Community Meditation Center New York

Community Meditation Center New York Accessible Buddhist meditation in NYC + online. Weekly sits, dharma talks & retreats. A diverse, welcoming sangha for wisdom, connection & healing.

The Community Meditation Center is located on Manhattan’s upper west side in New York City. With a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere the CMC offers classes, Insight Meditation (Vipassana) instruction and practice, daylong retreats, workshops, and social events. Some of the world’s most renowned teachers join with guiding teacher Allan Lokos as we endeavor to develop greater compassion, lovingkind

ness, wisdom, generosity, and equanimity. The CMC exists for all who would seek a more joyful and meaningful life.

Wisdom inclines towards the good, but is not attached to it. It shies away from what is not good, but has no aversion to...
05/02/2026

Wisdom inclines towards the good, but is not attached to it.
It shies away from what is not good, but has no aversion to it.
— Sayadaw U Tejaniya

Where do you notice wisdom already present in your life?

This Sunday we explore the pāramī of wisdom — continuing our series on the Ten Pāramīs at Community Meditation Center New York

🗓 May 3
⏰ 10:30am–12pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Online via Zoom | By donation — all are welcome

www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

Can letting go empower us?This Sunday, we sit with a question the Buddha posed directly: Have we familiarized ourselves ...
04/26/2026

Can letting go empower us?

This Sunday, we sit with a question the Buddha posed directly: Have we familiarized ourselves with letting go? Have we understood the reward of renunciation?

Letting go doesn’t mean pushing anything away. It can be a gentle loosening — meeting experience with a little more space, a little more ease.

What might you be ready to release?

🗓 April 26
⏰ 10:30am–12pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Online via Zoom | By donation — all are welcome

www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

“To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one’s mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.”— the Buddha Toda...
04/19/2026

“To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to purify one’s mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
— the Buddha

Today, Vera Ruangtragool will continue our series: 10 Perfections — 10 qualities that deserve our ongoing cultivation.

We turn to virtue: the courage to live in alignment with our values, the care we bring to our actions and speech, and the quiet strength of integrity in a complex world.

🗓 April 19 | ⏰ 10:30am–12pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Online via Zoom

By donation – all are welcome at Community Meditation Center

www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

“What’s given is well rescued.”— the BuddhaThis Sunday, we begin a new series: 10 Perfections — 10 qualities that deserv...
04/12/2026

“What’s given is well rescued.”
— the Buddha

This Sunday, we begin a new series: 10 Perfections — 10 qualities that deserve our ongoing cultivation.

We open with generosity: how giving and receiving make everything possible — and how giving isn’t always easy.

We’ll reflect on a powerful question: Do you know the results of giving and sharing?

🗓 April 12 | ⏰ 10:30am–12pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Online via Zoom | By donation
🙏 All are welcome at Community Meditation Center!

www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

Awareness is new karma.Experience is old karma.How are my daily habits and intentions shaping the life I’m living — and ...
04/03/2026

Awareness is new karma.
Experience is old karma.

How are my daily habits and intentions shaping the life I’m living — and the relationships I’m part of?

This Sunday, we close the Five Contemplations for Everyone series with karma as practice, not philosophy.

And we’re meeting in person in New York!!! Come sit together, reflect together. You’re also welcome to join online.

🗓 Sunday, April 5
⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 New York (in person) + Online via Zoom

By donation — all are welcome Community Meditation Center New York

www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

“All beings are subject to aging. I am not exempt.” – BuddhaThis Sunday at CMC we begin a new theme: Five Contemplations...
03/08/2026

“All beings are subject to aging. I am not exempt.” – Buddha

This Sunday at CMC we begin a new theme: Five Contemplations for Everyone.

Our first reflection is on aging—not as something to resist, but as an invitation to live more fully.

Daylight Saving Time begins this weekend in the U.S., so clocks move forward one hour.

If you’re in the New York area, we warmly invite you to practice together in the room. You can also join online via Zoom from anywhere.

Sunday, March 8
10:30am–12:00pm ET
15:30–17:00 CET

Click here to register: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/march-8-sacred-sunday-pause-in-personhybrid-at-nyimc

By donation. All teachings at Community Meditation Center New York are freely offered.

Learn more: www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

“What feeds your doubt? And what feeds your trust?”This Sunday at Community Meditation Center, we continue Befriending D...
02/28/2026

“What feeds your doubt? And what feeds your trust?”

This Sunday at Community Meditation Center, we continue Befriending Difficulty with a reflection on doubt.

How does doubt show up in your life—especially self-doubt?
What shapes it? What keeps it going?

And can we also notice moments of trust already here—perhaps in the breath, in simply knowing you’re breathing?

With mindfulness, we begin to see that doubt can come… and also go.

🗓 Sunday, March 1
⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Zoom link in bio or www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar

✨ By donation — all are welcome


What can you learn from laziness and sleepiness?We’re delighted that guest teacher Nolitha Tsengiwe will be joining us t...
02/14/2026

What can you learn from laziness and sleepiness?

We’re delighted that guest teacher Nolitha Tsengiwe will be joining us this Sunday to explore exactly that!

This session will look at how dullness and sleepiness quietly drain our energy and cloud our clarity. What feeds them? What nourishes wakefulness and vitality?

Together, we’ll explore how to befriend laziness wisely: resting with care, without letting it take over.

This teaching is part of our ongoing theme ‘Befriending Difficulty’

🗓 Sunday, Feb 15 Community Meditation Center
⏰ 10:30am–12:00pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Zoom | link in bio

✨ By donation — all are welcome

Join us for “Rejoicing in Generosity,” a special hybrid evening celebrating our Community Meditation Center New York and...
11/22/2025

Join us for “Rejoicing in Generosity,” a special hybrid evening celebrating our Community Meditation Center New York and the many ways generosity shapes our lives.

Together, we’ll explore a simple but powerful question: What is the impact of generosity for you?

We’ll hear from our panel about how giving and receiving have touched their lives — and we’ll also take time in small groups to reflect on this same question as a community.

This evening is also a fundraiser supporting CMC, helping sustain our programs and our commitment to making these teachings accessible to all.

🗓 Saturday, December 6, 6:30–8:30pm ET

📍 Join in person at NY Insight Meditation Center or online via Zoom

We’d love to have you with us — to celebrate, to reflect, and to rejoice in the goodness we create together.

With Oneika Mays, Vera Ruangtragool, Pilar Jennings & Jessica Mingus

“What would wisdom do, right now?”This Sunday, we conclude our Back to Basics series with an exploration of mindfulness ...
10/25/2025

“What would wisdom do, right now?”

This Sunday, we conclude our Back to Basics series with an exploration of mindfulness of dhammas — the fourth foundation of mindfulness.

If mindfulness helps us name the weather of the mind — stormy, foggy, bright, or still — mindfulness of dhammas helps us understand why the weather forms as it does, and what allows it to pass. By bringing the lens of the Buddha’s teachings into our practice, we learn to meet each moment with kindness and to gently guide the mind toward freedom.

🗓 Sunday, Oct 26, 2025
⏰ 10:30 am–12:00 pm ET | 16:30–18:00 CET
📍 Zoom (link in bio or www.CMC-NY.org/event-calendar)
✨ By donation – all are welcome at Community Meditation Center

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2248 Broadway, #1777
New York, NY
10024

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Wednesday 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Sunday 10am - 12pm

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