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
Events
We offer many special events throughout the year. Check back often to see what's coming up!
CHECK OUT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS BELOW
Ribbon Cutting Event | Open House & Brunch (on us!) | Silent Art Auction
Saturday, June 21
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Everyone welcome.
This is a FREE event!​​​
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We will start the Saturday with a ribbon cutting by the Mayor of West Amwell, Bob Balaam welcoming us to our new home. After which brunch will be served as we browse the pieces up for auction, catch up with friends, or make new ones! Everyone welcome.
If you've not seen Menlha's beautiful new space on Music Mountain, this is the perfect opportunity to stop by and take a look! We wish to thank you for your support and welcome the community to an Open House. Brunch is on us! Let's celebrate!
All proceeds from the auction to benefit Menlha KMC.
Thank you for your continued support of our meditation center!
This World Is Not Our Home
with Rob Kelly
Saturday, June 28
Time: 10 – 11:30 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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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.
Rest and Reflect Retreat
Saturday, July 12
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Everyone welcome.
$20
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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Take a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the peaceful surroundings of Menlha's beautiful meditation room. Everything has been arranged for you to rest your mind and reflect on positive thoughts. During these Saturdays, you will be gently guided in two meditations that heal our past, our body and our mind. Each month we change the focus of our reflections – from simple breathing meditations to healing our body meditations, to contemplations on cherishing others more deeply. Everyone welcome.
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July 2025 focus: Meditations for a Kind Heart
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SCHEDULE
10–10:45 am: Cherishing Others
10:45–11:15 am: Break
11:15–12:00 pm: Giving Happiness
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Growing Up: Spiritual maturity through the Six Perfections
with Sarah Paden
Saturday, July 26
Time: 10 am – 12:30 pm
Everyone welcome.
$25
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50% discount for Tier 1 & 2 members
Free for Tier 3 & 4 members​​
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What does it mean to be a bodhisattva, a ‘friend of the world’? This Buddhist term refers to a person who has developed the most loving heart possible, known as ‘the supreme good heart of bodhichitta’ by training in the ‘six perfections’ of giving, moral discipline, patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom. By growing into the six perfections we become the best version of ourselves and can be of benefit to everyone that we meet.
In this workshop we explore the six perfections, focusing on practical ways of weaving them into our home and work lives, our relationships and our other activities, such that everything we think, say and do becomes profoundly beneficial to others, and a cause of our own inner peace, healing and happiness.
"The six perfections are the practices of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom, motivated by bodhichitta. We should recognize that the six perfections are our daily practice." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, "The New Heart of Wisdom"
SCHEDULE
10–11 am: Teaching
11–11:30 am: Break
11:30–12:30 pm: Teaching
