THE SUMMER OF LOVE (AND WISDOM)
a.k.a.how not to let the world harden your heart
a.k.a.how to live a compassionate life in a fucked up society
an online 7 week course
June 25 – August 6, 2026
What if your meditation practice felt less like homework… and more like falling back in love with your life?
This summer immersion is an invitation to open your heart through the practices of Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity—the four immeasurables that awaken genuine care for ourselves, for others, and for the world we share.
Together we’ll explore how wisdom and compassion balance one another, guided by the Six Paramitas: generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, meditation, and insight. An open heart without wisdom can burn out, and wisdom without love can become cold and disconnected. We need to cultivate both this summer.
Through weekly meditations, reflections, and practical teachings, you’ll learn how to bring these qualities off the cushion and into your relationships, your work, your family life, and the countless ordinary moments that make up a life.
This isn’t about becoming a perfect spiritual person. It’s about becoming more fully yourself: kinder, clearer, more resilient, and more connected to the world around you.
Curriculum
Every Thursday a 20-30 minute class goes live on our community website, inviting you to participate at your own pace.
Every Monday you can attend a live guided meditation bringing our learnings onto the cushion and, thus, into everyday life.
June 25th: The Transformative Experience of Loving-Kindness
July 2nd: Creating a Compassionate World
July 9th: Living a Life of Joy
July 16th: Cultivating Equanimity
July 23rd: The Wisdom of Generosity and Discipline
July 30th: The Wisdom of Patience and Exertion
August 6th: The Wisdom of Meditation and Insight
REGISTRATION:
A joyful immersion in Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity, and the Six Paramitas—a radiant season of heart-practice and wisdom in action.
What you’ll walk away with: ten distinct tools to live a life marked by love
Please note: No one will be turned away due to financial obstacles - email lodrorinzler@gmail.com if you wish to join and the rate above does not work for you.
LODRO RINZLER is a Buddhist meditation teacher, the award-winning author of 7 books, including the bestseller The Buddha Walks Into A Bar… and the co-founder of MNDFL Meditation studios in NYC. He lives upstate with his wife, daughter and four furry beings.
“For the four years I've been studying with Lodro, he always pushes me towards more compassion and sensitivity for myself and others. In his teaching, Lodro consistently provides the perfect mix of traditional wisdom and contemporary experience, showing that what we think are our oh-so-modern problems are really pretty much the same as the ones humans have always been encountering.”
— Sharon