken the medicine of clear seeing — the healing that frees the heart at its very root.

Ven. Angie has recently taught at the center The Magic of Masters: Walking the Three Principles of the Path Through Living Examples via online and this will be her first time in-person at Shantideva Center. For more teachings with Ven. Angie, watch Essence of Tibetan Buddhism. For Ven. Angie’s FPMT North America Tour 2026, click here.

Venerable Angie has a deep love of ritual and helps students integrate mantra and ritual into daily practice. She regularly offers online pujas to enhance positive energy and clear obstacles, and has helped lead pilgrimages to Lawudo Retreat Center in Nepal. She plans to lead more pilgrimages in the future to help others experience the transformative power of sacred places. To learn more about Ven. Angie, please visit her website: https://www.angiemuir.com/