Darren Becker

Darren Becker began studying Buddhism and practicing intensive meditation in 2004 while traveling in India. He went on to receive a Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School in 2015, where he focused on Tibetan Buddhism. As part of his training at Harvard, Darren spent a summer interning at Wonderwell Mountain Refuge and received a grant to go on pilgrimage in Ladakh and Nepal.After graduate school, Darren started a meditation program emphasizing mindfulness and compassion at the Mount Auburn Club in Watertown, MA.Along with Chris Berlin, he co-founded the band Satigata, which transmits wisdom and compassion through original music and chanting. Darren was ordained by the Dedicated Life Institute in Newton, MA in 2019, a community in which he is an active leader and teacher.Darren lives in Watertown with his wife, Michelle, and runs a tennis club in Lexington.