Bliss and Wisdom Foundation of Northern California
Dharma Program
New Lamrim Class Started!
Wednesday 7-9pm
BWNC @ Cupertino
21050 McClellan Rd
Cupertino, CA 95014
Want to learn ways to strengthen your emotional health, learn mindfulness, understand the game of karma, and have a better relationship and communication with those around you? Want to learn more about the nature of our own mind? Are you interested in learning Buddhist philosophy and ethics?
Join us in our NEW English Lamrim class. These classes will discuss ways to bring mindfulness, compassion, and wisdom into our lives at work, at home, and with our family and friends.
Lifelong Learning Pathway
We aim to study Dharma to reflect on ourselves, and put into practice through serving others
BWNC offers a structured, community-based learning pathway that helps people strengthen inner wellbeing, ethical clarity, and compassionate action, grounded in a time-tested Buddhist wisdom tradition and shared in an accessible, welcoming format.
Our learning approach is built on two mutually reinforcing elements:
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Building understanding and insight through guided study and discussion with class facilitators and cohorts, and
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Turning learning into lived practice through reflection and service in the community.
What we study
Our core curriculum draws on classical Buddhist teachings on human flourishing, particularly Lamrim (“Stages of the Path”), presented as a step-by-step framework for personal growth, including perspective-taking, mindful awareness, compassion, and wise decision-making.
How learning happens
Participants learn through small-group discussions, guided facilitation, and practical reflection, so that insights don’t remain theoretical. The learning environment emphasizes respectful dialogue, peer support, and consistent weekly practice that helps people bring learning into their families, workplaces, and communities.
A Five-Stage Lifelong Learning Structure
I. Foundations (First Cycle)
Participants gain a clear overview of the Lamrim framework and key concepts. The focus is on establishing a coherent worldview and practical understanding of Buddhism, with gentle encouragement to try small, everyday applications.
II. Deepening (Second Cycle)
Participants build a more detailed understanding and begin connecting Buddhism learning to experience through service and daily-life practice, strengthening personal insight through real-world action.
III. Integrating Practice
Participants use guided self-reflection, often supported by journaling or check-ins, to notice habitual patterns, make adjustments, and apply the learning more consistently, with support from a community of peers on a similar path.
IV. Ethical Living & Leadership
Participants engage in deeper ethical training to cultivate stable habits of integrity, self-regulation, and wise choices, supporting grounded leadership and community stewardship.
V. Life Learning with Ongoing Practice
Participants commit to continued learning and practice to deepen their studies of Buddhism and to align values with action, so that individual growth becomes sustainable and shared with the community.
Current Dharma Program
What is Lamrim?
The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Tib. Lam rim chen mo) is one of the brightest jewels in the world’s treasury of sacred literature. The author, Tsong-kha-pa, completed the book in 1402, and it soon became one of the most renowned works of spiritual practice and philosophy in the world of Tibetan Buddhism. Because it condenses all of Buddha’s scriptures into a meditation manual that is easy to understand, scholars and practitioners rely on its authoritative presentation as a gateway that leads to a full understanding of the Buddha’s teachings. (from GEBIS)
Topics that will be discussed
- Listening
- Meditation
- The Map to Enlightenment
- Mindfulness
- Planning for the future
- Karma
- Generosity
- Ethical Discipline
- Patience
Special Informational Session!
We welcome you to join us for an interactive informational session to learn more about the class and to meet the class lead, current and potential classmates! Or contact us for any questions!