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We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!

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SPECIAL EVENT!

Understanding Your Anxiety
with Kadam Kyle Davis

Resident Teacher at KMC Brooklyn

 

Friday, April 5

Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm

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Everyone welcome.

 

$25 (bring a friend for FREE!)

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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

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You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

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Learn how to stop worrying & start living through meditation. Many people suffer from feelings of anxiety or are simply overwhelmed by the stress and demands of everyday life. In this evening talk Kadam Kyle will explore meditation methods and ways of thinking derived from Buddha’s teachings that will help us to let go of our stressed and anxious minds and deal with our negative emotions more confidently and effectively.

 

This public talk will begin with special chanted prayers at 5 pm. Following the public talk we will have time to enjoy light snacks and socialize with Kadam Kyle in our relaxing Peace Cafe. No need for any previous experience of meditation.

 

Schedule

6:30 – 8 pm • Public talk with Kadam Kyle

8:15 pm –  until... • Party time with Kadam Kyle!

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Nyungnay Purifying Ritual Practice

Saturday & Sunday | April 13 & 14


Everyone welcome.

$20

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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

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You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

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A short video explaining more below.

Come celebrate Buddha’s enlightenment day! Nyungnay is a beloved practice engaged in every year to honor and remember Buddha’s enlightenment. This special purification and fasting practice is performed together with prayers and prostrations to the 1000-arm Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion. It is very powerful for purifying negativity and strong delusions such as desirous attachment and anger. It is also a special method for receiving blessings and improving our experience of love, compassion, and bodhichitta.


Day 1: No breakfast, only 1 meal for lunch (12 – 1:30 pm). No food after. You can drink water / tea for the day.
Day 2: You have a choice to do a complete fast on the second day (no food or water) until Monday at dawn. Or repeat the same as Saturday (only 1 meal).

 

Schedule
Saturday, April 13th
Precepts:* 6:30 – 7 am
Session 1: 7:30 – 8:45 am
Session 2: 10:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch: 12 – 1:30 pm
Session 3: 1:30 – 2:45 pm

 

Sunday, April 14th
Precepts:* 6:30 – 7 am
Session 1: 7:30 – 8:45 am
Prayers for World Peace: 10:30 am – 12 pm
Session 2: 12:30 – 1:45 pm

 

*must take Precepts each day to engage in this retreat.

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Menlha KMC joins Shad Fest 2024

 

Saturday & Sunday | April 20 & 21

Time: 11 am – 5 pm both days

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Everyone welcome.

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Join us at Shad Fest 2024!

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Lambertville's famous Shad Fest is fast approaching! Come visit Menlha KMC's booth on Saturday or Sunday. We'd love to see you!

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Wish to help us during Shad Fest? We'd love that too! Click here to contact us.

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Solving Our Human Problems
with Rob Kelly

Saturday, May 18

Time: 10  – 11 am

Everyone welcome.

$12 (bring a friend for
FREE!)

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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

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You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

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Join us for a class that explores solutions to our daily problems and difficulties, using Buddha's teachings to change our world by changing our mind.

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This class will be based on the book How to Solve Our Human Problems by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which is available in our bookstore, or here in e-book, paperback, and audiobook formats.

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Meditation for Kids
with MacNair & Patty

Saturday, May 18

Time: 2  – 3 pm

Everyone welcome.

$5 per child

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Pre-registration is requested.

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A very special adventure for younger first-time meditators. Every parent wants their child to be happy, healthy, and fulfilled in life. Kid’s meditation class is a perfect place to introduce meditation to children and promotes inner strength and emotional well-being.

 

In these monthly classes, children will be gently guided into fun and relaxing meditations, as well as methods to calm their minds and deal with negative feelings. Classes include a short discussion about everyday experiences relevant to children, guided meditation and fun activities that foster habits such as kindness, cooperation, patience, and giving.

 

Suitable for children in Grades 1-5.

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The Wheel of Life
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop

Saturday, June 1

Time: 10 am – 3:15 pm

Everyone welcome.

$25 (bring a friend for
FREE!)

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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members

Free for Tier 3 & 4 members

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You may register & pay in advance, or at the door upon arrival.

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Even if we contemplate the most sublime paintings and works of art we cannot gain benefits that compare with the benefits of contemplating and meditating on the famous Buddhist diagram of the 'Wheel of Life'. During this course we will give a tour of the 'Wheel of Life' and explain how we can use this diagram to guide us in our meditation practice and inspire us in our spiritual life.

 

We will learn why we experience the sufferings and problems that we do, and how we can permanently break free from these.

 

Schedule
10 – 11:15 am • Teaching & Meditation
11:15 – 11:45am • Break with snacks
11:45am – 1 pm • Teaching & Meditation
1 – 2 pm • Lunch (served at the center)
2 – 3:15 pm • Teaching & Q&A 

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JOINT AWAY RETREAT at KMC NY

The Source of Happiness & Goodness

with Gen Chogyop & Kadam Donna

 

Friday, June 7 – Sunday, June 9

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Everyone welcome.

 

Pricing coming soon...

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"Please give me the light of your wisdom
To dispel the darkness of my mind
And to heal my mental continuum."


If we draw close to Buddha, we have a supreme and unchanging friend in our corner at all times. One of the central practices of Kadampa Meditation Centers is the recitation and contemplation of The Liberating Prayer. This beautiful praise to Buddha Shakyamuni, composed by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso directly for us, is a profound exploration of the nature of enlightenment that allows us to open up to and connect with the blessings of the Buddhas, thereby greatly inspiring us on our own path to enlightenment.

Gen Chogyop and Kadam Donna will guide meditations and share insights based on Venerable Geshe Kelsang’s commentaries that will allow us to go deeper in our own contemplations on this beautiful, poetic, inspiring prayer.

 

"The Liberating Prayer is not an ordinary prayer – It is like a text and has profound meaning. All Lamrim teachings – renunciation, bodhichitta, and correct view of emptiness are included in this prayer. I can say very few people understand the Liberating Prayer. It definitely needs verbal commentary by a Teacher. If we understand and contemplate its meaning – it is the best method to develop faith in Buddha and his teachings, which is our spiritual life and the root of all Dharma realizations."
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

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Session Times & Meditations

JUNE 7 FRIDAY

Intro • 7:30 – 9 pm 

JUNE 8 SATURDAY
Session 1 • 9 – 10:30 am
Session 2 • 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Session 3 • 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Wishfulling Jewel • 7:30 – 8:30 pm

JUNE 9 SUNDAY
Meditation • 9 – 10 am 
Prayers for World Peace • 11 am – 12:30 pm

4-week series
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"WHEN THE TURBULENCE OF DISTRACTING THOUGHTS SUBSIDES AND OUR MIND BECOMES STILL, A DEEP HAPPINESS AND CONTENTMENT NATURALLY ARISE
FROM WITHIN."

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— Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, from the book The New Meditation Handbook

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