Calendar of Events

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Teachings & Meditations

Venerable Angie is the teacher in residence for Vajrapani Institute in the California Redwood forest. She offers Tibetan Buddhist teachings and meditations in the Gelug tradition at FPMT centers throughout the United States.

Ven. Angie teaches Discovering Buddhism through a collaboration between Land of Medicine Buddha and Ocean of Compassion. She also teaches regularly through the Wisdom Center in Downtown Santa Cruz.

Ven. Angie will be in leading a retreat in Scotland, August 21-23 and will be touring Dharma centers around the U.S. in November, offering teachings at the following locations:

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Wisdom for the Heart: Seeing Clearly, Living Freely
Jun 6
Wisdom for the Heart: Seeing Clearly, Living Freely
Opening the Boundless Heart
Jun 8
Opening the Boundless Heart
The Magic of Masters: Walking the Three Principles of the Path Through Living Examples
Jun 9
The Magic of Masters: Walking the Three Principles of the Path Through Living Examples
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Pujas & Prayers

Venerable Angie offers both a monthly Tara Puja and a Medicine Buddha Puja through Vajrapani Institute offered on the new moon and full moon. She also leads the Weekly North American Community Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return, for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama’s long life, and for World Peace.

All are welcome!

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North American Community Practice
Jun 11
Pujas & Prayers
North American Community Practice
Pujas & Prayers
Pujas & Prayers
North American Community Practice
Jun 18
Pujas & Prayers
North American Community Practice
Pujas & Prayers
Pujas & Prayers
North American Community Practice
Jun 25
Pujas & Prayers
North American Community Practice
Pujas & Prayers
Pujas & Prayers

∙Tara Puja at Vajrapani Institute

∙Medicine Buddha Puja at Vajrapani Institute

∙Weekly North American Community Prayers

Taking time away from your busy schedule to connect more deeply with your true nature and the Buddhist teachings is highly encouraged. Vajrapani Institute, where Ven. Angie is teacher in residence, is an ideal place for retreat, a blessed and peaceful container in the majestic California redwood forest.

July 11th-19th, Ven Angie will lead and in person only Chenrezig & Nyung Nae Retreat with Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California. Registration is now open for the full retreat but will open for each part May 14th.

August 21st -23rd, Ven. Angie will lead an in person and online Medicine Buddha Retreat with Togme Sanpgo Buddhist Group Scotland.

November 12th- 15th, Ven. Angie will lead an in person and online Medicine Buddha Retreat with Lama Yeshe House in Denver Colorado.

Colorful prayer flags hanging on the gorgeous redwoods at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, Ca.

Retreats

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Filling the Heart with Happiness: A Chenrezig Retreat
Jul 11
Retreats
Filling the Heart with Happiness: A Chenrezig Retreat
Retreats

Join Ven. Angie at Vajrapani for a unique retreat centered on the practice of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. Spend a week engaging in mantra recitation, visualization, and meditation—practices that gradually reveal our innate capacity for compassion and lasting happiness. 

The retreat begins with Mani mantra practice and culminates in a traditional Nyung Nae retreat, offering a special opportunity for deeper purification. With the gentle, accessible, and experienced guidance of Ven. Angie, participants are supported every step of the way on this heart-opening journey.

Retreats
Ultimate Healing: Medicine Buddha Retreat
Aug 21
Retreats
Ultimate Healing: Medicine Buddha Retreat
Retreats

In this retreat, we connect with the powerful healing presence of Medicine Buddha (Bhaisajyaguru), whose luminous blue form represents the purification of body, speech, and mind. Through mantra, visualization, and meditation, we invoke not only outer healing, but the profound inner transformation that frees us from suffering at its source.

Retreats
Ultimate Healing: Medicine Buddha Retreat
Oct 30
Retreats
Ultimate Healing: Medicine Buddha Retreat
Retreats

In this retreat, we unite the healing practice of Medicine Buddha with some contemplation on the Four Seals of the Dharma — the essential insights that define authentic Buddhist wisdom. Medicine Buddha represents awakened healing: the purification of body, speech, and mind, and the compassionate wish that all beings be free from suffering. Yet true healing goes beyond temporary relief. It comes from seeing reality clearly.

Retreats

Always prepared and skilled

“Venerable Angie Muir presents the Dharma in a light-hearted way and shows that she has great depth of knowledge in the Dharma, particularly with her conduct and practice.”

~Gretchen, 2025