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10am-1pm Meditation in the New Year
10am-1pm Meditation in the New Year
Start the year off right with a meditation practice. Set your 2018 goals. A workshop in three sessions led by Ilene Hecht.
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11:30am-1pm The Best of Intentions: Learn to Meditate in 2018
11:30am-1pm The Best of Intentions: Learn to Meditate in 2018
There is so much scientific evidence these days showing the positive results of meditation: better health, faster healing, improved clarity and effectiveness, a more positive outlook, and more harmonious relationships. Even without these studies, we can discover the benefits quickly through our own experience. Meditation can also become the basis of our spiritual development, taking […]
0 events,
1 event,
7-8pm Healing Meditations
7-8pm Healing Meditations
Buddha taught that sickness is an inevitable part of life. Having a physical or mental illness can cause us to feel limited in everything we do. Fortunately, Buddha also taught that through training the mind we can relieve all of our physical and mental suffering. Join us for meditations where we explore the healing of […]
5 events,
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
Take a break from the busyness of daily life with this lunchtime meditation. Come and enjoy a guided meditation to help calm the mind, reduce stress, and give rise to an experience of inner peace and well-being. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
Join us as we meditate together on the first Lamrim meditation, the Preciousness of Our Human Life, which is the foundation for deep understanding and appreciation of all the remaining meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Start your day aligned with peace by remembering how truly blessed we are to have a […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
A meaningful life is one of generosity, kindness, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. We can be that person. Meditation is the tool that brings us to this ground. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
Each week you will be guided in exploring practical and easy ways to integrate Buddha’s teachings into busy, modern life in ways that are relevant and inspiring! These ancient teachings are highly effective methods for reducing negative states of mind and discovering a sustainable source of contentment and peace from deep within. There will be time […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
Join us for this inspiring series of guided meditations and practical advice from Buddha’s timeless teachings that will reveal how to become the positive and happy person we all wish to be. The New Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso provides practical advice on what lasting happiness is and how we can achieve it. By practicing the […]
8 events,
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls is a powerful practice that focuses on the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas to purify our mind of even the heaviest negativities. Prostrations can be done mentally or physically. WEDNESDAYS 6:30-7AM
9-10:45am Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
9-10:45am Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
This special chanted prayer practice, known as Lama Chopa in Tibetan, is done in our centers and temples all over the world on the 10th and 25th of every month. This puja is an opportunity to make many offerings from our heart and request inspiration and insight from our Spiritual Guide so that we can […]
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12-1:30pm Soup and Serenity
12-1:30pm Soup and Serenity
Lamrim means the stages of the path to enlightenment. In this class, we will practice all 21 meditations in Geshe Kelsang Gyatso’s The New Meditation Handbook focusing on one meditation each week. Come join us as we deepen our practice together. The perfect way to let the stress and pressure of life melt away so you can return […]
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
Meditation can transform the way we think, and the way we view the modern world’s complex issues.
