Join the dynamic teaching duo of Sharon Salzberg and Robert A.F. Thurman as they offer lectures on wisdom and loving kindness, guided meditations, and question and answer sessions. Menla Mountain Retreat Center will play host to this event June 5-7, 2009.  Program includes tuition and deluxe private accommodations in a room with a queen size bed and private bathroom. All meals are gourmet vegetarian. 

Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center, operated by Tibet House US, was founded to provide a place for groups and individuals to further their professional and personal development. Since opening in 2002, it has received rave reviews for its beauty, meditative environment, and high-quality accomodations. It is located only two hours from New York City in a secluded valley in the heart of the Catskill National Forest Preserve. Named "Menla" after the Medicine Buddha, the center aims to develop an integrative healing center.

Program includes tuition and deluxe private accommodations including meals.

Robert A.F. Thurman, Ph.D., Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies at Columbia University and President of Tibet House U.S., is a popular lecturer on Tibetan Buddhism, the translator of many philosophical treatises and sutras, and author of numerous books including the national bestseller Inner Revolution: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Real Happiness and Anger.