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
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We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!
A String & A Prayer:
Mala Making Workshop
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop, Diane Cadman & Deanne McBeath
Saturday, October 5
Time: 10 am – 2:30 pm
Everyone welcome.
$40 (includes lunch & all materials)
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members
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Please pre-register for this event so we can ensure there are enough materials for everyone. Space is limited!
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Join us for an introduction to mantra and mala making. Learn about Buddhist mantras and how to use a Buddhist mala (or rosary) in conjunction with mantra recitation to improve your peace of mind, compassion and wisdom. Enjoy a half-day course exploring this traditional art by making your own mala to take home with you.
A mala is a string of beads used to count prayers or mantra recitations. This is a simple practice that easily connects us with the good qualities of all enlightened beings, and helps us to realize our highest potential. For Buddhist practitioners, their mala is a very precious and meaningful object.
This workshop is suitable for everyone, whether you are an experienced practitioner or a complete beginner. Work at your own pace and receive guidance from experienced mala makers while enhancing your knowledge and creating a qualified mala according to the New Kadampa lineage. A vegetarian lunch and snacks will be provided.
Schedule
10 – 10:45 am • Teaching on Purpose of Malas & Meditation (with Gen Chogyop)
10:45 –11 am • Break
11 am –12 pm • Mala Making demonstration and bead selection (with Deanne McBeath & Diane Cadman)
12 – 2:30 pm • Open crafting time (light lunch provided)
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The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Saturday, October 19
Time: 10 am – 3:15 pm
HYT practitioners only
$30​
No discounts given for this special event.​
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During this workshop we will explore the profound transference of consciousness practice called The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability. The teachings will be based on Venerable Geshe-la's teachings in Portugal in 2013, and the commentary given at the recent 2024 International Summer Festival. This practice is unique to Vajrayogini Tantra and is a special method whereby we can attain the Pure Land of Keajra or Dakini Land, the Pure Land of Buddha Heruka and Buddha Vajrayogini, within this life without abandoning our present body.
This event is for those who have received the Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerment of Heruka Body Mandala and Vajrayogini. We will be using the sadhanas, 'The Uncommon Yoga of Inconceivability' and 'Keajra Heaven'.
"Through this practice of the yoga of inconceivability we can reach the Pure Land of Keajra with this human body. When practitioners engage in this special transference of consciousness, their consciousness does not leave the body but goes to the Pure Land of Keajra together with this body. This is a special and uncommon quality of this Pure Land."
– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
Schedule
10 – 11:15 am • Teaching 1
11:15 – 11:45 am • Break (light snacks)
11:45am – 1 pm • Teaching 2
1 – 2 pm • Lunch (provided)
2 – 3:15 pm • Teaching & practice
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This World Is Not Our Home
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, October 26
Time: 10 – 11:15 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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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.
This class follows the monthly 'Prayers for the Recently Deceased' practice. This class will be based on the book Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, which is available in our bookstore, or here in e-book, paperback, and audiobook formats.
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GHOST STORIES:
Tales of Rebirth & Karma
with Gen Kelsang Chogyop
Sunday, October 27
Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 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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Enchant your Halloween season with a monstrously meaningful morning of scary teachings and Sangha social! Starting with Gen Kelsang Chogyop sharing spell-binding true stories of rebirth, karma and refuge from the ancient Buddhist scriptures.
Then enjoy hauntingly delicious hors d’oeuvres and snacks. Afterwards, stroll about Lambertville's halloween houses and view them with great meaning. Cackling good fun for everyone!
Transforming Difficulties
with Adrienne Chell
Saturday, November 2
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Everyone welcome.
$15 (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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In his teachings on training the mind, Buddha explained many methods for transforming difficult conditions into causes of spiritual growth and development. While it may be impossible to avoid difficult situations and conditions, it turns out that through training the mind in Buddhist meditation we can upend those troubling situations . . . to our advantage!
This special practice, known as “transforming adverse conditions into the path,” enables us to integrate all of our experiences into our spiritual training. Living skillfully and creatively in this way makes our whole life meaningful and joyful. In this workshop we will explore teachings and practices taught by Buddha and try to gain some familiarity with them through guided meditation.
Schedule
10 – 10:45 am • Teaching & Meditation
10:45 – 11:15 am • Break (light snacks provided)
11:15 am – 12:00 noon • Teaching & Meditation
2 SPECIAL EVENTS
PUBLIC TALK | The Anxiety Release
DAY COURSE | Changing the Direction of our Life
with special guest Teacher
Gen Kelsang Khedrub from KMC Boston
Friday, December 6
Time: 6:30 – 8 pm
Saturday, December 7
Time: 10 am – 3:15 pm
Everyone welcome.
$50 Full event
$20 Friday only
$40 Saturday only
(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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Friday, December 6
PUBLIC TALK | The Anxiety Release
with Gen Kelsang Khedrub
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It’s increasingly common that feelings of worry and anxiety plague our everyday lives and that feelings of insecurity and lacking confidence hold us back from fulfilling our potential. Consequently we never really feel at ease in ourselves, fully present for our interactions with others, and life can feel overwhelming. Practicing meditation and Buddhist teachings has the transformative power to help us step out of this experience.
Through learning practical techniques, applicable in daily life, we can begin to reconnect with our own peaceful heart, and to live a truly meaningful and joyful life. Transform your life from the inside out. Everyone welcome!
Schedule
6:30 – 8 pm • Public talk with Gen Khedrub
8:15 pm – until... • Party time with Gen Khedrub!
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Saturday, December 7
DAY COURSE | Changing the Direction of our Life
Teachings on The Eleven Reversals
with Gen Kelsang Khedrub
"In the root text of Training the Mind in Seven Points it says, ‘The indication of having trained is reversal.'" Here, 'reversal’ means the complete reversal of ordinary, incorrect attitudes. The eleven reversals, composed by Je Tsongkhapa and compiled by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche, refer to meditations on eleven essential stages of the paths of both Sutra and Tantra. Our experiencing any of these reversals is a clear sign of our success and making progress in our spiritual training.
In this day course, Gen Khedrub will explain the Eleven Reversals and we will explore how they help us change unhelpful thought patterns into healthy, beneficial ways of thinking and behaving. With a more healthy mind we are freed from distorted perceptions of the world and others. Come change the direction of your life.
Schedule
10 – 11:15 am • Teaching 1 with guided meditation
11:15 – 11:45 am • Break
11:45 – 1 pm • Teaching 2 with guided meditation
1 – 2 pm • Lunch provided
2 – 3:15 pm • Teaching 3 with guided meditation​