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2-4pm Offering to the Spiritual Guide
2-4pm Offering to the Spiritual Guide
This special chanted prayer practice, known as Lama Chopa in Tibetan, is done in our centers and temples all over the world on the 10th and 25th of every month. This puja is an opportunity to make many offerings from our heart and request inspiration and insight from our Spiritual Guide so that we can […]
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VAJRAYOGINI DAY! 2:30-4:30pm Quick Path to Great Bliss with Tsog
VAJRAYOGINI DAY! 2:30-4:30pm Quick Path to Great Bliss with Tsog
The month of January, specifically 3-31, is a powerful time for practitioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini to make offerings and do retreat. The two tsog days within this month are particularly special. The first, January 10, is a special day of Vajrayogini, and the second, January 25, is a special day of Heruka. It is particularly important to make […]
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, appeared in this world and gave teachings for people with different problems and capacities. In all, he gave 84,000 different types of teaching, or Dharma. To help us understand how to integrate these teachings into our daily life, the Buddhist Master Atisha wrote Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, also […]
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
Join us to learn this simple, but profound meditation on the nature of the mind. This subtle meditation has so many benefits! It’s one of the best ways to develop concentration, and gives us the opportunity to experience our potential for peace and freedom. Known in Kadampa Buddhism as Mahamudra, the union of bliss and […]
3 events,
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. EVERY THURSDAY 11AM-12PM
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
Within our hearts is the potential to experience the unlimited happiness and peace of an enlightened mind. Join us as we transform life’s ordinary moments to create a more meaningful life. Based on the new book How to Transform Your Life by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, this class explores the advice and meditations found inside the […]
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
The New Meditation Handbook by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso gives us a direct path to freeing our mind from all negative, non-virtuous states of mind (delusions) and replacing them with joy. Imagine living your life from a place of deep inner peace all the time, even in the midst of adversity? Imagine yourself possessing […]
3 events,
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
Meditation and Dharma conversation to attain a peaceful mind. Regular meditation practice is medicine for our mind and body. Create a peaceful and calm mind and have a similar experience in your world. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
The extensive self-generation practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. This practice is open to those with Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments. FRIDAYS 6-8PM
0 events,
1 event,
9-9:45am Powa Prayers for the Dying and Deceased
9-9:45am Powa Prayers for the Dying and Deceased
Powa Ceremony is a beautiful and powerful ritual practice drawn from the Buddhist tantras which enables us to benefit the deceased by coming together as a group and making prayers and offerings on their behalf. Then, through the power of our compassionate intention, strong prayers, and concentration on the practice, we transfer the consciousness of […]
1 event,
7-8pm Healing Meditations
7-8pm Healing Meditations
Buddha taught that sickness is an inevitable part of life. Having a physical or mental illness can cause us to feel limited in everything we do. Fortunately, Buddha also taught that through training the mind we can relieve all of our physical and mental suffering. Join us for meditations where we explore the healing of […]
5 events,
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
Take a break from the busyness of daily life with this lunchtime meditation. Come and enjoy a guided meditation to help calm the mind, reduce stress, and give rise to an experience of inner peace and well-being. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
Join us as we meditate together on the first Lamrim meditation, the Preciousness of Our Human Life, which is the foundation for deep understanding and appreciation of all the remaining meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Start your day aligned with peace by remembering how truly blessed we are to have a […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
A meaningful life is one of generosity, kindness, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. We can be that person. Meditation is the tool that brings us to this ground. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
Each week you will be guided in exploring practical and easy ways to integrate Buddha’s teachings into busy, modern life in ways that are relevant and inspiring! These ancient teachings are highly effective methods for reducing negative states of mind and discovering a sustainable source of contentment and peace from deep within. There will be time […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
Join us for this inspiring series of guided meditations and practical advice from Buddha’s timeless teachings that will reveal how to become the positive and happy person we all wish to be. The New Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso provides practical advice on what lasting happiness is and how we can achieve it. By practicing the […]
4 events,
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls is a powerful practice that focuses on the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas to purify our mind of even the heaviest negativities. Prostrations can be done mentally or physically. WEDNESDAYS 6:30-7AM
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
Meditation can transform the way we think, and the way we view the modern world’s complex issues.
