Calendar of Events
Upcoming teachings, retreats & events
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
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If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Devin Berry
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Kaira Jewel Lingo
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
A Day of Kindness: A Celebration and Annual Fundraiser for CMC
A DAY OF KINDNESS
A Celebration and Annual Fundraiser for Community Meditation Center (CMC)
Saturday, November 14 · 10:00am–8:00pm
In person at New York Insight Meditation Center + Online
What would kindness do, right now?
We’re excited to come together for A Day of Kindness, a special day to celebrate CMC, our community, and the practice that brings us together.
This is also our annual fundraiser for 2027. Your participation will help CMC continue supporting guest teachers and strengthening the hybrid infrastructure that allows our community to practice together, locally and globally.
Our Program for the Day
Join for one hour or stay for the whole program.
10:00am–12:00pm · Kind Awareness in the Morning
Walking and sitting meditation, held largely in silence, guided by Vera Ruangtragool and Bart van Melik.
1:00–5:00pm · Kindness with Guest Teachers
An afternoon with Joseph Goldstein, Devin Berry, Oneika Mays, and Venerable Burin, with each teacher offering an hour of practice, reflection, conversation, or Q&A. We'll also receive a special pre-recorded message from Sharon Salzberg.
5:00–6:00pm · Refreshments & Community
For those joining us in person.
6:00–7:30pm · What Would Kindness Do, Right Now?
A panel conversation on the power of kindness with teachers, community members, and board members, followed by small-group reflection.
Contribute
$50 · KINDNESS
$100 · CARE
$150 · CONTINUITY
Pay What You Can
All levels offer the same access. If you're able to give more, there will also be an opportunity to make an additional contribution toward our end of year fundraising campaign for 2027.
What would kindness do, right now?
Perhaps it would stretch the body, right now.
Maybe it would register for this day with a big smile!
Perhaps it would make a contribution so that someone else can participate.
We hope you’ll join us to help celebrate and sustain this cherished sangha!
No Sacred Sunday Pause Today
CMC is not offering a Sunday practice on 11/15/26. We’ll see you at our regularly scheduled time next week!
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Rest, Relax & Receive: A Daylong Retreat with Bart van Melik (In person at Union Theological Seminary)
This practice will take place in person at Union Theological Seminary in NYC and will not be accessible via Zoom.
Sacred Sunday Pause with Oren Jay Sofer
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Bart van Melik
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause w/ Bart van Melik via Zoom (in-person CANCELLED)
This practice will take place live on Zoom.
This is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Rest, Relax & Receive: A Daylong Retreat with Bart van Melik (In person at Union Theological Seminary)
This daylong retreat will take place at Union Theological Seminary in NYC (3041 Broadway) and will not be accessible via Zoom.
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Bart van Melik
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Matthew Brensilver
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Viveka Bhikkhu (online)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Bart van Melik (online)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Vera Ruangtragool
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Dr. Pilar Jennings
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause (Copy)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Waking Up Together: Insight Dialogue (Copy)
Waking Up Together — In-Person Insight Dialogue
Location: Balance Arts - 151 W. 30th Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY, 10001
The Buddha’s teachings were deeply relational—shared in community and grounded in kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. This monthly in-person series is offered to not only give practitioners the opportunity to hear the Dharma but engage it together.
Each evening follows a steady rhythm: silent meditation, mindful movement, and Insight Dialogue—a relational meditation practice in pairs—followed by community reflection on a Dharma theme.
Registration: All are welcome. By donation. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to register in advance on a sliding scale: Suggested donation $15/$25/$35.
Memorial for Susanna Weiss Lokos
We invite all members of the CMC community who wish to pay their respects to join us for a memorial celebration honoring Susanna Weiss Lokos—our co-founder and first Executive Director—whose life and presence helped shape this sangha in profound ways.
Susanna served CMC with quiet grace and unwavering dedication for fourteen years, welcoming so many with warmth and care while tending to the heart of this community behind the scenes. Her contributions made it possible for countless people to access and benefit from the Buddha’s teachings.
Below are the details for Susanna’s memorial celebration:
Sunday, May 17th at 11:00 AM
Goddard Riverside Building
Columbus Avenue at 88th Street
Business Attire
To be placed on the Friends and Family mailing list, please contact: allanlokos@gmail.com
The Susanna Weiss Memorial Fund
In honor of Susanna’s life and legacy, a memorial giving page has been created for those who wish to contribute to CMC in her memory.
With care,
The CMC Board of Directors
Sacred Sunday Pause w/ Oneika Mays (virtual)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Joseph Goldstein (online)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Bart van Melik (online)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Waking Up Together: Insight Dialogue
Waking Up Together — In-Person Insight Dialogue
Location: Balance Arts - 151 W. 30th Street, 3rd Floor, NY, NY, 10001
The Buddha’s teachings were deeply relational—shared in community and grounded in kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. This monthly in-person series is offered to not only give practitioners the opportunity to hear the Dharma but engage it together.
Each evening follows a steady rhythm: silent meditation, mindful movement, and Insight Dialogue—a relational meditation practice in pairs—followed by community reflection on a Dharma theme.
Registration: All are welcome. By donation. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to register in advance on a sliding scale: Suggested donation $15/$25/$35.
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause with Vera Ruangtragool (online)
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
Sacred Sunday Pause
Join us every Sunday at 10:30am ET, when our sangha gathers together to practice, study, and reflect in community.
This practice is accessible live on Zoom and is a donation-based offering. We welcome dana contributions of any amount that feels meaningful to you.
Click here to join us via Zoom at 10:30am ET.
Call in by phone: +1 646.876.9923
Meeting ID: 894 0722 6345
Password: 000000 (six zeros)
If you encounter any technical difficulties, please contact us at CMCNewYork1@gmail.com
