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The Dharma Academy — a digital home for seekers of clarity, curiosity, and embodied transformation.
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A Practice Path for embodied Wisdom & Compassion
Dharma Academy offers transformative teachings of wisdom and compassion rooted in the Zen Buddhist Lineage Tradition. We actively engage in dialogue with scientific institutions, socially engaged individuals, and experts in the fields of therapeutic methods to merge ancient wisdom with contemporary knowledge. 
Rooted in
Zen Buddhist Lineage
Under leadership of Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi, Abbot of the Dharma Sangha and founder of the Dharma Academy, and Zentatsu Richard Baker Roshi, Dharma heir of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and founder of the Dharma Sangha.
In Dialogue with Science,
Therapy, & Society
Offering a path of Zen practice emerging from conversations with scientists, social change activists, and experts in therapeutic methods. 
Cultivating A Community of Wisdom & Compassion
Dedicated to cultivating compassionate action through a community of people inquiring into a more embodied – and a wiser - way of life.  
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“By cultivating the experience of stillness, we can begin to develop a 'category-free mind': an unstructured mind, wild and deeply grounded in the immediacy of sensorial aliveness. From this perspective, perception returns to its roots in appreciation and insight. We are opened to learn more fully from the details of lived life and from the world itself: from mountains, from the drifting of misty air and the intricacies of a birdsong. From the smoke of a stick of incense, the look in the eye of another person, or the inevitability of death.”
Tatsudo Nicole Baden Roshi
Free Teachings
Your Home,
Your Monastery
A Free 16‒Day Course to Establish & Support Your Practice at Home
Whether you are new to practice or an experienced meditator: Get a taste and discover how to integrate Zen teachings into your daily life
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Our Memberships
Choose the path that fits your life. Whether you're looking for a calm space to reconnect or a deeper journey of transformation — we have a membership for you.
Explore the most challenging questions of our time with societal leaders and changemakers
Profound expertise and insightful conversations. In addition, you receive a study guide, access to our live meditation stream, access our community ‒ all meant to meet you right where you are.
Explore the Whats your Advice Membership
Cultivate Clarity and Compassionate Response - in the midst of your daily life
Includes everything in the What's Your Advice Membership, plus a contemplative training program, live teachings, and a daily path of embodied Zen.
Explore the Craft of Zen Membership
Student testimonials
What students have to say
Hans-Werner
“I find the course content quite extraordinary. I'm fascinated by Nicole's new interpretation, her connection between psychology and Buddhism, and her positioning in modern times. Many things have only just become clear to me, as so many practical and real-life explanations are offered. So, in any case, it's a wonderfully helpful course”
Renate
“I appreciate the clarity, thoroughness, and comprehensive knowledge of Tatsudo Baden Roshi. I listened to day 3 today, and even though I've been practicing meditation for a while, I'm learning and feeling inspired. I can only recommend everyone to take advantage of this generous opportunity. Thank you Tatsudo Baden Roshi and Dharma Academy.”
Kristen
"What a wonderful anchor RundumZen2 is for me. Thank you for the inspiring talks and suggestions. Thank you also for allowing me to listen to your lively, exploratory conversations."