Wisdom & Joy
with Supriya Jain
Thursdays 7:45-9:45p
May 14- June 25th
IRL OR VIRTUAL
What if the stress, frustration, and emotional ups and downs in your life weren’t random, but came from a very specific way you’re seeing the world? And, if that view of the world changed, joy could bloom in any situation?
In this course, you’ll explore one of the most powerful ideas in Buddhist philosophy: that things don’t exist as solidly or independently as they appear. Misunderstanding this is the root of our suffering, and mastering it is liberation. Drawing from the Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, this course breaks down complex teachings into something you can actually apply—so you’re not just thinking differently, but living differently.
This is a course about seeing clearly and what becomes possible when you do.
1) Stop taking everything so personally
2) Learn how to manage emotions
3) Understand why your life looks the way it does
4) Gain a sense of control over your future
5) Stop chasing things that don’t actually satisfy you
6) Relationships get lighter and healthier
7) Become less afraid of loss and change
8) Learn how to experience pleasure without becoming attached to it
9) Develop deeper compassion (without burnout)
10) Move toward a lasting kind of peace, and create joy within
Includes: weekly 2-hr teachings, guided meditations, group discussions, private WhatsApp channel and certification option for teachers.
📖 Source: A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharya Avatara) by Master Shantideva (700 AD), and the commentary Entry Point for Children of the Victorious Buddhas (Gyalse Juk- ngok) by Gyaltsab Je (1364- 1432).
This Course Includes
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Daily Meditation
GUIDED WEEKLY MEDITATIONS TO SUPPORT COURSE COMPLETION. Every dharma course includes a weekly optional Monday Night Meditation Hall, designed to support a students meditation practice development. In order to reach the deep stages of meditation required to initiate fundamental personal change, practitioners must get to 60 minutes of perfect concentration per day. Meditation Hall guides help students identify where they are at on the path to deep meditation, and then provide techniques and advice to increase meditative concentration, or buld a meditation practice from the ground up.
*This is an optional course offering.
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Community Connection
Learn in community and connect with like-minded individuals for accountability and support in building a meditation practice and a new, healthier, happier way of living.
There is a special Whatsapp channel for conversation, questions and integration, all while networking with fellow practitioners, meditators and teachers with years of experience.
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Certification
Students have the option to complete required homeworks, quizzes, meditations and final exam for course certification. This course fulfills the requirements for course 11 of an 18-course curriculum certification in the sutra teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. If a student completes these 18 courses and a meditation teacher training and yoga teacher training they are eligible to apply to teach at Three Jewels.
Lead Teacher
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Course Lead
Supriya Jain (she/her)is a strategist at an EdTech startup, and discovered Three Jewels on a lunch break. She has since become a daily meditator, curious yogi, and dedicated dharma practitioner. Supriya has 400 hours of meditation and yoga asana teacher training with Three Jewels, and over 500 hours of yoga asana & acupressure training with Rose Erin Vaughan. She has also completed a rigorous study of the 18 Foundational Buddhist Courses as offered through the Asian Classic Institute, which parallels the basic core of information that a Geshe (Doctor of Theology) learns at Tibetan Buddhist monastery. Supriya has volunteered on the Three Jewels Leadership team since 2018. She is currently Director of Dharma, and oversees production of all Dharma courses. Her motivation is to help others find the discipline and depthless joy of a spiritual practice that delivers extra-ordinary results. She is indebted to Three Jewels for revealing her teachers.
IG: @suprecious
Optional Add-On:
Fierce Joy Masterclass w. Rachel Webb
Wednesdays May 20-June 10th, 2026
Register (URL Only)
This world doesn't always make it easy to be optimistic or joyful, because there's so much to regret, to judge or to be afraid of— even within our own minds. But Tibetan Buddhism teaches that our experiences originate in our own mental habits: letting anxiety run wild, focusing on the negatives, criticizing ourselves, gossiping about others doesn't just affect our mood— it creates a lackluster and heartbreaking world, when we could be in love with everything.
Learn how to hold fierce hope, and wild joy in the face of even difficult situations by repatterning the mind using ancient meditation techniques and rituals. Practice these techniques for 4 weeks, and build a firm foundation for hope to unfurl and joy to reign.
We will cover: how to transform a negative situation into a positive one using LO JONG techniques, traditional gratitude meditations, and TAR TUK, a technique of actively reflecting on positive habits.
Week 1: Interconnected Joy
Master Class Wednesday 5/20 7:30-8:30pm EST.
Optional: Meditation Monday 5/25 9:00-9:30pm EST.
Our ability to bring joy to others increases our own happiness exponentially. Learn techniques to become the person in the room who brings relief, humor and confidence to others.
Week 2: Transforming Difficult Situations
Master Class Wednesday 5/27 7:30-8:30pm EST.
Optional: Meditation Monday 6/1 9:00-9:30pm EST.
Even in anger, heartbreak, fear, and illness there is a timeless beauty that poets find. Learn how to spark that beauty and then grow it into wildfire using traditional LO JONG practice.
Week 3: Gratitude and Self-Confidence
Master Class Wednesday 6/3 7:30-8:30pm EST.
Optional: Meditation Monday 6/8 9:00-9:30pm EST.
Learn how to be grateful to yourself for all of your good qualities, all that you’ve overcome, and everything that you do for others. This is a traditional practice called TAR TUK, or “limitless” and it helps your good qualities (and joy) grow.
Week 4: Gratitude and Self-Appreciation
Master Class Wednesday 6/10 7:30-8:30pm EST.
Optional: Meditation Monday 6/15 9:00-9:30pm EST.
Learn how to take responsibility for your positive experiences and find magic in the world around you. Tibetan Buddhism teaches that everything we love, people, coffee, a blue sky, comes from our kindness. Learn how to celebrate that through daily meditation.
Includes:
Morning Practice
Daily Journaling
Private Chat for Accountability
Weekly 60-Minute Teaching
Weekly Ritual for Joy