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, appeared in this world and gave teachings for people with different problems and capacities. In all, he gave 84,000 different types of teaching, or Dharma. To help us understand how to integrate these teachings into our daily life, the Buddhist Master Atisha wrote Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, also […]
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
Join us to learn this simple, but profound meditation on the nature of the mind. This subtle meditation has so many benefits! It’s one of the best ways to develop concentration, and gives us the opportunity to experience our potential for peace and freedom. Known in Kadampa Buddhism as Mahamudra, the union of bliss and […]
3 events,
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. EVERY THURSDAY 11AM-12PM
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
Within our hearts is the potential to experience the unlimited happiness and peace of an enlightened mind. Join us as we transform life’s ordinary moments to create a more meaningful life. Based on the new book How to Transform Your Life by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, this class explores the advice and meditations found inside the […]
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
The New Meditation Handbook by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso gives us a direct path to freeing our mind from all negative, non-virtuous states of mind (delusions) and replacing them with joy. Imagine living your life from a place of deep inner peace all the time, even in the midst of adversity? Imagine yourself possessing […]
4 events,
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
Meditation and Dharma conversation to attain a peaceful mind. Regular meditation practice is medicine for our mind and body. Create a peaceful and calm mind and have a similar experience in your world. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
The extensive self-generation practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. This practice is open to those with Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments. FRIDAYS 6-8PM
7-8:30pm Freedom From Addiction
7-8:30pm Freedom From Addiction
From a Buddhist perspective, we are all suffering from painful attachments and cravings that can manifest as addiction, depression, confusion, and powerlessness. The teachings of Buddha provide a clear and simple pathway to freedom from these negative states of mind.
2 events,
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10am-12pm Meditation for Veterans
10am-12pm Meditation for Veterans
Meditation is the scientific method to access a peaceful and calm mind. Very often this is exactly what veterans old and new are seeking. The stress and displacement for those returning home is well documented. This is true for those just back, as well as for those back for many years. Join us as we […]
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11:30am-1pm Clear Mind for a New Year
11:30am-1pm Clear Mind for a New Year
The new year gives us a perfect opportunity to break old patterns and to begin to create the life that we want. Kickstart 2018 with healthy mental habits, establish a daily meditation practice and learn the tools for continuing your happiness training! This beginner meditation class will be taught by our Tuesday night GP teacher Bob […]
0 events,
1 event,
7-8pm Healing Meditations
7-8pm Healing Meditations
Buddha taught that sickness is an inevitable part of life. Having a physical or mental illness can cause us to feel limited in everything we do. Fortunately, Buddha also taught that through training the mind we can relieve all of our physical and mental suffering. Join us for meditations where we explore the healing of […]
5 events,
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
Take a break from the busyness of daily life with this lunchtime meditation. Come and enjoy a guided meditation to help calm the mind, reduce stress, and give rise to an experience of inner peace and well-being. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
Join us as we meditate together on the first Lamrim meditation, the Preciousness of Our Human Life, which is the foundation for deep understanding and appreciation of all the remaining meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Start your day aligned with peace by remembering how truly blessed we are to have a […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
A meaningful life is one of generosity, kindness, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. We can be that person. Meditation is the tool that brings us to this ground. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
Each week you will be guided in exploring practical and easy ways to integrate Buddha’s teachings into busy, modern life in ways that are relevant and inspiring! These ancient teachings are highly effective methods for reducing negative states of mind and discovering a sustainable source of contentment and peace from deep within. There will be time […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
Join us for this inspiring series of guided meditations and practical advice from Buddha’s timeless teachings that will reveal how to become the positive and happy person we all wish to be. The New Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso provides practical advice on what lasting happiness is and how we can achieve it. By practicing the […]
6 events,
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls is a powerful practice that focuses on the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas to purify our mind of even the heaviest negativities. Prostrations can be done mentally or physically. WEDNESDAYS 6:30-7AM
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8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
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10-11:30am Vajrasattva Purification Practice
10-11:30am Vajrasattva Purification Practice
This meditation and recitation practice is an extremely powerful method for purifying our mind and actions. Through purifying all the negative potentialities in our mind, we remove the causes of our future suffering and overcome all obstacles to a successful spiritual practice. We’ll come to experience the deep peace and joy that arises from a […]
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
Meditation can transform the way we think, and the way we view the modern world’s complex issues.
