Khachod Dechenling Foundation
Undoing the Busy Mind
New Yorkers are ripe for discovering dharma gold: Buddha's wisdom teachings, measureless wealth for living sanely in this post-Covid era. The setting for dharma teachings under the aegis of the Khachod Dechenling Foundation is a private sanctuary in the West Village near the Hudson River Greenway (pictured above.) We offer in-depth guidance for dharma study and the practice of meditation; unrivaled means for reawakening basic sanity.
We invite you to take time out from online distractions and meet up with like-minded folks in the community. Treat yourself to the joy and benefits of exploring the dharma in-person, freed of the Almighty Algorithm. Meditation is more than a method or mindfulness app to pacify our rampaging thoughts and emotions. Meditation is a way of being. Open, at ease, uncontrived. For the benefit of all beings.
Our Intention
To introduce and showcase the power of Tibet’s wisdom teachings to mitigate the excesses of social media that are dumbing down American culture and high-jacking civil discourse in particular.
Mind Training
We have yet to recover collectively from the pandemic’s wrenching of our social norms: The mental health crisis is severe, and it is compelling more and more men and women to explore the nature of the mind. Khachod Dechenling Foundation offers support for anyone who aspires to tame their wild “monkey" mind and abide in equanimity. Through introspection and developing the compassionate means that Tibetan Buddhist masters embody, we can actually cut through self-deception and discover our lightness of being—pure awareness, which is free of bias and aggression. In these upside down, hyperbolic times, what could be more relevant and healing?!
Khachod Dechenling Foundation is an educational non-profit 501(c3) organization incorporated in New York State.
Foundation Activities
Dharma teachings and meditation at Khachod Dechenling’s sanctuary in the West Village landmark district of NYC. Contemplative practices help us to undo our busy mind and recognize the profound natural peace within us which is rarely accessed, yet always available.
Our resident teacher N. L. Drolma will encourage you to ask questions and enliven your dharma journey in ways no AI or chatbot can.
Morning Meditation sessions at KDL and, when the weather’s ideal, at Pier 45; a calm, inspiring setting on the water with panoramic city vistas, blue sky, and the random squawk of seagulls.
Urban retreat. Qualified individuals can apply for the opportunity to engage in solitary retreat at Khachod Dechen Ling for a week or longer, up to one month.
Publication of the Dragon Year Paperback edition for Way of Sitting: The Art of Do-Nothing Meditation; captioned photos + drawings by N. L. Drolma.
Friday Night Live. Our FNL podcast features a popular author/public health MD as guest host in conversation with a TikTok creator about contemplative inquiry and its effects on his life and work. Stay-tuned! The Friday Night Live podcast is curated by Happy Mzfits.
This life is so precious.
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Fall in love with the dharma;
there’s no greater adventure!
Don’t surrender to the bots.