What we’re about
Dear Friends,
The Buddhist Center – Thubten Norbu Ling (TNL) is an active community of individuals seeking to learn the nature of our own minds. Through study, meditation , prayer, retreat and community service, we try to reach our highest potential. Our goal is to help people discover and increase their satisfaction, joy, and capacity to benefit others.
Everyone is welcome at The Buddhist Center – Thubten Norbu Ling. You do not need to be a Buddhist. Curiosity is a bonus. Learn more about who we are, our lineage and history, the team at TNL, where we’ve come from and where we’re going at [TNLSF.org](https://tnlsf.org/) or visit us at 130 Rabbit Road, Santa Fe.
Please check the Thubten Norbu Ling website calendar for classes being held at the center in person as well as live zoom classes being shown at the center, which are combined with in-person discussion. Classes and meditations will continue to be available on Zoom.
For more information and to join Zoom events, please go to the Thubten Norbu Ling Homepage at [TNLSF.org](https://tnlsf.org/) or access the full schedule of daily meditations, teachings, courses and practices here on the TNL calendar page: Thubten Norbu Ling Event Calendar.
Please note, Zoom links for TNL events are NOT provided on Meetup. They are only provided on the individual event pages on the Thubten Norbu Ling website.
RSVPs are not required. Drop in to events on Zoom or at the center anytime!
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Making Friends with DeathThe Buddhist Center Thubten Norbu Ling, Santa Fe, NM
In-person & Zoom
with Venerable Robina CourtinExplore and befriend death. Buddhism explains that thinking about death is not morbid, but useful, logical, and necessary because to die well (peacefully and without fear) we need to live well by leading lives based on ethics, compassion, kindness, honesty, and altruism.
- Evening Express Meditation: Purification (Zoom Only)Link visible for attendees
End the day with a purification practice, the Four Opponent Powers.
To attend this event and for more information, go to Thubten Norbu Ling Homepage at TNLSF.org or access the full schedule of daily meditations, teachings, courses and practices here: Thubten Norbu Ling Event Calendar
Zoom access links are provided on the Thubten Norbu Ling website event pages. Please note that they are not provided on Meetup. RSVPs are not required. Drop in anytime.
- Morning Express Meditation (Zoom Only)Link visible for attendees
Start the day at 7:30 am Mountain Time with guided meditations every weekday.
To attend this event and for more information, go to Thubten Norbu Ling Homepage at TNLSF.org or access the full schedule of daily meditations, teachings, courses and practices here: Thubten Norbu Ling Event Calendar
Zoom access links are provided on the Thubten Norbu Ling website event pages. Please note that they are not provided on Meetup. RSVPs are not required. Drop in anytime.
- Freedom Through Understanding: The Buddhist Path to Happiness and LiberationThe Buddhist Center Thubten Norbu Ling, Santa Fe, NM
In person & Zoom
with Venerable Robina CourtinWe will look at the Buddhist approach to how things exist, first conventionally — the view of karma, how the mind exists, how to develop compassion; and then ultimately — the view of dependent arising and emptiness.