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, appeared in this world and gave teachings for people with different problems and capacities. In all, he gave 84,000 different types of teaching, or Dharma. To help us understand how to integrate these teachings into our daily life, the Buddhist Master Atisha wrote Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, also […]
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
Join us to learn this simple, but profound meditation on the nature of the mind. This subtle meditation has so many benefits! It’s one of the best ways to develop concentration, and gives us the opportunity to experience our potential for peace and freedom. Known in Kadampa Buddhism as Mahamudra, the union of bliss and […]
4 events,
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8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. EVERY THURSDAY 11AM-12PM
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
Within our hearts is the potential to experience the unlimited happiness and peace of an enlightened mind. Join us as we transform life’s ordinary moments to create a more meaningful life. Based on the new book How to Transform Your Life by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, this class explores the advice and meditations found inside the […]
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
The New Meditation Handbook by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso gives us a direct path to freeing our mind from all negative, non-virtuous states of mind (delusions) and replacing them with joy. Imagine living your life from a place of deep inner peace all the time, even in the midst of adversity? Imagine yourself possessing […]
4 events,
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8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
8:30-9:30am Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
Meditation and Dharma conversation to attain a peaceful mind. Regular meditation practice is medicine for our mind and body. Create a peaceful and calm mind and have a similar experience in your world. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
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7-9pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
7-9pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
The extensive self-generation practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. This practice is open to those with Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 7-9pm due to Vajrasattva TTP Preliminary Guide Retreat REGULARLY FRIDAYS 6-8PM
7-8:30pm Freedom From Addiction
7-8:30pm Freedom From Addiction
From a Buddhist perspective, we are all suffering from painful attachments and cravings that can manifest as addiction, depression, confusion, and powerlessness. The teachings of Buddha provide a clear and simple pathway to freedom from these negative states of mind.
2 events,
10am-12pm Dakini Yoga
10am-12pm Dakini Yoga
The middling self-generation practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. This practice is open to those with Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 | 10AM-12PM
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10-11am Vajrasattva Purification Practice
10-11am Vajrasattva Purification Practice
This meditation and recitation practice is an extremely powerful method for purifying our mind and actions. Through purifying all the negative potentialities in our mind, we remove the causes of our future suffering and overcome all obstacles to a successful spiritual practice. We’ll come to experience the deep peace and joy that arises from a […]
2 events,
2-3pm Powa Prayers for the Dying and Deceased
2-3pm Powa Prayers for the Dying and Deceased
Powa Ceremony is a beautiful and powerful ritual practice drawn from the Buddhist tantras which enables us to benefit the deceased by coming together as a group and making prayers and offerings on their behalf. Then, through the power of our compassionate intention, strong prayers, and concentration on the practice, we transfer the consciousness of […]
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4:00-7:30pm Melodious Drum Puja
4:00-7:30pm Melodious Drum Puja
This monthly practice consists principally of prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to avert the inner and outer obstacles that prevent practitioners from attaining spiritual realizations, and to arrange all the necessary conditions for their practice. Dorje Shugden always […]
1 event,
7-8pm Healing Meditations
7-8pm Healing Meditations
Buddha taught that sickness is an inevitable part of life. Having a physical or mental illness can cause us to feel limited in everything we do. Fortunately, Buddha also taught that through training the mind we can relieve all of our physical and mental suffering. Join us for meditations where we explore the healing of […]
5 events,
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
12-12:30pm Unwind Your Mind
Take a break from the busyness of daily life with this lunchtime meditation. Come and enjoy a guided meditation to help calm the mind, reduce stress, and give rise to an experience of inner peace and well-being. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
12-1pm The Preciousness of Our Human Life
Join us as we meditate together on the first Lamrim meditation, the Preciousness of Our Human Life, which is the foundation for deep understanding and appreciation of all the remaining meditations on the stages of the path to enlightenment. Start your day aligned with peace by remembering how truly blessed we are to have a […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm Meditations to Transform Your Life
A meaningful life is one of generosity, kindness, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom. We can be that person. Meditation is the tool that brings us to this ground. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
7-8:30pm How to Transform Your Life
Each week you will be guided in exploring practical and easy ways to integrate Buddha’s teachings into busy, modern life in ways that are relevant and inspiring! These ancient teachings are highly effective methods for reducing negative states of mind and discovering a sustainable source of contentment and peace from deep within. There will be time […]
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
7-8:30pm Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful
Join us for this inspiring series of guided meditations and practical advice from Buddha’s timeless teachings that will reveal how to become the positive and happy person we all wish to be. The New Meditation Handbook by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso provides practical advice on what lasting happiness is and how we can achieve it. By practicing the […]
4 events,
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
6:30-7am Prostrations/Purification Practice
The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls is a powerful practice that focuses on the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas to purify our mind of even the heaviest negativities. Prostrations can be done mentally or physically. WEDNESDAYS 6:30-7AM
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
12-1pm Change Your Mind, Change Your World
Meditation can transform the way we think, and the way we view the modern world’s complex issues.
