Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

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Meeting ID: 898 7897 5674

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Venerable Gephel will give a talk on Santideva on Wednesday evening, June 3rd from 6:30-8:30 pm followed by a potluck dinner. As always, all are welcome!

The event will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom Dharma Talk followed by a Potluck dinner at Will Kerner’s house at 1620 East Market St. in Charlottesville, Virginia. Plenty of on street parking available.

We ask that you wear a mask when speaking with Genla. Masks will be provided.

Come early and join us for tea. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

7. potluck dinner

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 898 7897 5674

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Blue Mountain Dharma Educational Film Series:

The Mountain Path (2021) By Edward A. Burger

Filmmaker Edward A. Burger invites us on a journey few Westerners conceive and even fewer complete. Deep in the wilderness of the Zhongnan Mountains of China’s Shaanxi province is a congregation of hermits, living away from the cities to properly contemplate the meanings of the sutras. Driven by a deep desire to understand Buddhism, Edward and a handful of friends make their way to China to seek the teachings of these many masters.

Scattered among the woods, they find and document a number of practitioners including nameless monks, a stalwart nun, and a group of students following the teachings of a long-time resident of the mountains. Each story is different but each holds special interest for those interested in the practices of Buddhism. Many of the recluses are surprisingly happy to teach and share with the curious intruders, but a few show distaste at the filmmaker’s presence. In the end, The Mountain Pathoffers a well-rounded and personal view of the practices of traditional aesthetic Buddhism in modern China.

-J. Zimmerman

Blue Mountain Dharma continues its educational film series, screening at 7 p.m. on the evening of Tuesday, May 19th. (The doors open at 6:30 p.m.) The event is free, and it will be held at the Gryphon (213 West Main St., Charlottesville above Mudhouse Coffee on the historic Downtown Mall). All with an interest in Tibetan culture and Buddhism are welcome to attend. The film will be followed by a lively seminar-style discussion. 

The Blue Mountain Dharma Film Series (BMD Film Series) is a monthly educational seminar on Tibetan Buddhism. Meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to view and discuss films illustrating Tibetan Buddhist practice. The seminar created by Barbara Heritage, features documentaries and biographical films focusing on the lives of notable Tibetan lineage.

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel will give a talk on Santideva on Wednesday evening, May 6th from 6:30-8:30 pm followed by a potluck dinner. As always, all are welcome!

The event will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom Dharma Talk followed by a Potluck dinner at Will Kerner’s house at 1620 East Market St. in Charlottesville, Virginia. Plenty of on street parking available.

We ask that you wear a mask when speaking with Genla. Masks will be provided.

Come early and join us for tea. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

7. potluck dinner

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Blue Mountain Dharma Educational Film Series:

Wisdom of Happiness - A Heart to Heart with The Dalai Lama

Directed by Philip Delaquis & Barbara Miller

Produced by Richard Gere & Oren Moverman

2025

Watch the Trailer

Buy Your Tickets Online

We welcome you to join us for this cinematic interview with the Dalai Lama on the big screen in Downtown Charlottesville on Tuesday, April 16th.

“This quietly powerful new documentary, centered on an intimate encounter with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, offers a rare antidote to the burnout of modern life. It doesn’t lecture but invites you into a luminous, quietly revolutionary true story about a remarkable man that reminds us that the path to joy begins in a more profound connection to the world around us.” - April Neale

Review of Wisdom of Happiness

Blue Mountain Dharma continues its educational film series, screening at 7 pm on the evening of Thursday, April 16th. (The doors open at 6:30 pm) The event is ticketed, and it will be held at the Vinegar Hill Theater at Light House Studios (220 West Market St., Charlottesville just off the historic Downtown Mall). All with an interest in Tibetan culture and Buddhism are welcome to attend. The film will be followed by a lively seminar-style discussion. 

The Blue Mountain Dharma Film Series (BMD Film Series) is a monthly educational seminar on Tibetan Buddhism. Meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month to view and discuss films illustrating Tibetan Buddhist practice. The seminar, created by Barbara Heritage, features documentaries and biographical films focusing on the lives of notable Tibetan lineage.

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel will give a talk on Santideva on Wednesday evening, April 4th from 6:30-8:30 pm followed by a potluck dinner. As always, all are welcome!

The event will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom Dharma Talk followed by a Potluck dinner at Will Kerner’s house at 1620 East Market St. in Charlottesville, Virginia. Plenty of on street parking available.

We ask that you wear a mask when speaking with Genla. Masks will be provided.

Come early and join us for tea. Doors open at 6:00 pm.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

7. potluck dinner

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft

Venerable Gephel gives a series of Dharma Talks each Wednesday evening from 6:30-7:30 pm

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. short talk and Q & A

5. dedication prayer

6. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Zoom

Topic: BMD Dharma Talks with Venerable Gephel

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88379560832?pwd=QTNnaWRPdHRNYXZEcFl3VVlZSGxmQT09

Meeting ID: 883 7956 0832

Passcode: 447745

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcGgfcSTNP

Venerable Gephel leads a Tibetan Buddhist meditation class each Sunday 10-10:30 am vial Zoom. He teaches both calm, abiding and analytical meditation methods.

Schedule:

1. welcome

2. short preliminary meditation on breath

3. cultivating the right motivation (prayers)

4. main meditation

5. short talk and Q & A

6. dedication prayer

7. adjourn

There is no charge, however donations are welcome.

Topic: BMD Sunday Meditation Class

Time: This is a recurring meeting Meet anytime

Join Zoom Meeting

Zoom

Meeting ID: 851 3089 1385

Passcode: 801849

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCqt8A2Ft