Barre Center For Buddhist Studies

06/10/2026

What becomes possible when we learn to rest more fully in embodied awareness?

In this hybrid insight retreat, Tuere Sala guides participants through the “Nine Bodies of Consciousness” practice, a distinct approach to meditation that explores increasingly subtle levels of awareness through the felt sense of embodied experience.

💻 Online & Commuter Spaces Available
📅 August 13–22, 2026
→ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4mPDJ72

06/09/2026

Laughter filled the BCBS Farmhouse recently as staff and volunteers gathered to celebrate April Pellegrino Gustafson and her growing family at a baby shower hosted on campus.

The celebration included a tiny turquoise “Baby Yogi” onesie, a sweet reminder that community at BCBS extends beyond the Dharma Hall. Alongside meditation, study, and retreat practice, there is also friendship, care, generosity, and the joy of celebrating important moments in one another’s lives.

If you or someone you know in the BCBS community is expecting a baby, we would be delighted to send a complimentary BCBS onesie as a small expression of our love, joy, and support.

Read “Welcoming a New Baby Yogi:” https://bit.ly/4wHun1O

06/09/2026

What does it mean to communicate with clarity and care in the midst of our daily lives?

In this six-week online course, Oren Jay Sofer offers practical training in mindful communication grounded in the teachings of the Buddha’s path. Drawing on Right Speech, mindfulness, and contemporary approaches such as Nonviolent Communication and trauma-informed awareness, participants will develop the capacity to listen deeply, stay grounded, and respond with greater clarity and compassion.

This course is open to all and offered by donation in the spirit of dāna.

💻 Online Program
📅 June 16 – July 21, 2026
🕒 Tuesdays 12:15–2:00 PM ET
→ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4bEr3L2

06/08/2026

We’re honored to partner with Oren Jay Sofer again for Wise Speech: An Introduction to Mindful Communication.

This 6-week live online course begins June 16 and offers practical support for bringing more clarity, care, and steadiness into how we speak and listen, especially when conversations are difficult.

Offered by donation.

Register for Free: https://www.buddhistinquiry.org/2026-wise-speech/

So glad to be able to offer my 6-week Wise Speech course again this summer on gift economy basis. "Words shape the moral atmosphere we inhabit. They can conceal harm or reveal it, deepen division or restore dignity, numb the heart or call it awake. In a time of disinformation, polarization, and fear, Wise Speech is not just a personal virtue. It’s a civic and spiritual necessity. In partnership with Barre Center For Buddhist Studies (link in comments)

06/08/2026

What is the relationship between intention and action? And if there is no substantial self, how are the karmic seeds and fruits of actions related to particular beings?

In this online course, William Edelglass explores Buddhist accounts of kamma/karma through the Pāli suttas, Abhidhamma texts, Mahāyāna traditions, and modern interpretations attentive to concerns about justice.

💻 Online Program
📅 July 20 – August 6, 2026
🕖 Mondays & Thursdays · 7:00–9:00 PM ET
→ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3QuZihi

06/05/2026

How might curiosity help us understand and shift the patterns that shape our lives?

In this residential workshop, Judson Brewer and Robin Boudette offer training in mindful inquiry as a path to behavior change. Drawing on Buddhist psychology and modern science, this approach invites a close look at habits through direct experience, bringing awareness to the patterns that drive them and opening the possibility for change.

This weekend includes guided inquiry, small group practice, and time in silence, supporting a grounded and experiential learning process.

📍 Residential Retreat
📅 June 26–28, 2026
→ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3PihRVn

06/04/2026

Following the retreat Liberation: A Dialogue Across Buddhist Traditions, participant Sue Brown shared a reflection on the power of hearing teachers from different Buddhist traditions explore liberation through dialogue, practice, and shared inquiry.

Her reflection speaks to the openness, humility, and inspiration that emerged in the Dharma Hall, and to the renewed sense that freedom is possible through the many paths of Buddhist practice.

Read “Liberation Across Traditions: A Reflection from Sue Brown”: https://bit.ly/4wHWspB

06/04/2026

What changes when we see that nothing exists separately?

In this residential retreat, Peggy Rowe-Ward and Diane Little Eagle invite participants to explore the practice of interbeing through meditation, silence, movement, music, and time in nature. Together, we will deepen our understanding of interconnectedness and the ways it can inform how we live, speak, and relate to all beings.

This retreat will also include an opportunity to receive the Five Mindfulness Trainings in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, and time to honor the memory of Larry Ward.

📍 Residential Retreat
📅 June 10–14, 2026
→ Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4sXc1ag