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
7-8pm Kadam Lamrim: Buddhist Meditations
Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, appeared in this world and gave teachings for people with different problems and capacities. In all, he gave 84,000 different types of teaching, or Dharma. To help us understand how to integrate these teachings into our daily life, the Buddhist Master Atisha wrote Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment, also […]
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
7-8pm Clarity of Mind
Join us to learn this simple, but profound meditation on the nature of the mind. This subtle meditation has so many benefits! It’s one of the best ways to develop concentration, and gives us the opportunity to experience our potential for peace and freedom. Known in Kadampa Buddhism as Mahamudra, the union of bliss and […]
3 events,
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
11am-12pm Heart Jewel Puja
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short meditation on Lamrim, the stages of the path to enlightenment. EVERY THURSDAY 11AM-12PM
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
12-1:15pm Transform Your Life
Within our hearts is the potential to experience the unlimited happiness and peace of an enlightened mind. Join us as we transform life’s ordinary moments to create a more meaningful life. Based on the new book How to Transform Your Life by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, this class explores the advice and meditations found inside the […]
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
7-8:30pm Developing Inner Peace and Joy
The New Meditation Handbook by modern-day meditation master Geshe Kelsang Gyatso gives us a direct path to freeing our mind from all negative, non-virtuous states of mind (delusions) and replacing them with joy. Imagine living your life from a place of deep inner peace all the time, even in the midst of adversity? Imagine yourself possessing […]
5 events,
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
12-1pm Healing Past Hurts with a Kind Heart
Meditation and Dharma conversation to attain a peaceful mind. Regular meditation practice is medicine for our mind and body. Create a peaceful and calm mind and have a similar experience in your world. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
12-1pm Healing Meditations
12-1pm Healing Meditations
Buddha taught that through training the mind, we can relieve all of our physical and mental suffering. Join us for meditations where we explore the healing of our body and mind and how we can purify our past hurts. Everyone is welcome. No previous meditation experience is required.
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
2:30-3:30pm Wishfulfilling Jewel Puja
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for meditation. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we […]
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
6-8pm Quick Path to Great Bliss Puja for Those with HYT Empowerments
The extensive self-generation practice of Vajrayogini, the female Buddha who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. This practice is open to those with Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments. FRIDAYS 6-8PM
7-8:30pm Prayers for World Peace
7-8:30pm Prayers for World Peace
Without first developing inner peace, world peace will remain impossible to achieve. We all have within us the potential for peace and happiness. Including a short teaching, guided meditation and inspiring prayers, this uplifting class is a powerful way to make a positive contribution to our world by developing a good heart and a peaceful […]
2 events,
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10am-1pm Meditation 101
10am-1pm Meditation 101
Are you new to meditation? Have you been wanting to begin practicing, but don’t know where to start? Are you a veteran meditator, but are looking to take a basic refresher to recharge your own practice? By training in meditation, we create an inner space and clarity that enables us to control our mind, regardless […]
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11:30am-1pm Decompress From Stress: Meditation for Beginners
11:30am-1pm Decompress From Stress: Meditation for Beginners
Decompress From Stress How Meditation Can Open Up Space in Your Mind, Your Body and Your Life! When we are stressed, it seems we are living in a world filled with demands we can’t meet. We are agitated and our mind and body are filled with tension. Sometimes it feels like we might burst! How […]