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
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KADAMPA MEDITATION CENTER
Events
We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!
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Transforming Problems Into Peace
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, May 16
Time: 10 – 11:15 am
Everyone welcome.
$12
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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Transforming problems into peace in Kadampa Buddhism involves shifting your perspective from external challenges to internal responses, using compassion and wisdom to transform negativity into positive states like love and acceptance, recognizing that true peace comes from changing the mind, not the situation, and developing mental flexibility to see problems as opportunities for spiritual growth.
Instead of getting irritated or depressed when problems arise, we can use difficult situations to develop inner strength, improve our experience of life and be of benefit to others.
'Offering Our Faith'
Meditation Retreat
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Thursday, June 4
Time: 11:30 am – 7:30 pm
Everyone welcome.
$8 (for 'Intro Talk' | Sessions are free)
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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On June 4, 'Turning the Wheel of Dharma Day', we will celebrate the birthday of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche. Every day we remember the extraordinary kindness of Venerable Geshe-la, our Root Guru and Founder of the New Kadampa Tradition, but on this auspicious day, with minds of rejoicing and gratitude, we will offer him our faith through using the special prayer 'Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide', Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso from his Faithful Disciples' and collecting our Guru’s name mantra in a one-day retreat.
There will be three sessions of self-guided retreat using the sadhana, The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land According to Highest Yoga Tantra and Request to the Holy Spiritual Guide Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche from his Faithful Disciples. In the evening, the retreat will conclude with Offering to the Spiritual Guide.
Schedule
11:30 am – 12 pm • Introduction to the Retreat
12 – 1:15 pm • Session 1
2 – 3:15 pm • Session 2
4 – 5:15 pm • Session 3
6 – 7:30 pm • 'Offering to the Spiritual Guide' chanted prayers
Transforming Sorrow
with Sarah Paden
Saturday, June 13
Time: 10 am – 12 pm
Everyone welcome.
$20
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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Loss is universal, a true suffering. We call this type of suffering grief. But if we look deeply we find that the suffering comes not from loss itself but the negative mind of desirous attachment.
While attachment causes us pain, love — including our love for the departed — brings only peace. We’ll explore in this class the nature of attachment and ways of diminishing it, alongside the healing potential of love.
Schedule
10 – 10:45 am • Session 1
10:45 – 11:15 am • Tea Break
11:15 am – 12 pm • Session 2
Becoming a Friend of the World
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, June 27
Time: 10 – 11:15 am
Everyone welcome.
$12
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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The path to creating the most meaningful and joyful life does not have to involve making external changes in job or lifestyle. It simply involves making a shift in our intention. In this series, we will understand how, through deepening our connection with positive intentions, we can improve our life, as well as bring peace and happiness to others.
Buddha taught that by developing six specific states of mind, we can transform every facet of our life, our job, our relationships and so on, into opportunities to truly be a friend of the world. Through teaching and guided meditation, we will create extraordinary possibilities for living the very best life, for both ourselves and others.
