Three Rivers Dharma Center is a Tibetan Buddhist community of the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Everyone is welcome to come learn more about Buddhism in general and Tibetan Buddhism in particular. I've been a member of the sangha at TRDC for about a year and a half now, and I really like it. The center is small, but the community is growing and the people are very nice. The center is actually a small apartment, with the living room converted to the main meditation area and the bedroom as a media center.
The main weekly practice is a Purification Practice, in English and accessible to beginners, held on Sundays from 11ish am to 12.30ish pm. There are also specialty practices held at other intervals; they just recently added a Full Moon Medicine Buddha practice, which takes place the evening of each full moon; check the website schedule for details.
Three Rivers Dharma Center is a friendly and welcoming environment for beginners, the curious, and dedicated practitioners alike.
TRDC is associated with the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick, MD, the North American home of a number of highly regarded Tibetan lamas. One of these, Khenchen Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche, is the founder and spiritual director of TRDC. TRDC doesn't have a resident lama, but visiting monks and lamas come and give teachings several times a year. read more