Tarpa’s Mission
Tarpa’s mission is to provide comprehensive secular education in Buddhist meditation theory and practice for the public, and to make it freely accessible to everyone from all backgrounds without any religious beliefs, fees, or prerequisites required. Toward this end, in 2022, Tarpa formed as a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit and began offering educational lectures and guidance in meditation theory and practice.
Tarpa’s aim is that through education, students gain knowledge, wisdom and compassion that transforms their relationships with themselves and their broader community. We also hope that, by example, students influence others within their immediate sphere, multiplying the transformative effects of their own studies at Tarpa, making the benefits spread beyond themselves to others in their communities.
That’s why Tarpa exists.