Our Classes
UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL FOR LASTING INNER PEACE
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
Unlock Your Potential for Lasting Inner Peace
MENLHA
KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER
CELEBRATING
28
YEARS
THE TRUE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS IS INNER PEACE
Our Mission:
To promote kindness, compassion, wisdom, and inner peace through practical teachings that help improve the well-being of all people.
Menlha Kadampa Meditation Center is a place to learn and practice Buddhist meditation as a way to solve our daily problems, grow spiritually, enjoy community, and transform our world. We are a volunteer led, non-profit organization founded in 1997 and part of a worldwide network of over 1,300 Centers for modern Buddhism. We are located in Lambertville, New Jersey in historical Music Mountain.
We’re glad you have found us and hope you find what you are looking for (and much more!) Everyone is welcome and warmly invited to try out any of the drop-in classes offered each week at our main center and branches. In these classes, we explore Buddha’s practical and enjoyable methods for cultivating deep inner peace and happiness.​
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We offer weekly meditation classes, day courses & events, and teach all levels of meditation, from beginner to advanced classes. We have a relaxed, peaceful environment and we invite you to visit our meditation room, or browse our bookstore & gift shop before and after classes. We also offer a Corporate Wellness Program for businesses. You do not need to be Buddhist to benefit from our classes and beautiful space. ​​
All of our drop-in classes, study program classes, events and sacred sounds are offered in-person. As a benefit to Menlha members we also offer certain classes livestream, via Zoom.
We look forward to welcoming everyone to our new space. Any age; any gender; any race; any sexuality; any background; any religion; any income level. Everyone welcome!​
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New to meditation? Got Questions? Visit our FAQs page.
This World Is Not Our Home
with Rob Kelly
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Saturday, May 17​
In Kadampa Buddhism, the practice of transference of consciousness is known as 'powa,' which literally means "transference". Join us each month to explore this ancient practice which involves guiding the consciousness of the recently deceased to the Pure Land of Buddha, a world free from the painful rebirths of samsara. Everyone welcome.​​
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Foundation Study Program
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop​​
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beginning Thursdays, June 5 | 6 – 8 pm
The New Heart of Wisdom
Profound Teachings from Buddha’s Heart
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Gen Chogyop will begin the next book The New Heart of Wisdom in our Foundation Study Program, starting Thursday, June 5 | 6 - 8 pm.
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Foundation Program is designed for those who have attended General Program classes for a while and wish to deepen their understanding and experience of Kadampa Buddhism through the systematic study of texts by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. ​
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If you are interested, please discuss with Gen Chogyop. Once approved, you are welcome to drop in on one or two classes free of charge to see if Foundation Program is right for you.
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In-person | live-stream available.
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'Everything that Happens to Us is Teaching Us Something'
Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong
"Our Dharma centers are the main mechanism by which we give happiness to others. If our Dharma center flourishes, more and more people find the solution to their pain. We're busy engaging in meaningful activities, benefiting others through strengthening the power of our Dharma center."
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Prayers for World Peace
with Ethel Rackin *​
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Familiarize your mind with the experience of inner peace
through meditation and cultivate your potential for lasting happiness.
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Sundays
10:30 am – 12 noon
* Available livestream to Menlha Members
GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!
Monday Meditation
with Kelsang Chogo
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In just 60 minutes your whole day can change for the better. Designed to offer a taste of inner peace, these very accessible meditations will guide you into a state of relaxation and joy.
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Mondays
7 – 8 pm
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GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!
Tuesdays Talk & Meditation
Everyone Welcome!
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop (am) *
& David Rubin (pm)
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Each class begins with a guided meditation, followed by a talk on a certain topic, and ends with another guided meditation.
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Tuesdays
9:15 – 10:30 am
7 – 8 pm
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* Available livestream to Menlha Members
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
with Robin Kelly
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Worrying is easy. What we don’t often realize is that it also ruins our happiness. Rob will give teachings and guide meditations that lead to mental well-being, peace and happiness, even when life is very difficult.
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Wednesdays
7 – 8 pm
GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!
Lunchtime Meditation
with Diane Cadman &
Diana Barbera
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Take 30 minutes in the middle of the day to cultivate inner peace and happiness.
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Mondays
Wednesdays
Fridays
12 noon – 12:30 pm
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What is Kadampa Buddhism?
Modern Kadampa Buddhism is a special, systematic presentation of Buddha’s teachings particularly suited for contemporary society. This presentation preserves the meaning and intention of Buddha’s original teachings while making them clear and practical in a way that anyone can easily understand and put into practice.
