CANCELED: Meditation Mondays and Book Group

The format of the meeting includes meditation and a review of the reading for the week.

Meditation will be done in a regular chair. (Participants are free to bring meditation cushions.) Familiarity with mindfulness meditation is not required. Instruction is available. Questions and curiosity about meditation are very welcome! Weekly participation is encouraged, but all are welcome to join us on any Monday.

Coordinators: Tom Pantaleoni met Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1983 at Naropa Institute (now University). In 1985 he attended the seminary program with Rinpoche at Rocky Mountain Dharma Center. In 1990 he moved to Ojai, CA, in order to join a small group of students studying with and supporting the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin. Later, Tom had the opportunity to study with The Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche at many intensives taught on the West Coast. He has been a student at the Westchester Meditation Center since 2018. Warner Dick, a Katonah resident, teaches at the Westchester Meditation Center. He has studied and practiced mindfulness meditation for more than 30 years. Warner holds an M.A. in Psychology from NYU, and currently manages a growing online archive of historical lectures on Buddhist psychology and meditation.