Best lunchtime moment of Zen: Wisdom Kadampa Buddhist Center

When your co-workers' coffee-break gossip has you at wits end, inject a little wisdom and patience into your life with lunchtime meditation classes every Wednesday at Wisdom Kadampa Buddhist Center. For the price of a Frappuccino, meet Midtowners from all walks of life looking for bliss and inner calmness instead. Or, solve your case of the Mondays after work with an in-depth discussion of practices that can help you chill out and build up some good karma. 1200 S Street, Suite B; (916) 668-9562; lunch meditation is on Wednesdays at noon for $5; drop-in meditation is on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. for $10.