{"title": "FPMT North American Weekly Community Prayers", "start": "2026-10-29T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T11:45:00-04:00", "place": "Shantideva Center", "address": "6th Avenue 432, 11215", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/buddhist"], "description": "FPMT North American Weekly Community Prayers is a weekly Thursday morning online gathering for group meditation and mantra recitation. It is hosted by FPMT North American. Participants meditate on Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion, and recite his mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, to cultivate compassion, create causes for peace in the world, and support the long life of their teachers, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Mantras recited until November 1st can count toward the Global Mani Retreat and will be offered for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fpmt-north-american-weekly-community-prayers-67148/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/517d5e43efbb518fb37a45e5c2945610bfd2df68a55c78a9bcf20b6867a7050d-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T11:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-29T11:45:00-04:00", "place": "Shantideva Center", "address": "6th Avenue 432, 11215", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "FPMT In-Depth Meditation Training (IDMT) with Ven. 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It is a collaboration between five FPMT Buddhist centers, including Shantideva Center New York, with optional online discussion and reflection groups.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fpmt-in-depth-meditation-training-idmt-with-ven-losang-gendu-55782/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5ebd8e51161fcfb7ff8f8a3e9f88946ccaca04ef547d82c45cc55ba298e1df92-600.webp"}, {"title": "Daily Lunchtime Meditation | with Annie Bien, Tony Pham (Butterfly), and Nick Shopa | October", "start": "2026-10-30T12:15:00-04:00", "end": null, "place": "Tibet House US", "address": "West 15th Street 22", "price": "$7", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "7.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Lunchtime Meditation is a daily midday meditation practice held at Tibet House US in New York City. Annie Bien and Tony Pham (Butterfly) host it as a lunchtime reset for the weekday crowd. The session is available both in-person and online, and participants can register on the organizer's profile.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/daily-lunchtime-meditation-with-annie-bien-tony-pham-butterf-67355/", "official_url": "https://ma.to/venue/tibethouse.us", "image": ""}, {"title": "Dharma Moon & Tibet House US 100-Hour Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Tibet House US", "address": "West 15th Street 22", "price": "", "price_from": "69.95", "price_to": "69.95", "tickets_url": "https://shop.thus.org/collections/books", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "The Dharma Moon and Tibet House US 100-Hour Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training is an online training for people who want to deepen their own meditation practice and learn to present mindfulness to others. It is particularly suitable for teachers, community leaders, therapists, entrepreneurs, executives, coaches, yoga instructors and health care professionals. The training helps participants develop the confidence, knowledge, and vocabulary to guide others to experience the transformative benefits of mindfulness meditation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/dharma-moon-tibet-house-us-100-hour-mindfulness-meditation-t-57028/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/91a2dd7afbfab1ffc918919fda4853ead0d08569a8828965ba17c50afe391504-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery", "start": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fire Lotus Temple", "address": "State Street 500, 11217", "price": "Suggested donation – $5.00 - $20.00", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/zen", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery is a morning of Zen practice beginning with a liturgy chanting service at 9am, followed by zazen, walking meditation (kinhin) and a talk by a teacher or senior student, concluding around 12:00pm, with a community lunch at the end. It is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. First-time visitors are instead asked to register for Beginning Instruction/Orientation to the Monastery, offered every other Sunday morning and on the 2nd Wednesday evening of each month. Participants should arrive by 8:45 am, enter through the front door and check in with the greeter.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sunday-mornings-at-zen-mountain-monastery-71214/", "official_url": "https://zcnyc.org/programs/4803/sunday-mornings-at-zen-mountain-monastery-copy-70", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71d25af7718b3540ee0c8ddfbdcbfd29598cac4c9285f89ca9c15ebedc649a13-2000.webp"}, {"title": "FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training: A Two-Year Journey in the Common and Uncommon Preliminary Practices", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Shantideva Center", "address": "6th Avenue 432, 11215", "price": "Suggested: $126 for Year 1 Term 1", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/tibetan-buddhism"], "description": "The FPMT Ngöndro Lamrim Training is a two-year program offering comprehensive practice instruction in the common and uncommon preliminary practices (ngöndro). 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Weekly prerecorded sessions combine a 90-minute teaching with a guided meditation, aiming to establish a consistent daily meditative practice that genuinely transforms the mind and prepares students for śamatha, vipaśyanā, and tantra.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fpmt-ngondro-lamrim-training-a-two-year-journey-in-the-commo-55777/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Discovering Buddhism: How to Develop Bodhicitta with Gus Cutz", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-04T21:00:00-05:00", "place": "Shantideva Center", "address": "6th Avenue 432, 11215", "price": "Suggested: $20 per session, or $90 for all 5 weeks; other offering options: free to $30", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist"], "description": "A session of the five-week course 'How to Develop Bodhicitta', part of the Discovering Buddhism series, held online via Zoom. 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